if you have seen a great inkscape tutorial, or have written one yourself, feel free to leave a comment on this page and as long as there are not too many tutorials that show the same process already listed, it will make it’s way on to the inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com blog…




February 11, 2008 at 8:01 pm |
[...] 3D objects. And if you have a tutorial you would like to share with the rest of the world, you can submit it! Another good collection of tutorials can be found at Screencasters, wich has video tutorials. [...]
February 28, 2008 at 4:01 pm |
Hi
Malte Rödl & i (Sebastian Kraft) create a little tutorial to create gradients that follow a path, also useful for some abstract stuff. You can check it here > http://needcoffee.deviantart.com/art/Gradients-To-Path-78650259
Cheers,
Sebastian
February 28, 2008 at 9:36 pm |
This is not to suggest a tutorial, but to suggest an improvement to this site. It would be VERY helpful if there were a list of tutorial titles from which to choose. I’m guessing I’m not the only visitor who does not care to scroll through pages and pages of tuts until they find what they’re looking for. The Category Cloud if far too broad and general to be helpful. Thanks for listening
February 28, 2008 at 11:58 pm |
@Brynn:
Thanks for the comment!
i have now created a text based list of all the tutorials on inkscapetuorials.wordpress.com…
it can be accessed via the top menu…
should i put it in a widget on the Right hand Side of the page? or will that be too much?
February 29, 2008 at 1:02 am |
@Malte Rödl & Sebastian Kraft:
Thanks for suggesting your tutorial guys!
I have posted it now for you…
February 29, 2008 at 4:26 pm |
Could whoever runs this pretty cool site make a Inkscape tutorial for this??
I cant get Adobe and I like Inkscape and I saw a “Suggest a Tutorial” button and I couldnt resist.
http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/2933/1/Valentine%26%2339%3Bs-day-hearts
I tried to make this in Inkscape but I am sorta newbie.
February 29, 2008 at 10:16 pm |
I wrote a tutorial on how to make a simple vector compass, here at : http://diwaneayyari.wordpress.com
March 2, 2008 at 10:08 pm |
@Sarah Morine: This blog is a list of all the third-party published inkscape tutorials that are about on the interwebs.
I suggest going to maybe the Inkscape Forum ( http://www.inkscapeforum.com/ ) and maybe requesting your idea for a tutorial there…
March 2, 2008 at 10:26 pm |
@ipurush:
Thanks for writing and suggesting your tutorial…
I have posted it on http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com now…
March 3, 2008 at 12:09 am |
http://www.inkscape-fr.org/spip.php?article69
I know it’s french but i put a lot of image…
Feel free to put here or not.
March 3, 2008 at 2:13 pm |
I dont get it? Third party published tuts? Interwebs?
…to think I am a programmer…
I will check out the forum.
So what I think your saying is we have to have a website with some tutorial on it before we post here? .:puts on downcast face if right:.
March 3, 2008 at 9:56 pm |
its just that i don’t publish any original material on here, all the tuts are just links to other people’s work.
You would be better off asking on their blogs or on the inkscape forum…
My goal is just to collate a big list of all the inkscape tutorials…
March 4, 2008 at 9:31 pm |
Hi everyone,
Susan, I’ve made the tutorial for the Inkscape version here:
http://diwaneayyari.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/how-to-create-valentines-day-hearts-artwork-in-inkscape/
Hope everyone enjoys reading it!
March 5, 2008 at 11:53 am |
Thanks!! I “love” it lol. I have a few others that are for adobe but I am sure they can be converted to inkscape. That might make my family enjoy this site more.
http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/2928/1/Saint-Valentine-Creations
http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/2932/1/Valentine%26%2339%3Bs-Day-Ideas
http://www.funphotoart.com/web-graphics/make-a-website-blog-comment-icon
March 6, 2008 at 2:10 pm |
Hi Susan,
I will look into those.
March 6, 2008 at 9:38 pm |
Hi everyone.
I am currently in the processs of moving all my tuts to blogspot.com
Susan, the new link for the Valentines day Hearts tut is here at: http://diwan-e-ayyari.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-to-create-valentines-day-hearts.html
Ry, will it be a nuisance to you if I tell you to change the link for the compass tut? (It works currently, but if it is possible to change the link, then I will also move that tut to my new address)
Thanks!
