#tagging #metadata
Tagging for Valentines Day is a Problem. There are plenty of commonly used tags that can be searched for or blocked but how to combine them so your product design or post stands out in search engine rankings?
I hope you'll help me out testing them by looking at and searching this list or using it yourself.
#valentine #stvalentine #romance #cute #romantic #love #valentinesday #gifts
What to Add or Remove from lists?
A blog about Signs Fonts Typography Design Scripts Calligraphy Symbols etc,.
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Sunday, 28 January 2018
Beautiful Bs
BEAUTIFUL Bs
Why these four?
Bauhaus is BOLD but well balanced with strong angles without being chunky.
Gabriola has simplicity yet elegance.
Harrington is a bit more ornamental and curly but still has a pleasing clarity and balance.
Corsiva is a lovely example of a b with a upper curl.
All of these have well balanced shapely forms neither too narrow or wide.
Some fonts favour Upper case forms over lower and really can only be used for headers or titles but with all of these four I chose the lower and upper case forms are equally attractive and useful.
and they work in #inkscape !
Why these four?
Bauhaus is BOLD but well balanced with strong angles without being chunky.
Gabriola has simplicity yet elegance.
Harrington is a bit more ornamental and curly but still has a pleasing clarity and balance.
Corsiva is a lovely example of a b with a upper curl.
All of these have well balanced shapely forms neither too narrow or wide.
Some fonts favour Upper case forms over lower and really can only be used for headers or titles but with all of these four I chose the lower and upper case forms are equally attractive and useful.
and they work in #inkscape !
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Saturday, 20 January 2018
From Coffee Stain to JADE NIGHT
Recently I uploaded a design to my www.redbubble.com/people/scholara #redbubble called #jadenight. I used a slightly different method for that one.
I started with a background /bottom layer that was dark blue and then I applied the #gimp #coffeestain #filter. This makes a washed out (semi)circular brown mark and turned my blues to sepia. Why did I use Coffee Stain ? I wanted to experiemtn and see what happened if I used the Color Edit Tools!
I started with a background /bottom layer that was dark blue and then I applied the #gimp #coffeestain #filter. This makes a washed out (semi)circular brown mark and turned my blues to sepia. Why did I use Coffee Stain ? I wanted to experiemtn and see what happened if I used the Color Edit Tools!
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| Copyright Julie Vaux 2018 |
Off to the Color Tools. Turn down the yellows reds blacks etc and way up for greens and blues and shift the saturation too! Yes much more interesting!
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| Copyright Julie Vaux 2018 |
Ah the blues are back along with some interesting greens but I need to make to crop and tile!
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| Copyright Julie Vaux 2018 This is a small version of the final image that was uploaded to Red Bubble. |
I cropped the edges twice and still have a very faint line showing on a couple of products but I dont think it distracts too much ?
You can get this on scarves tote bags prints notebooks lotsa gifts !
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Bold A Impact
#inkscape #typography #A #impactfont #demo
Here's some ideas for using the font called IMPACT and Inkscape filters
Here's some ideas for using the font called IMPACT and Inkscape filters
gradients changing the stroke to dashes adding stimulated water media effects raised metallic looks whatever I hope this gives you ideas of headers or titles ?
Saturday, 13 January 2018
#maga #typography #inkscape
Here's one of my latest #redbubble design
RED BUBBLE - MAGA
A simple but hopefully powerful combo of a bold font a simple gradient and an alteration of a popular political meme ?
do think carefully about what AGHAST means?
You can get this on stickers tees and other things !
Here's one of my latest #redbubble design
RED BUBBLE - MAGA
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| Copyright Julie Vaux 2018 |
A simple but hopefully powerful combo of a bold font a simple gradient and an alteration of a popular political meme ?
do think carefully about what AGHAST means?
You can get this on stickers tees and other things !
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
2018 what to expect from this blog
#2018 #typography #inkscape
What to expect from this blog in 2018
More demos of my Inkscape and GIMP experiments with typography and combining various filters and functions and plugins and fractals
Yes I'm not a brilliant typographer ( for one thing my kerning skills need more work) but one of the points of this blog is to save you time researching techniques and if you end up putting ideas to better use ...
Articles on art history themes, typography, scripts, lettering , tools, color and whatever.
PR and updates on what I'm doing as an artist / designer!
and sadly unless sales vastly improve the occasional reminder I have Paypal and a Patreon and yes RED BUBBLE !
What to expect from this blog in 2018
More demos of my Inkscape and GIMP experiments with typography and combining various filters and functions and plugins and fractals
Yes I'm not a brilliant typographer ( for one thing my kerning skills need more work) but one of the points of this blog is to save you time researching techniques and if you end up putting ideas to better use ...
Articles on art history themes, typography, scripts, lettering , tools, color and whatever.
PR and updates on what I'm doing as an artist / designer!
and sadly unless sales vastly improve the occasional reminder I have Paypal and a Patreon and yes RED BUBBLE !
Saturday, 6 January 2018
Epiphany and the Three Wise Men / Magi
#epiphany #threekings # threewisemen #magi #gerarddavid #
Here are 3 lesser known depictions of the Magi visiting Baby Jesus.
Matthew Chapter Two simply states that there were magi who came from the East however this got changed over the centuries to three wise men or kings based on a popular tradition made even more popular by artists and theologians who delighted in the idea of showing aristocrats kneeling to a baby.
However some artists even late in the Middle Ages knew magi were not kings.
Here are 3 lesser known depictions of the Magi visiting Baby Jesus.
Matthew Chapter Two simply states that there were magi who came from the East however this got changed over the centuries to three wise men or kings based on a popular tradition made even more popular by artists and theologians who delighted in the idea of showing aristocrats kneeling to a baby.
However some artists even late in the Middle Ages knew magi were not kings.
I rather like Gerard David's Version which respects the popular tradition of three visitors but depicts them in robes that could equally be those of wealthy merchants or secular scholars although the "ethiopian" is shown in a courtiers or knights robes.
One of the earliest depictions of the Magi is this sculpture.
Finally a Byzantine version from Daphne monastery.
Wednesday, 3 January 2018
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