Inkscape Tutorial: Simple Line Art Designs
In this tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can use Inkscape to create simple vector line art designs that could work great for t shirt designs, logos, monograms, and more. This tutorial specifically will be utilizing a sunny mountain landscape with pine trees as an example, but you can use this lesson to create any other type of design you’d like.
We’ll be constructing the entire design from strokes and utilizing the cut path and combine features a lot throughout this tutorial.
Want to learn more about how Inkscape works? Check out the Inkscape Master Class - a comprehensive series of over 50 videos where I go over every tool, feature and function in Inkscape and explain what it is, how it works, and why it's useful: logosbynick.com/inkscape/
Need a logo? Check out my portfolio and hire me at: www.logosbynick.com
Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission
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Sorry for the lack of uploads lately. I moved recently and I've been really busy with client work too. Hoping to get back into a regular uploading routine soon.
@khakcsar
4 жыл бұрын
You are the Best online teacher I have ever had. I can pretty much design anything that comes to my mind thanks to your tutorials. You deserve some break, no need to apologize. 😄
@simplyebeats6847
4 жыл бұрын
Logos By Nick No problem bro we understand. Coping that Gimp and Inkscape course soon.
@digeretech
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome back! I have requested this before, but I've never seen you use my suggestion. Your tutorials are very helpful, but what would be the icing on the cake, is if you would stick the finished design in an empty corner somewhere for the duration of the video. Why do this? Often when you're setting up the early to intermediate steps for more complex designs, it's a bit hard to visualize what you're going for until the whole shape comes together. If the final product was there on screen to reference, it would make following along a lot easier (in my humble opinion). Thanks!
@digeretech
4 жыл бұрын
@Ramarti Ottolina I know what you're saying, but it wouldn't have to be moved around constantly. Depending on Nick's workflow to produce his videos, after the screen capturing is done, the final image could be added using a video editor, shrunk down and layered on top of an unused or seldom used portion of the screen. But it's an extra step Nick might not want to do, and I can understand that. It could also be imported into the project file and stuck off to the side, but that might get weird when zooming in and out to work on details. Your suggestion to screen grab is good, and I may do that for times when I'm on my desktop/laptop, but I often watch the tutorials on the go using my phone or tablet, and for those times, that wouldn't work very well :-/
@CricutWithRoosabella
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for finding the time to do these vids, life is busy!
If this channel isn't the best KZread tutorial channel, the I don't know what is.
@LykMike
2 жыл бұрын
TRUE!
Thank you so much for this tutorial, it was a huge inspiration and a good way to practice!
Just discovered your tutorials and bought the class after the first one. I appreciate good teaching.
Thanks for all that you do. I learn so much from your tutorials!!! You’re awesome. Thanks again!
This tutorial is SO helpful! Thanks for putting out such great content.
Thank you for this very useful Tutorial! I have missed your lessons an I'm happy you now are back!
Sensational. Once again, I learned several new techniques. Both in tools and design. Thank you!
Your tutorials are awesome, thanks so much for uploading this kind of stuff, seriously helping me learn inkscape
These tutorials are a great work of design in themselves. Simple, clear, elegant.
your tutorials are really amazing!! I learnt a lot frol you, thank you so much Nick
love your tutorials, this is an amazing one. thank you for sharing.
I am always using your tutorials, and never said thanks here... so, thank you a lot! Great stuff! You´re awesome!👊😉
Dude! This guy is the best teacher ever!
Another great tutorial Nick, your videos are really helpful. I'm learning Inkscape. Keep enlightening me. Thank you !
your lessons are so easy to follow and amazing - thanks heaps!!!
Always a learning pleasure. Thanks Nick 💣
Thanks a lot. I have got a many tips for managing my paths! YOu did a perfect job!
Your videos are so informative. I can't wait to take the master class.
I hope it will be nice to know that even after more over a year after premiere of this tutorial it is still same useful and precise. I've just finished the lesson, many thanks Nick.
This was really fun to watch. I'm learning more about Inkscape, and this had some really helpful things in it.
I've been watching your tutorials since few days ago, you're great using Inkscape and also your explanation is so great too!
Hi Nick, this is such a great tutorial. Combined with your Masterclass I really feel that I am making progress with Inkscape. Thank you!
thanks nick for the great tutorial......awesome as always
Amazing! I'm just starting out with inkscape and have been watching a lot of tutorials, none of them mention caps or alignment tools and those are an absolute game-changer. Thanks so much for this (and your other) tutorial(s)!
