Learn Inkscape now -create vector graphics for free! – István Szép

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Learn Inkscape now – create vector graphics for free!

Design everything you need for free! First ever complete Inkscape video course from A-Z for beginners!

UPDATE 2015 June 6: Added a lecture about creating mandalas in Inkscape! It is a fun way to learn the benefits of creating a repeating design in Inkscape!

Over 2200 students! Thank you!

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The course is teaching everything one should know to work efficiently with the free and open source graphic design program Inkscape. As a free program, there are plenty of short tutorials about Inkscape, but not a comprehensive video tutorial like this was made before! These lessons are not for solving individual tasks (like how to create a banner, how to draw a fish etc.) but rather going through all the tools one can need to understand and use Inkscape on an amateur or even professional level! Apart from sharing the tools, I also give my tricks and tips I developed myself as a designer working with Inkscape for years.

There are 30 lectures of varying length, and .svg files are provided where needed, so students can learn and experiment. This is how the course is built up:

1. In the first set of lectures we go through the basic tools, and understand how Inkscape works.
2. Then the more complex tools follow, and we create more elaborate designs.
3. Then I’m sharing some illustration tips and tricks, that will make for clever and outstanding illustration.
4. And in the final lessons we create a Christmas card together, using all the tools and knowledge acquired during the course.

Course Curriculum

Introduction

• Introduction (1:57)
• The user interface (4:30)

Your first drawing

• Draw your first object (3:47)
• Saving your work and exporting (3:24)
• Select and transform objects (4:07)
• Dealing with multiple objects (7:21)
• Let’s color it! – the basics of color usage (9:16)
• Shape and path (7:46)
• Groups and basic drawings (6:48)

Learn more tools!

• Edit path by nodes (11:30)
• Another view on colors (6:14)
• Gradients (7:03)
• Going for the 3D look – gradients and blur (9:13)
• Clipping and masking (10:08)
• Working with text (10:49)
• Layers (4:30)
• Guidelines, rulers, align and distribute (6:15)

Being a bit more creative!

• The spray tool (7:57)
• The pencil tool – create custom brushes (8:00)
• Sculpt tool (5:18)
• Pattern along path (5:01)
• Filters and extensions (4:18)
• Import photos and tracing (8:18)
• How to create patterns? (5:35)
• More about patterns
• Blending modes (5:50)

Put everything together!

• Create a Christmas card (3:46)
• Draw a funny elf character (18:21)
• Finish your character and create falling snow (14:59)
• Put text on card (5:59)
• Finalize and export your drawing (1:12)

What’s new in Inkscape 0.91?

• How to upgrade to Inkscape 0.91?
• Why Inkscape 0.91? What is new? (4:56)
• New way to deal with gradients! (3:49)
• Powerstroke and the symbol library (4:55)

Tips and tricks

• Change canvas color (3:31)
• Use “Find and replace” to manage multiple objects (5:49)
• Tips for creating a good pattern (6:07)
• Inkscape 0.91 cheatsheet
• How to create mandala? (5:51)