10 of the Best Inkscape Tutorials

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Ryan Lerch

Here is an old list of 10 of the Best Inkscape Tutorials from back in 2009. All the links should work now, again.

Shiny Button Tutorial for Inkscape Beginners

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Ryan Lerch

We have posted many tutorials in the past covering how to achieve a shiny effect in inkscape. A newbie inkscaper should be able to follow the detailed directions to create a shiny Donate button as a first inkscape project.

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Create a Lightbulb Icon that follows the tango! guidelines.

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Ryan Lerch

Here is another great inkscape tutorial from vectortuts, demonstrating how to create a vector lightbulb icon within the tango! icon guidelines.

This tutorial is a great overview on using inkscape for drawing icons. For an overview on managing your workflow in inkscape while designing icons, see the previously posted tutorial, “creating icons with inkscape – a basic workflow.”

Also, be sure to check out the vectortuts website. Even though there are only a handful of inkscape tutorials posted there, if you have intermediate to advanced inkscape skills, you may be able to apply some of the techniques from the other tutorials hosted there.

Note: This tutorial only demonstrates the process to create the light bulb icon above. The image below is a random subset of images that are in the tango! icon library. To get the tango! icons, including icons in the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format, visit the download page on the tango! website.

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Create A Shield Icon

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Ryan Lerch

This video tutorial demonstrates how to create a simple yet effective sheild icon using inkscape 0.45.

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shiny arrows tutorial: by nicu

Posted on July 3, 2007 by Ryan Lerch

here is a cool little tutorial that tells you how to create the shiny / glossy arrow using inkscape. This is great for inkscape newbies that want to learn the inkscape by producing a simple, yet still pretty glossy arrow.

On a side note, if you like this tutorial, or achieve the glossy effect via a different workflow, make sure you write a tutorial, and post it on your blog/website. Its good to see other people’s workflow in the form of tutorials… (click here for more info on my blatant tutorial push…)