{"id":601,"date":"2010-05-08T08:38:15","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T12:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=601"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:36:38","slug":"137-of-365-is-a-shark-overhead-in-inkscape-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/05\/08\/137-of-365-is-a-shark-overhead-in-inkscape-design\/","title":{"rendered":"137 of 365 is a shark overhead in #inkscape #design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_602\" style=\"width: 506px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20100507sharkoverhead.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-602\" data-attachment-id=\"602\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/05\/08\/137-of-365-is-a-shark-overhead-in-inkscape-design\/20100507sharkoverhead\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/20100507sharkoverhead.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=\"Shark overhead silhouette by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Shark overhead silhouette by John LeMasney via lemasney.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Shark overhead silhouette 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\/20100507sharkoverhead.png?fit=496%2C496&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-602\" alt=\"Shark overhead silhouette by John LeMasney via lemasney.com\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20100507sharkoverhead.png?resize=496%2C496&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"496\" height=\"496\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shark overhead silhouette by John LeMasney via lemasney.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This was a shark drawn from memory using the Bezier tool. I saw a photo of a diver shot in silhouette in exactly the same way, and it looked great, so I decided to emulate the look with a shark. 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