March 6, 2008 at 10:55 pm |
The hottest tutorial ever !
http://chrisdesign.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/creating-real-fire/
Greetz, Chris
March 13, 2008 at 12:38 pm |
wow i love this blog
i didnt realise ther was so much one can do with inkscape lol
i’ve had it on my pc for almost 6months maybe more and never used simply becasue i didnt know what to do with it
bookmarked for sure
i’d love to turn some of my sketches into vector
March 17, 2008 at 9:51 am |
Here’s a great tutorial on how to draw OOTS-style humanoid figures:
http://www.trazoi.net/tutorials/inkscape/oots/
March 17, 2008 at 10:04 am |
Dear friends,
I find this blog really interesting, but a big drawback is that I did not find which license is used by the tutorials.
My opinion is that it would be nice using some Creative Commons license for the whole blog and put it on a visible link in the homepage.
I have translated some tutorials into Catalan and would like to publish them into the website of Softcatala (www.softcatala.org) a non-profit NGO that translates software (mainly free software) into Catalan. I have a deep respect for the creators of these tutorials and would never publish them if I’m not allowed to do it.
Will you use such a license for your blog? Who can I ask for permission to publish some turtorials?
Best regards from Catalonia
Francesc
March 18, 2008 at 12:50 am |
@Francesc Dorca:
the aim of this blog is to collate a list of tutorials from all over the web, thus i cannot give any indication of copyright, you will have to ask the author of each individual tutorial. For what it’s worth, all my personal tutorials (at http://ryanler.wordpress.com/ ) are released under cc-by-sa
March 28, 2008 at 7:53 pm |
Hello,
I would be glad to find a tutorial explaining how to use Stitch Sub-Curves Path Effect to produce hairs like this picture: http://inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/thumbs/inkscape-0.46-lpe-twilight_thumb.png from inkscape 0.46 gallery
April 4, 2008 at 7:06 pm |
I made this tutorial
http://hosting04.imagecross.com/image-hosting-00/1086tutorial.png
, would be great to have it on here, thanks if you can, my email is peter.computer.art@googlemail.com
April 30, 2008 at 12:24 pm |
I’ve just written this tutorial on making a smooth wave shape starting with a triangle. It’s much easier than drawing by hand and gives a smooth finish.
http://hereshowididit.com/inkscape-turning-a-triangle-into-a-wave/
May 1, 2008 at 3:54 pm |
Hi !
First congratulations for this site.
I have a suggest. I wanna start in the webdesign world.. so I would like work with Inkscape. My doubt is in how to make a web design layout. Could be possible a tutorial aobut this ?
Thanks
May 6, 2008 at 12:05 pm |
Could someone do a tutorial for drawing swirls and flourishes please? These seem to be very fashionable in crafting and advertising at the moment.
May 7, 2008 at 12:17 pm |
Me again. I’ve written a few more Inkscape tutorials (http://hereshowididit.com/tag/inkscape/) including drawing an orchid and simple speech bubbles.
Please feel free to use any of them you think would be useful. Most have SVGs available for download to accompany the tutorial.
Cheers,
Jude
May 12, 2008 at 4:54 am |
Hello Inkscape,
I would like to know does Inkscape has the ability to mix photos together with some music in the background? I would like to try out Inkscape, so hope to hear from you soon.
Thanks in advance.
May 20, 2008 at 6:33 pm |
I made a clipart of a cricket and I used the python script to build a nice video, if you liked, you can post here.
The clipart is here: http://openclipart.org/media/files/jonata/8221
The video is here: http://www.mediafire.com/?dwwbzdd13jd
The music track is here: http://ccmixter.org/files/Tekno_Eddy/14365
Thanks.
Jonatã Bolzan
June 6, 2008 at 1:40 am |
I would like to see a tutorial explaining how to create basic Web 2.0 style icons in Inkscape. Thanks!
June 10, 2008 at 7:23 am |
keep up the good work!
