{"id":736,"date":"2010-06-08T15:07:17","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T19:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=736"},"modified":"2020-07-11T18:27:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T22:27:44","slug":"169-of-365-is-an-urban-empire-in-inkscape-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/06\/08\/169-of-365-is-an-urban-empire-in-inkscape-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Empire by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #stormtrooper #starwars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_737\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/20100608urbanempire2.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-737\" data-attachment-id=\"737\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/20100608urbanempire2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/20100608urbanempire2.png?fit=499%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"499,499\" 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=\"Urban Empire by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #stormtrooper #starwars\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Urban Empire by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #stormtrooper #starwars&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Urban Empire by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #stormtrooper #starwars&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/20100608urbanempire2.png?fit=499%2C499&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-737 \" title=\"Urban Empire by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #stormtrooper #starwars\" alt=\"Urban Empire by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #stormtrooper #starwars\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/20100608urbanempire2.png?resize=700%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"700\" width=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/20100608urbanempire2.png?w=499&amp;ssl=1 499w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/20100608urbanempire2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Urban Empire by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #stormtrooper #starwars<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In this sketch, I decided to bring together Boba Fett, stormtroopers, Darth Vader, some Empire iconography, and mash them all up with some urban, hip hop, vinyl, and other styles because essentially, I can.<\/p>\n<p>tags: Star Wars, Darth Vader, Stormtrooper, urban, hip hop, vinyl, scratching, creative commons, design, poster, open source, Inkscape, graphic design<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size:1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/30\/20121130-how-to-play-slapsies-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-cc-design-poster-howto-infographic-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121130: How to Play Slapsies by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #cc #design #poster #howto #infographic #games<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a 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