Another ambigram experiment

Still using the word "simple" I draw another two ambigram.



Using 2 colors for background, to see the result after rotating it.

Ambigram Using Inkscape

Ambigram, I never do it before.

An ambigram, also sometimes known as an inversion, is a graphical figure that spells out a word not only in its form as presented, but also in another direction or orientation. The text can also consist of a few words, and the the text spelled out in the other direction or orientation is often the same, but can also be a different text.

from wikipedia

This is my experiment of making ambigram using inkscape
First thing I do is choosing the word, I need a word length from 5 to 8 letters. I choose simple, simply because this blog is azn simple vector and the word simple have 5 letters in it.
After that, using calligrapy tool, I play around with the letter s, flip it horizontal,vertical and rotate it to match the letter e. Of course its time consuming here.
then I go for the letters i and l,lastly the letters m and p.

Here it is screenshot of ambigram in Inkscape



and this is the picture of simple ambigram




Ambigram for the word simple


This is my first experiment on ambigram using inkscape.

Inkscape : Clipping Objects

Inkscape takes the top path of the selected object and clips all the paths below it. I always fill objects with different color before clipping because it is easier for me to see which object is at the top order. Order of objects give different shape results when clipped except for union, intersection and exclusion. Two diagrams below show clip results according to the order of the objects.



figure 1 : Clip in Inkscape #1



figure 2 : Clip in Inkscape #1

Illustrate rubber stamp

When I was a kid ,sometimes I carved my rubber eraser to make simple pattern.Using watercolor as ink, I got my own selfmade rubber stamp.

Brief Information On Subject:

Rubber stamping, a craft in which some type of ink made of dye or pigment is applied to an image or pattern that has been carved, molded, laser engraved or vulcanized, onto a sheet of rubber. The rubber is often mounted onto a more stable object such as a wood or an acrylic block to produce a more solid instrument.

Use by pressing the coated rubber stamp onto any type of medium.The medium is generally some type of fabric or paper. Other media used are: wood, metal, glass, plastic, rock. High volume batik uses liquid wax instead of ink on a metal stamp.

Commercially available rubber stamps categories:

• stamps for use in the office,
• stamps used for decorating objects
• those used as children's toys.

Simple howto:

Illustrate rubber stamp using Inkscape require color similar with the ink used.
Draw shape such as circle, rectangle etc.
apply gradient and blur to the shape.

Link to complete tutorial by
Nicu.

Inkscape is vector graphics editor

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X. It's main goal is to create a powerful and convenient drawing tool
It is free, opensource , Download it and start using it, for me I enjoy it very much.

Compass using Inkscape

A compass drawn using Inkscape, to be specific Brunton Compass. Compass is a must tools for field geologist. Geologist use it to get strike, dip direction and dip angle.

girl

Start using color fill, after just tracing.

How to:

• Import bitmap
• Trace outline using freehand tool
• Calligraphy tools
• Fill and Stroke : coloring outline,
  
• gradient for lighting
• gradient for shadow
  

Inkscape and P.Ramlee

Right after installing inkscape to my pc, first thing I want to do is freehand sketching. I found out theres a caligraphy tools in inkscape, by only using that tools i try to sketch my favourite actor , a Malay movie legend, P.Ramlee. And here it is P.Ramlee by me using inkscape. Any comment ?

Subject : P.Ramlee
Tools : Inkscape , Calligraphy tools