June 11, 2008 at 11:13 pm |
i made a simple tutorial to draw a pinguin please check, maybe you want to list it on your pages. http://linux4designer.blogspot.com/2008/05/simple-penguins-tutorial-using-division.html
June 12, 2008 at 7:46 am |
Hi!
i saw that lamboghini video, but can you actually talk in the video and say what to use and do? that would really be helpful!
thanks,
X-Boy
June 16, 2008 at 9:49 pm |
http://troy-sobotka.blogspot.com/2008/04/inkscape-tutorial-2-text-and-simple.html
June 20, 2008 at 4:02 pm |
i need a simple tutorial of the effects in inkscape.. like “generate from path”, “raster”, “text”, etc.
July 23, 2008 at 9:25 pm |
Hey!
I have a suggestion, I want to learn how to put different pictures together, sorta like blending. I want it to be beginner’s style. Since I’m starting to design layouts! It would be a great help if somebody made a tutorial like this!
Thanks!
August 4, 2008 at 9:32 am |
http://www.dailymotion.com/imppao
french tuto for inkscape
August 14, 2008 at 5:28 pm |
Could you create a tutorial for how to modify the standard barcamp logo at http://barcamp.org/SpreadBarCamp and create something like http://barcamp.org/BarCampLondon5 or similar. Just basically modifying the standard one?
August 19, 2008 at 12:40 pm |
Yikes!
It’s not like me to overlook replies to my messages. But somehow I did not see your reply to my 2-28-08 message. Sorry ryan, I’m really, really sorry. Because I do SO appreciate the list of tutorials that you made, following my suggestion! And I did notice the topic thread at InkscapeForums.com (which I think is a sticky/pinned now). I use the list every time I visit this site (which is fairly often). It meets my needs in every way. Thank you very much!
Also I wanted to suggest a tutorial on how to use tiled clones to create a webpage background, using Inkscape. Ideally this would include the proper code for the webpage. I have learned basic html, but am still quite fuzzy about xml. However, I’m up for learning whatever is appropriate
I have found these tuts:
–create a desktop background by tracing bitmaps and overlaying them
http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/create-a-desktop-background-by-tracing-bitmaps-and-overlaying-them/
and
–Episode 004 – Create Tiled Clones by heathenx
http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/inkscape-tutorial-by-heathenx-create-tiled-clones/
and
–A Vine Design – A Tiling Example
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/TilePattern.html
The 1st and last of those don’t quite extend to getting the background on a webpage. And I can’t seem to get heathenx’s screencast to display. Granted it may come down to spending some time troubleshooting to get it to play. But it would be great if this topic is addressed in written form somewhere.
Thanks for your help. And especially thanks for the list of tutorials. It really is a great resource!
Brynn
June 30, 2009 at 9:39 pm |
Here is a tutorial for creating tilable images for website backgrounds (etc). Please feel free to use and share. Comments are appreciated.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Create-tilable-patterns-for-website-background-ima/
August 24, 2008 at 8:45 am |
Here is one I did for creating wispy stalks of grass.
http://nibrahim.net.in/journal/?p=59
August 31, 2008 at 8:52 pm |
I have been searching for a tool that can be used to design furniture. I worked with Blender briefly but found that 3D visualisations aren’t necessary. I then found Inkscape. I fumbled and stumbled my way through a successful drawing that I was then able to use when working with wood.
It would be very interesting to see how someone knowledgeable would tackle a similar project. For example, a drawing of cabinet, chest of drawers or a bookcase with specific dimensions that would be used as a cutting guide. If there where then some way to create an exploded view of the same project, that would be great.
In advance, thanks.
September 8, 2008 at 3:37 pm |
I’m trying to draw a cobblestone or slate garden path. So it is an irregularly patterned region bounded by Bezier curves (not symmetric). Is this even possible without drawing each individual stone and shading it?
September 10, 2008 at 10:20 pm |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xAUj9-xZqw
I did this tutorial a little while ago showing a quick method for creating tribal-esque in inkscape. I’m not sure if it’s worth linking to, but it’s worth a shot.
September 23, 2008 at 3:41 am |
How do i perform import a raster image (example a tiff image file) into inkscape & convert it into a vector file (example dxf) ?
September 25, 2008 at 3:19 pm |
http://tucson-labs.com/articles/creating-websites-with-inkscape
A tutorial on designing websites with Inkscape.
September 25, 2008 at 5:15 pm |
How to make letter stencils. I plan to use Inkscape to make 1 inch tall letters in acetate that I can use to spray-paint text onto my bike. Right now, I am trying to figure out if Inkscape supports outline fonts. If it does, that would probably make this task pretty easy.
