Inkscape for Beginners: Bicycle Icon

This tutorial is for Inkscape version 0.48 and is intended to teach you how to use the software.
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  • @HasztagF
    @HasztagF8 жыл бұрын

    It's one of the best, most proffesional tutorial series i've ever seen. Thanks for all of your work.

  • @MrDBT85
    @MrDBT856 жыл бұрын

    I know this video is now a little old but it was just the first one that popped out to me when looking for some guidance in Inkscape. I just wanted to let you know that after watching this once, and literally never having used Inkscape or Illustrator before, I created the bike about 95% from memory, only needing to check back on bending the handlebars and to see the final image. Your instructions are clear, concise and just damned perfect. Thank you.

  • @camchaunguyen
    @camchaunguyen2 жыл бұрын

    I am a very very beginner in vector art and I'm so glad I found you! I've learned so much shortcut and features. I drew along with the video and I'm proud to say that it's actually the first complete design I've ever done! Thank you so much for this well explained and simple tutorial!💞💞☺️

  • @Robincoffin
    @Robincoffin7 жыл бұрын

    I really like the fact that you redo the image from scratch and end up with a slighly different result. Love those tutorials, I learned a lot.

  • @fun-learning
    @fun-learning6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much- I am from Egypt and i learned a lot from you-i need Inkscape a lot in my channel-and your video helped me a lot

  • @timmyireland1
    @timmyireland15 жыл бұрын

    Before I found Nick's videos I was just copy/pasting stuff and adding drop shadows. Now I am learning new techniques and it is genuinely fun. He is a very good instructor and this channel is a blessing.

  • @ehmzed
    @ehmzed2 жыл бұрын

    I drew my first ever complete and decent vector image! Now I have a beautiful, quite long bike, lol. THANK YOU! I've already learnt so much on how to use Inkscape just by following this tutorial step by step, until now I had no idea what 99% of the buttons did and was intimidated by them lol. I guess I'll follow more tutorials of yours in the future, it was very fun and useful

  • @zidan8664
    @zidan86642 жыл бұрын

    Mindblowing explanation, great content from years ago

  • @mustafakursun5870
    @mustafakursun58706 жыл бұрын

    This was very simple for me! But only after watching this tutorial! Thank you very much for all these videos. I'm learning Inkscape from scratch and you are helping me a lot.

  • @zainsyed9140
    @zainsyed91408 жыл бұрын

    Love the work! Watching your videos has helped me tremendously. Am now creating my own designs and logos! Keep up the awesome work Nick!

  • @geoffphil
    @geoffphil4 жыл бұрын

    Outstanding video as always. Thanks. Clicking the icon at the end doesn't "fix the stroke" - it alows the stoke to scale so the relative thickness of lines remains the same in proportion to object sizes.

  • @darija5494
    @darija54945 жыл бұрын

    Such clear instructions, and you share lots of your knowledge with us,thank you!

  • @makulo3868
    @makulo38685 жыл бұрын

    Hi Nick, I'm new to use Inkscape and GIMP. Your videos are really really great! I learned soo much, by watching these tutorials. IYou are a great Teacher! Thank you much!!

  • @alwaysuplifted950
    @alwaysuplifted9506 жыл бұрын

    You have a great skill for teaching, very informative and useful, I love it!

  • @marcosmico7741
    @marcosmico77416 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this, I already tried two of your videos and they came out great (Bicicle and snow flakes)!

  • @chrisriddlesartandmusic8489
    @chrisriddlesartandmusic84897 жыл бұрын

    I completed this one and the abstract circle one. Great tutorials. I've got to work kind of slow to get everything just right. :)

  • @paulinelucero8151
    @paulinelucero81518 жыл бұрын

    I learned so much from this video. Thank you for taking the time to create this so newbies like me can begin to create some really cool stuff. Love how you explain things.

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @bhinderbinder

    @bhinderbinder

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I'm a newbie too, and these have been the best so far that I've found. Thank you so very much for being gracious with your time, Nick!

  • @maximoremedios
    @maximoremedios7 жыл бұрын

    Really great tutorials. Thanks for sharing.

  • @hangugeohaksaeng
    @hangugeohaksaeng7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for a great video! I followed right along, and am gaining a better grasp of the work flow you present, so I can apply it to my own projects. A++

  • @khalidm5939
    @khalidm59393 жыл бұрын

    Unreal, thanks so much Nick! Feel like a pro already.

  • @JoshDiaz87
    @JoshDiaz878 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Nick, I've learned so much by watching your videos. Keep on making awesome content. :)

  • @sayedaayan3169
    @sayedaayan31696 жыл бұрын

    you are awesome nick

  • @weiyunchi
    @weiyunchi8 жыл бұрын

    You're a genius. Thank you!

  • @ramsrinivasan5469
    @ramsrinivasan54698 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial.. Thanks

  • @DjClimamusic
    @DjClimamusic7 жыл бұрын

    Excellent tut :) thank you!

  • @amandagoble8360
    @amandagoble83607 жыл бұрын

    super clear and good speed. you have a talent for doing tutorials!! how do you get your ideas?

  • @daviddegenhardt5420
    @daviddegenhardt54208 жыл бұрын

    i love your videos

  • @fcorpc
    @fcorpc8 жыл бұрын

    I love how you explain everything in detail.. great tutorials keep it up ... I dont like the time lapse videos though ... hahahaha

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback

  • @tibhar941
    @tibhar9418 жыл бұрын

    Perfect!

  • @muhdbunahmad
    @muhdbunahmad8 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorials.

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ahmeddeiaa3943
    @ahmeddeiaa39438 жыл бұрын

    wow, really awesome,

  • @rizkiadisaputra5971
    @rizkiadisaputra59718 жыл бұрын

    nice tutor dude

  • @marlanjn.baptiste8715
    @marlanjn.baptiste87152 жыл бұрын

    Even up to this day this vid is still usefull

  • @jacobopstad5483
    @jacobopstad54834 жыл бұрын

    Very cool!

