More Logo Design Ideas

Here is another tutorial from shmoggo.com on creating a logo using inkscape:

Logo Design using Inkscape

Here is an awesome tutorial from Aaron Nieze at the Shmoggo Blog. In this short tutorial, Aaron covers an array of inkscape Basics while creating a vector based company logo.

Create a denim texture, and use it to create a jeans pocket

Fake Tilt Shift using Inkscape

Here is a quick (5 minute) video tutorial from gnokii on doing a fake tilt shift (aka miniature faking) effect on a photograph using inkscape. Sure, you can also achieve this effect using the gimp, but where is the fun in that?

Quick Video Tutorial: Neon sign text

Here is a neat, quick and easy tutorial from the screencasters.heathenx.org guys. In this tutorial, they show you a quick way to create a neon sign effect.

Chrome Text Effect using Inkscape SVG filters [video tutorial]

As a follow-on from yesterday’s tutorial, the chrome effect in today’s tutorial is another text effect that utilizes Inkscape SVG filters. We have previously featured a tutorial to created a chrome text effect, but that was achieved using just gradients and blur.

inset text / letterpress effect [video tutorial]

 

Here is a video tutorial for creating a letterpress / text inset effect.

More Text Effects in Inkscape

Here is another video tutorial from the ever-awesome screencasters.heathenx.org guys. The tutorial gives you a step by step through 2 simple — yet still impressive — text effects using Inkscape.

Spiro Swirls

Here is a comprehensive video tutorial, (created by syllie) that demonstrates how to use the awesome new spiro swirls feature in Inkscape 0.47, which was released in November 2009.

The spiro swirls technique was first covered in a mini tutorial by AndyFitz. Andy has also uploaded a few spiro experiments to flickr, including the following:

Inkscape Video Tutorial Double Feature – Faking 3d Text & Wrapping Text Around a Globe

Introducing a new segment here at the inkscape tutorials blog: the Inkscape Video Tutorial Double Feature. Screening this week, we have:

3D Text Using Interpolation: An example on how to use the interpolation effect to create a faux 3d (yet impressive none-the-less) text effect:

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And, Secondly, we have:

Wrap Text Around a Globe:

Another awesome screencast by heathenx:

In this episode I will demonstrate how to wrap text around a three-dimensional globe in Inkscape v.046.

I used a fairly new extension from Gerrit Karius (aka G33K) called Bezier Envelope. If you want to follow along or use the Bezier Envelope for whatever future purpose then be sure to download it here. Thanks Gerrit.

how to draw a Lamborghini Gallardo

here is another video made by halley, showing the makeup of this Lamborghini Gallardo that is a public domain artwork in the openclipartlibrary.

this is done using the same python script as halley used on his other video.

the musical backing track is from is a creative commons licensed track from ccmixter and can be downloaded here

Links:

http://openclipart.org/media/files/TheStructorr/2519

http://openclipart.org

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wl6hXurUaI

http://halley.cc/

http://ccmixter.org/files/Tekno_Eddy/14377

http://ccmixter.org/

Drawing a manga character using inkscape.

While this video is not a tutorial per se, it provides a great insight into how a more complicated inkscape drawing is constructed. It is basically a step – by – step construction of all the objects in the drawing put into a neat little video. Below is a thumb of the finished product that can be viewed at the artist’s deviantart page.

The video (hosted on youtube) is embedded after the thumb, so you may not be able to view it if you are reading though an feed reader.

Links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNTeoHeGMQY

http://halley.deviantart.com/

http://halley.cc/

pac-man ghosts / baddies tutorial

nicu has outdone himself again. Not only has he created a tutorial for creating cool pacman baddies, but he has again put his results into the public domain for all to download, and this time he has also done a screencast of his process… enjoy!

Create Playing Cards – a video tutorial by screencasters.heathenx.org

 Another awesome video tutorial by the screencasters.heathenx.org guys.

in this one, they demonstrate how to make playing cards.

Create A Shield Icon

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

view this tutorial 

a quick globe – video tutorial

here is a little video tutorial on how to create a globe using inkscape:

view this tutorial

Inkscape Tutorial by heathenx: Create a Paper Clip

A video tutorial by heathenx that shows you how to make a simple paperclip in inkscape. This tutorial also serves as a good introduction into basic path and curve manipulation.

Result of this tutorial:

 

 Here is the tutorial:

Inkscape Tutorial by heathenx: Create a File Folder

here is yet another cool video tutorial from heathenx. In this one, he demonstrates how to create a simple yet still pretty good looking file folder.

view this tutorial

Inkscape Tutorial by heathenx: Create Tiled Clones

here is another cool video tutorial by heathenx.
In it he demonstrates basic use to the tiled clones feature in inkscape. with the tiled clones he creates a simple checkerboard background.

view this tutorial

using inkscape’s boolean operations

here is a short but sweet video tutorial by heathenx that demonstrates all the basic boolean path operations. if you are a bit lost with basic path manipulation, and the path booleans, i suggest watching it – sometimes a visual demonstration can help.

view this tutorial 

lightsabre video tutorial

 here is an inkscape video tutorial that demonstrates how to draw a lightsabre in inkscape.

view this tutorial

Quick Shiny Buttons in inkscape – video tutorial

Reflected Text Video Tutorial

Here is another video tutorial from the guys at screencasters.heathenx.org

This time they walk you through doing reflected text in inkscape.