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Jun 05 2008
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creative commons salon 2

The creative commons australia is hosting the next ccSalon au at the state library of queensland.the followinf is an excerpt from the ccau invite:

creative commons australia (CCau) invites you to the second ccSalon, a showcase of the creative commons in australia.

the ccSalon is a public exhibition/performance/expo of how artists are using creative commons licences and material worldwide. the ccau event features creative commons licensed material by a range of australian artists, including a CC Film and Video showcase and an photo exhibition drawn from Powerhouse Museum, Sydney’s Photo of the Day series. Then get into the groove with music by Sydney performer, Yunyu and Andrew Garton’s Terminal Quartet.

ccSalon is a public event.

for more information and the program of events for the eveing,  check out the ccau website.

the photos used in this flyer are from Powerhouse Museum, Sydney’s Photo of the Day series on flickr.

Jun 07 2007
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inkscapeforum.com launched!

There is now a English Inkscape Forum!

MicroUgly (  [blog/website] [deviantart page]  ) launched it sometime this week, and it promises to be another great source of Inkscapy goodness. So get on board (scuse the pun) and sign up!

On a side note, on browsing microugly’s personal site,
its good to see he is a ”traditionalist” Queenslander and has XXXX bitter and gold topping his list of favourite beers.
Go the maroons on Wednesday night…
:P

Jun 05 2007
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open content library has a new look

the open content library now has a new look skin for it’s mainpage (which is a mediawiki :P )

so check it out!

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Jun 04 2007
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glass trashcan / bin / cup icony thing

this is my first attempty at making something like this ever…

it is supposed to be a glassy trashcan or a drinking glass…

bin1.png

please give me your comments…

also, if you want a tutorial on how to do something like this, post a comment and i will write it up
:P

Jun 03 2007
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freedesktop.org is down (means openclipart.org is down too)

 Edit: 3rd June 2007:
the wiki is now up again at the openclipart.org domain. hopefully the full website will be up very soon…
we are working on it…
:P

Edit: 20th May 2007:

Yes, Open clipart.org is still down… There were issues with freedesktop.org (who hosts the site) and the library is not up as yet. Hopefully it should be back in the next couple of days…

Just a quick note:

freedesktop.org’s servers have gone down . this means that openclipart.org is down also. the following is the topic for the freedesktop.org IRC channel #freedesktop on freenode.net -

“{www,lists,mostwebsites}.freedesktop.org is gone, needs local admin attention”

im not sure where it has gone, but i hope it comes back soon…

May 31 2007
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inkscape: pattern to path examples (coconut tree trunk and chain)

i was playing around with the pattern along path effect in inkscape (effects>generate from path>pattern along path) and here are a couple of simple examples of the workflow and results that i got from using this versatile little inkscape effect.

Example 1 – Simple Chain – (note the negative value for space between copies…)

chain.png

Example 2 – Coconut Tree Trunk
coconut.png

May 31 2007
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inkscape: create a woodgrain effect

The following tutorial is the engish version of the tutorial written by chrisdesign published by him (coco) on inkscape-forum.de. There is also a Portuguese translation of the tutorial on the inkscapebrasil forum.

This is a very quick and easy tutorial.

First, choose the calligraphy tool (draw_calligraphic.png)

The most important setting to get correct here is the ”thinning” set it to about 0.30

wood4.png

Now, draw your ”woodgrain” pattern. (make sure you only draw 1 line with the calligraphy tool to create this pattern.)

wood1.png

Now, draw a rectangle of your background colour, and duplicate the rectangle (rightclick>duplicate)
Select one of the rectangles and the woodgrain pattern, and choose path>intersection.
You should end up with one path of woodgrain and one of background colour.

wood2.png

All that is left is to play with colours and various after-effects:

wood3.png

chrisdesign has used this technique in creating his drawings of “Gibson” guitars.
(yes, these images are for real, fully drawn by chris using inkscape…)

flametop-foto.jpg

flametop-foto.jpg
Chris has also done another tutorial in this series, where he uses this same tecnique to create a brushed steel effect, so keep your eyes peeled for that one…

Links and Resources:
http://twiki.softwarelivre.org/bin/view/InkscapeBrasil/TutorialTexturaDeMadeira 

http://www.grafikdesign-chris.de/

http://www.inkscape-forum.de/ 

May 24 2007
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inkscape: how the clip function works (mini-tutorial)

Recently, Lensman posted a comment on my simple orb bubble tutorial. He was asking a question about how the clipping works in inkscape. I understand his pain, because when i started with inkscape, i was not sure how it worked either, until bulia posted his ropes and tubes tutorial.

So i decided to post this little mini-tutorial thingo to help anyone out there who wants to know.

Basically, what clipping in inkscape does, is takes the top path in a selection and clips all the paths below it (in the selection) to the shape of the top path. Confused? Let me walk you through a simple example:

  1. Draw some simple shapes.
  2. Now draw your clipping path. (mine is a pink star). And make sure this path is on top of all the other objects/paths (don’t worry about colour, after the clip this path will not be visible)
  3. Select all the paths now, and go to Object > Clip > Set. You can see the result below.

clip1.png

So how does this tie in to the orb tutorial i did before? I have done a simple example of the workflow again. (this time only the clipping part of the tutorial…)

clip2.png

and thats about it. Please tell me if this has helped you, and i try to answer any comments & questions as soon as possible.

May 23 2007
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Inkscape: awesome swirls tutorial

i stumble across this little gem of a tutorial today for doing swirls in inkscape. (curvy things, vines, whatever you wanna call them, they are all the rage at the moment)
i have been looking for a simple technique to do this sort of thing, and now i have found it!
in the past, i was creating my curves in the GIMP and then vectorising them in inkscape…
it is so much easier doing it MrTentacleguy’s way in inkscape…

creating_swirls_in_inkscape_by_mrtentacleguy.jpeg

May 23 2007
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Inkscape: sticker with folded edge tutorial

 I decided to to a tutorial for creating a simple sticker with a folded edge.
This is what we are aiming for:
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Phase One:
1. Draw  a circle with the circle tool.
2. Using the path tool, draw a shape that intersects the circle for your ”dogear”
3. Select the path and the circle and use Path>Cut Path.
And set the colours of both the paths that result from this.
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Phase Two:
1. Select the ”Dogear” (mine is black) and press flip vertical.
2. Then press flip horizontal.21.png

Phase Three:
1. Select the main body of the sticker (mine is blue)
RightClick > Duplicate, then change the colour. (mine is pink)
2. Do it again and change the colour to something different again. (mine is green)
3.  Select the green one, and use the arrow keys to offset it a bit.
4. Then select both the green and pink objects and choose Path>Difference
5. Change the colour of the remaining path to black.
6. Open the stroke/fill dialog and play with transparency & blur31.png

Phase Four:
1. Duplicate the black “Dogear” object, and change the colour.
2. Select the black one (underneath) and play with the blur and transparency.
3. Duplicate the body of the sticker again.
4. Press CTRL+A to select all, then choose Object>Clip>Set
5. Add your text, and you are done!

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