How To Illustrate Palm Tree using Inkscape

Yet another awesome step-by-step from kalaalog demonstrating how to illustrate a palm tree. The result is quite impressive.

Dragon - Sketch To Vector Art

Here is a great little tutorial demonstrating the procedure of manually tracing a sketch in inscape to create a vector version.

 

Drawing real looking hair in Inkscape

 This Tutorial shows how to create complex structures such as hair with Inkscape…

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a Quick Guide to Inkscape

this is an awesome quick guide into some of the basics of inkscape.

it is a great introductory guide and a great quick reference guide for inkscape

it covers:

• working with paths
• working with objects
• working with groups
• working with clips and paths
• working with layers
• working with gradients

 

Reflecting images on surfaces with Inkscape (and the GIMP): a tutorial by nicu

Here is another tutorial by Nicu that shows you in detail how to achieve the reflected surfaces effect. This tutorial covers how to achieve this in Inkscape first. Nicu then covers how to do it in the GIMP.

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.

postage stamps in inkscape - a tutorial by nicu

here is another awesome tutorial by nicu. In it he demonstrates how to create simple postage stamps using Inkscape. What is really nice about this tutorial is that nicu demonstrates the 3 different ways of aligning circles around the edge of the rectangle to get the perforated edge effect that postage stamps have…

this tutorial is well worth a look.

10 Tips For Creating Good Looking Diagrams Using Inkscape

Here is a nice bunch of tips for creating nice diagrams using inkscape.

cute pencil icon tutorial

here is a tutorial for creating a cute pencil icon using inkscape.

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draw a feather

a simple, yet highly effective tutorial for drawing feathers…

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The ultimate guide for creating shiny web buttons with Inkscape - by nicu

Basically, the title of this tutorial says it all…

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creating gears with inkscape.

There is a new effect in the inkscape pipeline that renders gears for you. However, in the meantime, here is a nifty tutorial that shows you how to create simple gears. (it is in French, but with basic inkscape knowledge the images whould be fairly easy to follow.)

 

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using tiled clones to make some interesting effects

 This tutorial demonstrates how to use tiled clones on a
simple rectangle to create some interesting effects.
Well worth a look at IMO.

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colourful text effect

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awesome peacock feather tutorial

an awesome, detailed step by step for illustrating a peacock feather using inkscape. (special thanks to Khiraly for suggesting this one…)

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Create A Shield Icon

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

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…)

Check it out, and leave a comment!

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I can’t draw but I want to draw people faces (with Inkscape) : a tutorial by nicu

here is a tutorial by nicu that i have been waiting a long time for…

it is called:  I can’t draw but I want to draw people faces (with Inkscape)

it is really cool, so check it out!

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a quick globe - video tutorial

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

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SVG-tastic icons

Very nice and easy to follow tutorial on how to create multi-coloured SVG icons with Inkscape.
(Thanks to Prokoudine for suggesting this tutorial…)

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digg story

simple clouds tutorial

here is a simple tutorial that show you how to use inkscape to create cartoony clouds.

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Inkscape Tutorial - Using Gradient Over Multiple Objects

a tutorial that shows the technique to use a single gradient over multiple objects.

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text reflection using inkscape

here is a great little tutorial that shows you how to use inkscape’s masking to achieve the trendy text reflection effect that is everywhere nowdays…

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a simple icon tutorial

here is a nice little tutorial for how to create a simple icon using inkscape.

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A tutorial by simarilius: Faking irregular gradients in inkscape

it is not actually possible to make a gradient shaped like a curve in inkscape.

however, you can fake it - heres how: (for a smoother finish try also adding a blur to everything after the last step of this tutorial… :P)

 

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