{"id":1946,"date":"2011-01-31T00:15:59","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T00:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2011-01-31T00:15:59","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T00:15:59","slug":"vector-line-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/01\/vector-line-drawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Vector Line Drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1950\" style=\"width: 307px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1950\" title=\"Vector Line Drawing\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/compassion1.gif?resize=307%2C407\" alt=\"Vector Line Drawing\" width=\"307\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/compassion1.gif?w=307&amp;ssl=1 307w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/compassion1.gif?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 85vw, 307px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vector Line Drawing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been working in vector drawing programs lately and what&#8217;s so neat about them is that the lines have &#8220;handles,&#8221; and pulling a handle shapes a line into gorgeous curves and angles. It feels a lot like bending a wire, or drawing in three dimensions.<\/p>\n<p>The lines divide the working window into shapes that shift from positive to negative space in the blink of the eye, depending on what I focus on.<\/p>\n<p>I see patterns in these shifting shapes that remind me of concepts that have been on my mind or buried there, and that&#8217;s a big reward for me. I love dipping deep into my mind and finding what lives there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been working in vector drawing programs lately and what&#8217;s so neat about them is that the lines have &#8220;handles,&#8221; and pulling a handle shapes a line into gorgeous curves and angles. It feels a lot like bending a wire, or drawing in three dimensions. The lines divide the working window into shapes that shift &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/01\/vector-line-drawing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vector Line Drawing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sketch-book"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vector Line Drawing - Carol&#039;s Drawing Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/01\/vector-line-drawing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vector Line Drawing - Carol&#039;s Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;ve been working in vector drawing programs lately and what&#8217;s so neat about them is that the lines have &#8220;handles,&#8221; and pulling a handle shapes a line into gorgeous curves and angles. 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