September 28, 2008 at 6:39 pm |
I want to know how to draw a large barroc windows and a wall with a text like graffiti. That’s all. Thanks in advance.
October 13, 2008 at 10:31 pm |
I would like tutorial on how to save and manage the files in Inkscape.
It totally confuses me and I just want to be able to figure out how to save images
as png or more commonly used files I use like jpg, tga know its possible but I can’t remember how.
The import/export and save as sections confuse me too.
October 19, 2008 at 10:28 am |
A guide on how to do pie charts would be great (even better if you could import the figures/amounts but i doubt that’s possible)
November 1, 2008 at 4:30 pm |
As others requested, I’d love a simple tutorial on raster image vectorialization. I work with cad software and I spend entire days copying buildings design from jpegs. By the way thanks for this great soft. bye bye
November 1, 2008 at 5:39 pm |
Da nu Nahr
November 6, 2008 at 5:09 pm |
A tutorial on how to make glossy icons would be nice.
November 11, 2008 at 2:08 pm |
I just finished my first Inkscape tutorial, hope you find a use for it: http://www.brownbatterystudios.com/sixthings/2008/11/11/arched-text-an-inkscape-tutorial/
November 15, 2008 at 6:56 am |
How about a tutorial on Basic Animation?
Thanks
November 16, 2008 at 2:43 pm |
Thanks for your project. I like this site. KEEP IT UP..
November 23, 2008 at 7:42 pm |
This is a beginner-level tutorial on how to draw a 2D car in Inkscape.
December 6, 2008 at 11:12 pm |
Startright was asking for a tutorial on Basic Animation. This is a simple one using Macromedia Flash. I hope it helps.
December 12, 2008 at 12:16 pm |
Hi,
I would suggest this tutorial made by me:
http://digilander.libero.it/nurabsal/tutorial_svg.svg
It’s for making gradients shaped like a curve (faking irregular gradients).
Thanks,
NurAbSal
December 12, 2008 at 12:18 pm |
Excuse-me but problably Firefox doesn’t support gradient.
So see that:
http://digilander.libero.it/nurabsal/tutorial_svg.png
Thanks,
NurAbSal
December 12, 2008 at 11:31 pm |
You should put a link in you resources section to Flossmanuals.org, they haave a great inkscape manual available http://en.flossmanuals.net/inkscape
January 1, 2009 at 2:41 am |
How to do Coreldraw power clip in Inkscape? Thanks
January 11, 2009 at 8:36 pm |
I need to know how to change a PDF into an SVG. Is that any where in this site?
Thanks
Debbie
January 18, 2009 at 8:22 pm |
A tutorial that describes how to create a old fashioned alarm clock.
January 24, 2009 at 9:55 pm |
could be great if someone could explain how to make a pencil like this:
http://vectortuts.com/tutorials/illustration/craft-a-vector-collegiate-notebook-design/
how can i create that particular gradients to reproduce the barrel?
January 26, 2009 at 9:39 pm |
I just made a tutorial on how to make a starburst background, please check it out. http://tucson-labs.com/articles/sarburst-background-with-inkscape
February 5, 2009 at 6:54 pm |
I’m looking for a tutorial for creating a dxf file from an outline of a part in a picture.
I want to machine the outlines using a cam program that imports a dxf file.
I’ve tried on my own but can’t get my dxf to show the correct info in my cad or cam program.
thanks
smith
February 10, 2009 at 10:56 am |
I made a tutorial for inkscape: “Create A Slick External Hard Drive In Inkscape”
Please check it out > http://www.evanbot.com/article/inkscape-tutorial-hard-drive/8
February 14, 2009 at 6:16 am |
I’d like to see a really good inkscape animation tutorial
February 18, 2009 at 1:03 am |
Im very new to inkscape and I downloaded it because I bought a Cricut and there are a lot cute files in SVG format. However, I can not find a simple tutorial how to open an SVG file in inkscape and separate all the pieces in the file and save it so that when I open it in SCAL (SURE CUTS A LOT) which I use with my cricut, they remain SEPARATE.
THANKS….ANSA
February 21, 2009 at 4:12 am |
hey, this guy update his blog. check this out
http://inkscapetutorials.blogspot.com/
February 25, 2009 at 5:25 pm |
Hi, just found out about Inkscape. Great software !
