Getting Started in Inkscape
Paul Gieske, Digital Art Enthusiast
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Lessons in This Class
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1. Overview
2:02 -
2. Introduction
3:45 -
3. The Interface
4:28 -
4. Basic Shapes and the Selection Tool
8:56 -
5. Follow Along Exercise 1 - Basic Shapes
3:45 -
6. Fill and Stroke
5:13 -
7. Gradients
6:40 -
8. Follow Along Exercise 2 - Gradients
3:29 -
9. Exercise - An Egg
2:17 -
10. Boolean Functions
4:15 -
11. Paths and Nodes
8:08 -
12. Follow Along Exercise 3 - Refining
3:51 -
13. Exercise - Yin Yang
5:33 -
14. Layers
4:56 -
15. Bezier Curves
3:36 -
16. Follow Along Exercise 4 - Clouds
4:02 -
17. Exercise - An Owl
8:40 -
18. Groups
2:19 -
19. Importing
3:45 -
20. Tracing I
8:56 -
21. Tracing II
6:23 -
22. Exercise Tracing
6:02 -
23. Follow Along Exercise 5 - Tracing the Eagle
12:58 -
24. Follow Along Exercise 6 -Tracing the Tree
4:04 -
25. Follow Along Exercise 7 - Putting it Together
2:06 -
26. Outro
0:39
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About This Class
This course covers everything you need to know to start creating cool illustrations in Inkscape.
This course starts with the very basics and moves on to more advanced topics. Some topics covered in this course are:
- Basic shapes
- Selection tool
- Boolean functions
- Paths and Nodes
- Layers
- Bezier Curves
- Groups
- Tracing
Included in the course are a number of practice exercises and a class project. You can find all necessary resources here: https://paulgieskeblog.com/CourseDownloads.html
Hands-on Class Project
After completing the step-by-step instructions it's time to unleash your creativity. Create a picture of your own. You can create whatever you like, e.g. a logo, a portrait, a still-life, etc... Try to use as many as possible of the tools and techniques that you've learned in this course.
When you're done upload it and get some feedback from an outside perspective!
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