Category: Art
Vector Keyboard Language Reference
Reference keyboard for Russian, French, Spanish, and German with English as the base language for language learners.
Icons That Work Well With Candy, Sweet, and BeautyLine Icon themes (and Garuda).
I created a few icons that fit the neon cyberpunk style. This includes the SVG files that can be edited in Inkscape or used to replace standard icons. I am using the Sweet-Rainbow, candy Icons, and BeautyLine icons chained but was missing these four so I made them. Enjoy! Download the icons.
4K Manjaro Plasma Wallpaper
I was messing around with some art ideas and this just happened. It looks pretty cool so if you like skulls and neon maybe you’ll dig this. I also provide all the elements if you prefer to make your own layout. Tools used: Inkscape, Krita, and G’Mic. Enjoy Download PNG Download the raw svg and […]
Alternative Manjaro Cat Wallpaper
I really liked the Manjaro cat wallpaper included in the KDE flavor (the original artist is muser on https://forum.manjaro.org/) but wanted it spiced up so I made my own. Here are the files I created to make the wallpaper, includes the Inkscape cat svg and Krita file. To create the background I just used the […]
Creating a Natron/KDEnlive space animation.
Had some downtime and wanted to give Natron a try. It has always ran like shit on the Linux distributions I run so I don’t think I’d use it for big projects but for small clips, like maybe subscribe buttons, it works great. I just hope someone picks up the development again, because I like […]
Linux for Graphic Artists and Designers: A real world setup.
Over the many years I have done graphics I have worked on BeOS, Linux, Mac, and Windows. I have software all over the place for all four OSes. On Windows and Mac I think Adobe is the best option by far for the plug-ins, brushes, and ease of use. I switched to OS X as […]
Krita and the accidental painting.
It has been a long time since I checked out Krita. I Painted this in Krita 3.1.1 on Mac Yosemite, versions for Windows as well and of course Linux; all are free. The bird took about six hours, give or take, and the program was not shut down for two days. I had one lock […]
Batch base64 encode PNGs in Python 3 for use in CSS.
I wrote a simple Python 3 script to base64 encode a series of PNG images for use in CSS, or whatever. If you’re learning Python try adding file output or even go a step further and generate the CSS lines. If you’re here I will assume you are wanting these for CSS but if not, […]
Gauge example in Inkscape (SVG)
If you’re tasked with creating gauges for a dashboard and you want an example on how to do the graphics, I’ve created one in Inkscape. Inkscape is a free vector application if you are on a budget and can’t afford Adobe Illustrator. I made this while getting a feel for a new dashboard I’ll be […]
MyPaint OS X Lion Install via Wineskin or Macports
MyPaint is an open source and free to use natural painting application similar to Painter. It’s really good, but unfortunately there isn’t a native port to the Mac. No fears, thanks to Wineskin it’s trivial to use it on your Macintosh. I created an easy to follow instruction to walk you through the process of […]