{"id":597,"date":"2010-05-06T13:15:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T17:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=597"},"modified":"2020-07-11T13:37:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T17:37:46","slug":"136-of-365-is-a-crosshatch-pattern-in-inscape-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/05\/06\/136-of-365-is-a-crosshatch-pattern-in-inscape-design\/","title":{"rendered":"136 of 365 is a crosshatch pattern in #inkscape #design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_598\" style=\"width: 506px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20100506pickupsticks.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-598\" data-attachment-id=\"598\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/05\/06\/136-of-365-is-a-crosshatch-pattern-in-inscape-design\/20100506pickupsticks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/20100506pickupsticks.png?fit=496%2C496&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"496,496\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Crosshatch pattern by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Crosshatch pattern by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Crosshatch pattern by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/20100506pickupsticks.png?fit=496%2C496&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-598\" alt=\"Crosshatch pattern by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/20100506pickupsticks.png?resize=496%2C496&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"496\" height=\"496\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crosshatch pattern by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is another example of the wonderful and new Spraypaint tool in Inkscape. I took a single stroke of the calligraphy tool, then used the spraypaint tool in order to create all of the other shapes you see just by swiping the mouse on the canvas. 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I took a single stroke of the calligraphy tool, then used the spraypaint tool in order to create all of the other shapes you see just by swiping the mouse on the canvas. A truly powerful and simple to use tool. 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