Sunday, October 30, 2011

Hoot Nanner


Owls are a pretty hot item right now. Fun fact: my wife actually liked them before they were cool. It seemed unavoidable, so I just went ahead and did it.

As I get more comfortable with inkscape, I find that I can finish these smaller pieces much faster. I'm also making much nicer shapes. I've got a few ideas on the burner right now that I hope to create soon. One of them is a little tribute to Zelda's 25th anniversary.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

NannerGingham

Deceptively simple. Gingham is a neat pattern formed by intentionally offset stitching. At least, that's what I see when I stare intensely at my work shirts. If I made opacity changes and gradients available to me, this would have been a lot easier. However, I opted to create and manage a bunch of rectangles which were rotated, scaled down, colored, and clip-masked.

I will definitely be re-doing this one. There are flaws involving grouping, stroke color, and balance. Once again: theory is correct, but the execution got wonky. Trends being what they are, you can look forward to stickers featuring tartan, paisley, and argyle.

Friday, October 28, 2011

NannerPattern

Inspired by William Morris. I love repeating patterns. It's really cool to look at a piece of fabric and try to find the edges of the repeating patterns printed on it. I find myself hypnotized by shower curtains and couches.

I meant to create something based on plant-like elements. It kind of reminds me of a tiger though. Weird. I realize I am a few stickers behind, so I will be making those up soon. Thanks for following me, whoever you are out there.

Re-'B'



New post forthcoming. I fixed a small problem with my last sticker - one line that had three duplicates of itself stacked on one another, making it seem thicker than it actually is. I'll leave the post as-is so you can see the difference.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

'B' is for banana

Not too sure how I feel about this one. Trying hatching as a method of shading. Kind of a pain. Experiment 50% successful.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Third

Week three. First repeating pattern. Searching for a more elegant way of creating patterns. Tomorrow's piece is already in the works. Should be more complicated than these tend to be.