Hand-written SVG · paths, patterns, SVG filters · no raster images, no scripts in the art

Halftone Line

Black line and black dots on warm paper, nothing else: every grey is a field of jittered halftone dots whose size tracks the tone, and the line around it is left open.

$illustration-halftone-line
Style 10 of 14 · 480 × 360 cards

Pair Programming

A developer types at a desk monitor while a colleague leans in and points at the code with a pencil.

Train Ride

A developer codes on a laptop balanced on her raised knee on a metro bench.

Design Critique

A designer circles a button on a printout while a reviewer considers it, chin in hand.

Palette

  • Paper#F4F1EAfull-bleed card rect, hiding fills, highlight strokes inside black shapes
  • Ink#111111every line, every halftone dot, solid black masses (hair, leaves, bags, garments)

Line

Black #111 line 2.0 at 480 wide (secondary 1.6-1.7, creases 1.3-1.6, tiny marks 1.1-1.3), round caps and joins, outlines left open with 1-3 gaps, one wobble filter (displacement 2.3 + 0.8) on the art group; tones are stipple dots at pitch 2.58, tone 0.19 or 0.36-0.38.

Rules

  • Two inks only: black #111 on warm paper #f4f1ea
  • Every grey is jittered halftone dots, never a grey fill
  • Leave outlines open: gaps at corners, lines stop short
  • Dot tones 0.19 and 0.36; darker than 0.4 becomes solid black
  • Rubbery long-limbed profiles with dot eyes and nose wedges
  • Floor is short strokes plus dotted pools, never a full line