365 sketches

By: lemasney

Sep 12 2010

Tags: Arts, Business, Clipboard (software), Graphics, Inkscape, Recreation, Vector Based, Visual Arts

Category: 365, Align Tool, Bezier Tool, combine, duplicate, eyedropper tool, ideas, Node Tool, object to path, Pattern along path, Pencil Tool, Rectangle Tool, selector tool

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So these are some cool retro styled waves. I think of them as sound waves, and I think they’re reminicient of record albums, grooviness, and the lacksadaisical feeling of my childhood in the 1970′s. To do it yourself in Inkscape:

1. Create a smallish square (50x50px) with the rectangle tool (ctrl-r).
2. Duplicate the square (ctrl-d) and move it to the bottom edge of the first square. It should overlap at the line and be aligned with the first square.
3. Repeat this action until you have 7 squares in a vertical row. Feel free to use the align tool to align them all perfectly, but by eye is fine.
4. Select the line of squares by rubber band method or by shift clicking each of them.
5. Convert all of them to paths (shift-ctrl-c) them combine them all into a single path (ctrl-k).
6. Select and copy (ctrl-c) the path.
7. Open either the pencil or Bezier tool (whichever you prefer, if neither, use pencil) and set it to use the clipboard as a shape.
8. Draw your line, and notice that the squares are used as a brush. Have fun!