August 20th, 2012 Tutorials
Inskape is the best vector graphics program available for free, and is a great alternative application to illustrator. If you’re a designer on a shoestring money budget this is the perfect application for creating high quality vector graphics. If you’re familiar with Adobe Illustrator a lot of similar features are also implemented into inkscape.
If you would like download Inskape, head over to thier website inksape.org to download the latest version. Another great free design program is gimp, this is a great alternative to Photoshop. We compiled a post which features most of the best gimp tutorials certainly worth checking out.
It was certainly a scavenger hunt seeking out all the best inkscape tutorials, and compiling them all into one post. This is the ultimate resource for learning, and mastering inkscape. The article consists of 50 of the very best Inskape tutorials, as well as video tutorials included with the roundup, which i find personally a lot easier to follow.
We tried to include a range of various tutorials which demonstrate some simple features of inkscape, as well as more advanced techniques. Its a great resource, which i hope you enjoy. I would love to hear your thoughts on the post, and any other great Inkscape tutorials we may have missed from the list.
1. Creating a Coffee Cup with Inkscape
A beautiful coffee cup and show off some of Inkscape’s features. You’ll mostly be drawing shapes and using the Gradient Tool to accomplish the desired effect. If you’re familiar with Illustrator or a similar program, you should be able to follow along relatively easily.2. Text and simple styling
The following tutorial will attempt to illustrate a simple set of techniques and tools to stylize text. It will attempt to demonstrate how simple, quick, and effective it is to modify text stylings in Inkscape.3. How to make simple clouds
A great short tutorial on how to create simple clouds using inkscape.4. Quick Tip: How to Create a Cartoon Rocketship with Inkscape
This Quick Tip will teach you how to create a cartoon rocket ship with some nice lighting using only basic shapes like rectangles, circles and a triangle. This is a step-by-step tutorial for beginners. The icons from the inkscape toolbar are added to the images to make it easier to find the tool and function I am describing in the text.5. Create a chibi Tux penguin with Inkscape
How to create an amazing character penguin illustration using inscape.6. Learn to draw an eye in anime style
In this tutorial Maxim Grafskiy will teach you how to draw a classic anime-style eye. The technique was borrowed from an existing tutorial on Corel DRAW, improved and adjusted for Inkscape.7. Drawing 3D objects in Inkscape
With this Inkscape tutorial you will learn to draw a 3D looking snowman, but ultimately you will get a grasp of creating shadows and reflections the right way.8. Use Inkscape to Create a Grunge RSS Box Icon
How to create an Icon using new features of Inkscape 0.47, such as: gradients, blur, path effects, and mask on texture layer. We’ll be walking through every step involved in creating this grungy RSS feed icon box. There is some great vector material in this tutorial!9. Draw a first-aid kit in Inkscape
The tutorial provides example of using 3D box tool in Inkscape to create a base for a complex object in perspective and explains drawing complex shadows.10. Kokeshi Doll
11. Create a Realistic Candle in Inkscape
Discover how to draw complex shadows, highlights, and even flames in Inskscape. We’ll be using gradients, blurs, and clipping to simulate the effect of Illustrator’s gradient mesh in Inkscape.
12. Understand butterfly technique
The main idea in this tutorial is to make a half butterfly wing-like shape first, then duplicate and mirror it to make the simple butterfly shape.
13. Add an acrylic image effect to photos in Inkscape
In this tutorial babayasin explains how to create an acrylic looking picture from a photo using GIMP and Inkscape with just paths, gradient fills and gaussian blur.
The following tutorial will guide you step-by-step through the creation of a polished metallic chrome look.
15. Quick Tip: How to Create a Classic Handgun with Inkscape
This Quick Tip will teach you how to create a handgun using just basic shapes like rectangles, circles and triangle. This is a step-by-step tutorial for beginners. The icons from the Inkscape toolbar are to the images to make it easier to find the tool and function I am describing in the text.
You will some times want or need to create elaborate vector illustrations but still want to keep the shapes simple. When the subject is complex, this can be quite a challenging task. In such cases, you can start drawing and sketching in raster mode (or on paper).
17. Draw A Realistic Vector Guitar in Inkscape
This tutorial will go over the techniques used to draw a realistic guitar from scratch using the free vector program Inkscape. To complete this tutorial, you should already have a basic knowledge of vector tools, such as: the Pen tool, Edit Path Nodes tools, and you should be familiar with the Fill and Stroke toolbox.
18. Drawing Mac like clock in Inkscape
This tutorial could be of interest for both novice and experienced Inkscape users. Basic Inkscape skills (objects manipulations, using Gradient editor) are required.
19. Pac-Man baddies with Inkscape
It’s a long time since I have in mind this PacMan baddies (bad guys and bad girls from the Pac-Man game, called “ghosts” in the game) tutorial, since I made months ago a silly cartoon dedicated to the Fedora Games spin. Indeed, the idea is that old, I delayed the writing because it didn’t feel right in the context of my other tutorials.
In this Inkscape tutorial It will provide a quick method of making a simple urban design by only applying a few elements: circles, clouds and swirls. It can use Inkscape as it is freely available and is very suitable for this kind of work.
21. How to draw Fall leaf with Inkscape
I’ll will show you how to draw fall leaves with Inkscape. Inkscape is open source vector graphics editor and can be downloaded for free.
It is a bit more advanced tutorial, and some knowledge of the Inkscape interface is assumed.
23. Postage stamps with Inkscape
In this easy tutorial you will learn to create postage stamps using Inkscape.
24. Illustrating 3D looking objects in Inkscape (Basic)
llustrating objects to give it a 3D look requires a few transforms, unions, differences & most importantly the gradient. Here is a simple circle you can draw. The technique used here applies only for basic shapes and that too for particular orientations.
25. How To Create a Jeweled Butterfly In Inkscape
You’ll create a sparkling jeweled butterfly that will shine without using any gradients. We’ll use various path operations and the powerful extension “pattern along path” to reproduce shimmering gold. If you’re an Inkscape user, then follow along with this tutorial.
I was finalizing some simple illustrations for use on e-cards and I figured that I might as well explain some simple tricks with great effects in Inkscape. All still in a Valentines theme, but I am sure you can find your own use for it!
A great tutorial on how to create a cute baby illustration.
28. Illustrating Chinese Dragon
This is less of a tutorial and more of a walk-through of creating a vector illustration of a Chinese dragon. I will be applying several techniques, which are posted earlier.
29. Creating a “Web 2.0 style” Badge in Inkscape v.45.
How to create a very cool web 2.0 badge illustration.
30. Quick Tip: How to Illustrate a Saw Blade with Inkscape
This Quick Tip will teach you how to create a saw blade with a shiny disc using just basic shapes like rectangles, circles and triangle. This is a step-by-step tutorial for beginners.
How to use inscape to create a vector compass.
32. Illustrating Hibiscus Flower
This will be a simple step by step tutorial on illustrating a Hibiscus Flower using Inkscape.
33. Design a Brilliant cut Diamond with Inkscape
This will be a simple step by step tutorial on illustrating a Hibiscus Flower using Inkscape.
A great tutorial which educates you on how to create a shiny arrow tutorial.