Ripple Sun Demo

#demo #inkscape #filters 
Using Distort and Ripple Filters to make a Sun in Inkscape

There are several ways to make a sun using Inkscape depending on how stylized you want the object to be. I started with the Polygon tool. Make sure Fill and Stroke are set for the same color.

Distort is a menu and Torn Edges a filter. Ripple is under Distort.

Now you have something like a son now you can reset the stroke to yellow or orange if you want to but first duplicate a sun make it larger and move it down to be the bottom layer and you can get this!

Only two vector objects but 4 colors in the result!  I probably should tweak the width and height or maybe give this a dark background. You could change the red centre to another color if you want to.

If I get some feedback I may put this up on my #deviantart

Reminder Time

Yes I have been adding up my annual income for my tax ... my "minor" income streams are NOT helping much and getting back to #typography what do you think of the use of the #Stencil #font for this ?

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Winter Logo and the Frost Filter

WINTER LOGO AND THE FROST FILTER

This #winter #logo is now up on my #deviantart and available as a free download

Show it as an example of the #inkscape #frost #filter

You are welcome to use it as a point of discussion or critique.
I'm still refining this technique myself.

My observation. This would probably work best on a poster. 

I started with a rectangle and added Torn Edges. I would suggest you also use Torn Edges or a Rough texture on the letters too. I made the letters a very pale blue since I knew I was adding Frost from an earlier test and the Frost filter was the last filter applied just to the layer with the letters.

Here's an earlier experiment in which I used gradient combined with a different filter in the first layer.

I was trying to suggest falling snow but it just made the bottom look uneven.

Just goes to show K.I.S.S. and the two / three color principles work! 

Keep it simple and limit colors.

Two RUST LIKE FILTERS

#inkscape #filter #demo

Playing with Inkscape Again

The bottom layer is a plain blue rectangle with no stroke and the Burst filter from the Textures applied.

I tried Burst for the Text but it broke up the edges too much.

Wanting something with a "rusty" look I applied Eroded Metal over a heavy font.

My suggestion for further experiments : maybe make the letters or foreground object a light or middle gray or yellowish brown color to emphasize the "METAL" and have a dark background or no background.

Enjoy

Joining J 2

#inkscape #j

JOINING J TWO

The week before I showed you the results of ab experiment with joining 2 overlappping letterforms into one vector svg object.

What came next? I added a top bar and having used fill and stroke  node path and select all layers and checking that finally added just one Bevel filter

I don't think I'ld be capable of doing this for a whole Alphabet but a Title or Header yes.

I hope this has given you some useful ideas. 

Really Roman ABC Announcement

#roman #latin #abc #alphabet #deviantart

Okay I have fixed the layout bugs in both Roman ABCs and uploaded them to my DEVIANT ART

Please visit my  DEVIANT ART GALLERY to get free downloads of this and other typography

and do consider a paypal donation?

These are PNGS with transperent backgrounds so you can edit them further. They are free to use but please let people know about the links or encourage them to follow the blog? Thank You

A Really Roman Alphabet 2

Yes this is Papyrus font but it happens to be the font closest in appearance to actual Roman hand written scripts for most of the letters. The Gs were shaped differently.

My suggestions would be if you are using this in an illustration to add more drop shadow and use a background layer with a paper texture to have it that ink on papyrus / parchment look.

If you're using it for a BIG header or title try adding a Torn filter as well.

A Really Roman Alphabet

A REALLY ROMAN ALPHABET 

#roman #latin #typography #font

While we refer to our modern #alphabet as being "Roman" the actual alphabet the ANCIENT Romans used to write Latin looked more like this

I have used #quadrata #font since it is very similar to the styles used on Roman inscriptions.

I may also put this up as an A4  pdf or png on my #deviantart for people to download for educational purposes after another edit. There's a kerning gap that needs a fix that shows in my Chrome browser but wasn't so obvious in Inkscape?