I just wrote a simple tutorial at:
http://starahead.com/learning/index.php?itemid=27
hope useful for others. I’m still exploring the inkscape.
Thank you
regards
February 26, 2009 at 8:00 am |
I’m having a huge problem with the simplify path function after creating a vector, I would like to see an alternative to this, which I know has just got to be out there. As it stands now, I might as well just trace the path myself from scratch, that’s how many nodes there are to delete and adjust.
March 3, 2009 at 9:44 am |
I’ve made four mini-tutorials about creating natural textures, using Inkscape. For those interested, here are the links:
Creating a Filtered Texture
Mini-Tutorial Part 1 – Earthenware
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35772571@N03/3317343934/sizes/l/
Creating a Filtered Texture
Mini-Tutorial Part 2 – Wood
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35772571@N03/3317343938/sizes/l/
Stretching a Filtered Texture
Mini-Tutorial Part 3
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35772571@N03/3317343942/sizes/l/
Creating a Filtered Texture
Mini-Tutorial Part 4 – Parchment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35772571@N03/3317343946/sizes/l/
March 4, 2009 at 4:40 am |
Cool guestbook, interesting information… Keep it UP. excellent site i really like your stuff.C
March 6, 2009 at 1:25 pm |
You guys do a wonderful job! Keep up the good work!!!
March 11, 2009 at 7:11 am |
This is a wonderful tool, but I am missing a basic concept, and think it would help me, and many others to understand how to work with an ai formatted file if one wants to use one of the portions of the file. Several files I have downloaded have beautiful design elements with complex backgrounds and all I want to work with is the actual design element, not the element and the background. i had read somewhere to drag the item to the swatches palette then save it (in AI) as an image, but haven’t been able to accomplish that in Inkscape.
Thanks!
Sye
March 11, 2009 at 10:31 pm |
Do you have a tutorial showing how to make a basic map to add to a business brouchure to give clients directions to the business?
March 23, 2009 at 12:28 am |
http://karl-tux-stadt.de/ktuxs/?p=907
make a palette with many colored tux
April 13, 2009 at 2:47 pm |
Hey, I actually just started a new site for Inkscape and open source tutorials – mainly because I like to write them.
My tutorial list is here:
http://kendraschaefer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=38&Itemid=15
Thanks! Love your site.
May 18, 2009 at 3:03 am |
I’d like to see some more information on “Texting” like importing and modifying text to be reshaped and used in woodwork as word art and cut out in various shapes! Example: I Love you written out in a hart shape or fish in the shape of a fish ect.
Any help that could be provided would be appreciated.
Thank you for your help and support.
Ed Dolan At ibthebonezone@hotmail.com or ibetheboneone@gmail.com
May 20, 2009 at 8:41 am |
WEBSITE DESIGN IN INKSCAPE
A tutorial how to plan the website design in Inkscape, do the creative part in a RAD-style of way – and then finally export the parts in slices as PNG etc. for website design.
Perhaps you could take the inskcape example files from 960 CSS Framework and also include that in the tutorial.
May 30, 2009 at 4:46 am |
WEBSITE DESIGN IN INKSCAPE
June 7, 2009 at 1:19 am |
Hello,
A belgium user of Inkscape submit me his work on Inkscape spherisation.
I post this great tutorial on my blog : http://mickaelbertrand.imagika.fr/tutoriels/inkscape-spherisation-dessins-vectoriel-682
Thanks.
Mickaël B. Alexandre
June 22, 2009 at 10:43 pm |
Hi,
one of our writers did a great beginner’s tutorial on creating a flowing ribbon with Inkscape. See http://fsmsh.com/2948 for details.
thanks,
Free Software Magazine
July 5, 2009 at 2:52 am |
Hi,
I wish to know how to make a 3d box that can have text on see >
http://www.thedesignloft.co.uk a quarter way down the page you will the boxes with text on I want to create the same effect using inkscape…
Can someone help ?
July 11, 2009 at 12:17 pm |
Found this irritator tut, that is interesting, but not particularly well written. Tried doing something myself, but not quite good enough yet. THought it would a good one to do.
http://abduzeedo.com/creating-crazy-cool-logo
cheers, and thanks for the great resource