  • @fahimalislam108
    @fahimalislam1085 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @LazyPlectrum68
    @LazyPlectrum682 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏

  • @eshwiliams
    @eshwiliams6 жыл бұрын

    Hi thank's for video! What is the difference between ctrl d and space buttons? and how to make tangent lines to circles? for example how to make chain on this bicycle?

  • @benyowaty
    @benyowaty8 жыл бұрын

    good as usual ! :)

  • @ArturJBCosta
    @ArturJBCosta5 жыл бұрын

    Very nice, Thumbs UP!

  • @andersonwilliam8853
    @andersonwilliam88538 жыл бұрын

    very good

  • @valtersrokjanis9413
    @valtersrokjanis94138 жыл бұрын

    How did you get that kind of opacity, ...control - bars I guess. I have thick and blue ones.I use dark theme and the dark icons.

  • @edgarjeknavorian7359
    @edgarjeknavorian73596 жыл бұрын

    Your dope !

  • @Krzysztof_kszyhu
    @Krzysztof_kszyhu8 жыл бұрын

    cool bike

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @gammayoutube120
    @gammayoutube1208 жыл бұрын

    awesome :)

  • @daviddegenhardt5420
    @daviddegenhardt54208 жыл бұрын

    Nice can you so more Stuff like this?! 👌🏻

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    8 жыл бұрын

    Sure, I'll see what else I can do like this.

  • @orbalistech9197
    @orbalistech91977 жыл бұрын

    What is the the stroke size?

  • @austinguion4578
    @austinguion45787 жыл бұрын

    I see you have blender. Do you think you might ever be able to make tutorials for that program as well?

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    7 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately I don't know the first thing about 3D design or animation with Blender. I use it primarily as a video editor to edit these videos.

  • @maximoremedios

    @maximoremedios

    7 жыл бұрын

    I used to edit with Blender as well but I'm editing with DaVinci Resolve now. Free for 2K edits, available on all platforms (including Linux). Much more advanced editing software.

  • @soto7774
    @soto77746 жыл бұрын

    when I pressed on the lock icon all it did was duplicate the sphere

  • @mayanaise2182
    @mayanaise21828 жыл бұрын

    cool :D

  • @Cibertuto2
    @Cibertuto28 жыл бұрын

    I think you forgot to make the chain. even though great job!

  • @nadinewhite993
    @nadinewhite9938 жыл бұрын

    Always running trouble, lol! I'm at around the 6:44 marker. I tried using the space bar to duplicate the horizontal line (spoke) however I couldn't managed to get a duplication. I used Control D to make the spokes and manually turned them. I tried duplicating a square using the space bar, a circle... No go. However using the space bar duplication did work when I selected the star/polygon and made a 48-spoke star. Anyone have any clues as to what's going on?

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    8 жыл бұрын

    I've been hearing recently that version 91 doesn't support the spacebar duplicate thing any more for some reason. I won't be using that feature in any tutorials moving forward.

  • @nadinewhite993

    @nadinewhite993

    8 жыл бұрын

    Hi Nick, I have Inkscape 0.48.1.0 - maybe that has something to do with the space bar not always working for duplication. ??? I mainly use the space bar to swap quickly between F1 and F2, but on the rare occasion such as the star 'test' it did function on duplicate. I could never work out in the past why I had mysterious unwanted duplications - I only worked that out in more recent times. Thanks for the terrific tutorial.

  • @98Eduardo98

    @98Eduardo98

    7 жыл бұрын

    It wasn't working for me in 0.92 either. But I had to rotate it first randomly while holding Ctrl without pressing spacebar, making it straight vertically, then pressing spacebar.

  • @solomon9388
    @solomon93883 жыл бұрын

    a weird thing is that... where are the nodes?!

  • @mayanaise2182
    @mayanaise21828 жыл бұрын

    I turned my Inkscape version 0.91 into black and I'm also trying to change the icons but this isn't working. I'm changed the name of the file to 'icons' but it then appeared as the default, even when I opened the svg file on inkscape. How do I fix this?

  • @Krzysztof_kszyhu

    @Krzysztof_kszyhu

    8 жыл бұрын

    blog.logosbynick.com/design/new-icons-for-inkscape/ Light Theme - icons_dark.svg Dark Theme - icons_light.svg It works for me

  • @mayanaise2182

    @mayanaise2182

    8 жыл бұрын

    Krzysztof Ś. it doesn't work...

  • @LogosByNick

    @LogosByNick

    8 жыл бұрын

    I had this problem with a Windows 7 install myself. Instead of replacing the icons.svg files, just open up the original icons.svg file and copy & paste the updated icons into that file, then delete the originals. Be sure to save a backup copy of the original though, in case something goes wrong or you ever want to revert back.

  • @Krzysztof_kszyhu

    @Krzysztof_kszyhu

    8 жыл бұрын

    Inkscape 0.91 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Unity), and it works. Copy icon file to /home/user_name/.config/inkscape/icons

  • @mayanaise2182

    @mayanaise2182

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Nick Saporito (LogosByNick) ok thanks

  • @supitcx6654
    @supitcx66547 жыл бұрын

    1:39......I don't understand,Please explain.

  • @98Eduardo98

    @98Eduardo98

    7 жыл бұрын

    you're confused about the opacity maybe? It's the number where the "O" is all the way on the bottom-left corner of the window. It's also visible in the "Fill and Stroke" dialog, below "Blur".

  • @Andre-ld5xu
    @Andre-ld5xu8 жыл бұрын

    PLS MAKE SCOUT IN TF2