singularityblues.com

This site is an experiment in geekdom: the SVG file format.  The downside to this format is that things have a tendency to be a little “flat”.  The upside is you can do almost anything to the image once you have one that you like.

For instance:

I’m trying to create an index for the Shield of Creation story line since we’re coming to “final chords”. I like to make a button for each “installment”.  It turns out that I have only done this with the last 60 or so sections.  There are 80 chapters.  If I had created these buttons with a bitmap editor I would be on the hook for creating 20 or so more images from scratch.

All of those buttons are done in SVG.  Creating a section specific button is as easy as running a file through a text editor.

But Wait!  There’s More!

One of the little projects I would like to tackle is to integrate SVG with javascript.  SVG is “poor man’s Flash”, if you will.  It would be interesting to see how well animation would work using just the instrumentation available with SVG and HTML.

O.K., thanks for letting me share this Geek Moment!

A poor artist blames his tools, so my sense of pride tells me that I have nobody to blame but myself.

The “Freehand” drawings are not up to snuff this week. And I know why.

Let me tell you about it.

I love the Inkscape calligraphy tool. It has all the expressive power of a real pen, and all of the tweak-ability of vector graphics. Look here for one example of how good it can get.

Now look here for an example of how wretched it can become.

One of the secrets of the calligraphy tool is thin lines. The calligraphy tool stays at a constant width for the picture. But I zoom in and out like only a person with adult A.D.D. can.

The second picture was made zoomed in. Lines are too fat. And I was trying too hard. Am I going to try for a “do over”. Maybe. If my brother nags me enough. Good old Rich.

So the new stuff is up. I’m pretty pleased with it, actually. Take a look.