Fabulous tutorial. I'm new to graphic design and Inkscape. I'm planning to do POD, but this opens up many other options 😊
AAAAAAA My mind is BLOWN!! I was trying to learn this by myself and I couldn't find the controls I needed for my project! I still haven't grasped the hotkeys or anything!! I was layering shapes because I couldn't find just a plain circle tool! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Now I gotta redo my work... but this is going to simplify everything!!
Chiming in to add my thanks! Your work is incredibly helpful
Mine turned out amazing! I didn't think that I could do something like that but you made it easy! Thanks!
I just bought your mega bundle!!!! thank you so much! With the Upwork course and the logo Design, I couldn't say no. Especially for that price. I'll be sure sure to check out the other ones soon.
You're great Nick thanks for your videos.
What a great tutorial! Thank you.
Super clear and informative, thanks so much!
Once again great tutorial 👍
wow this is amazing tutorial, thank you a lot!
Wow thank you 🙏!!! This has helped me heaps !!!
Wow. Super clear and powerful.
Before I watch. . . . We luv u Nick
Thanks Nick. Love your videos and your masterclass. Valerie
Great video, found this really helpful
2nd comment from Brazil!!! *Man! **_U ARE HUGE!_** Thank u so much!*
That was awesome!
Dear Nick, as always, a great video. A suggestion to the topic "Text -> Put on Path". If the text is centered first, it will also be centered directly on the path.
You are the reason that I'm able to breathe in inkscape boy , Thank you so much 😀
Your videos provide better instruction than what I received at Eastern Washington University. Cheers and thanks!
Nick, you’re the best!
really Thank you for this all!
Thanks for this video!
That was definitely worth downloading Inkscape for, thanks. :)
Really, beautiful Work thanks a lot .
Thanks for nice tutorial.
First comment from Brazil!!! Amazing work Nick!
Thanks! all ingenious is simple
awesome as usual
Muy instructivo, gracias 👏
Awesome - best teacher on KZread 😎 would love to see you do some affinity designer videos, sadly my Inkscape is so buggy it crashes all the time, so I’m now learning to use Affinity designer.
Great Tutorial 👍
very fantastic video Nick
love!
So Great. Mine is 1.0.1 version. Hard to keep up with your pace but still I learn lot.
That was a good design!!!
Thank you!
No worries Nick. Really enjoyed this tutorial and although this can best be used for logos - I will experiment with this during comics class. For work I had to learn the Illustrator way, and now I'm looking into using scripts to do common (move, tilt or resize objects) as well as creative (place random, deform or resize random) tasks. What are your favourite scripts or 'automatic' tools of Inkscape?
Just what I've been looking for... line art logos!! Thank u!
Great video 💯 salute.
Great!
Amazing video!
@satoshiheavy7247
4 жыл бұрын
But my inkscape doesnt look like that LOL
Great tutorials...
Hey nick I have a request for a video!! Can you show us how to make a pair of dice??? I have this idea to make a logo out of dice and your style is exactly what I love!! Great videos man thanks!!👍🏻👍🏻
Beautiful logo
Very good tutorial, I have a question how I can put the dark theme in Inkscape?
Great ❤️
Time to start inkscape
Thank you, I got fed up of trying to get my simple icons done from Fiverr and decided the Thanos way that I will do it myself. Great tutorial and great soundtrack.
@Moodboard39
Жыл бұрын
There new feature??
Very usefull for beginner...
the best videos
Love your content!! Question, did you use cut path when making the "water" to keep the round ends on the line segments? I assume that since Difference would have been "quicker" but then the line segments would have had square ends at the cuts? Sorry if my question doesn't make sense. Lots to learn in Inkscape LOL
you are the beeeeeessttt
Great Tutorial. I would like to ask when you were doing the lines to make the water. Cuts you made on each line you did separately. Can you not click on each 'box' on all the lines and cut?
That's nice logo :)
great tutorial as always! I also admire your choice of fonts. They always look and work just great. Could you advise your list of preference?
@LogosByNick
4 жыл бұрын
Some of my favorite fonts: Montserrat, Lato, Avant Garde, Acre, Microgramma, League Gothic
Hi! I have used your tutorial before and with great success! I was wondering if there was a way to convert a design, let’s say made on procreate and make it into single line design using Inkscape? I have a Cricut maker and now I have the new tool which is a foiling tool but works with single line designs. I hope you read my comment! 🤞🤞🤞 Thank you for your great tutorials!
Can you please give the custom interface. Like the buttons are different in this tutorial and I like them. Thanks
Thanks sir🙏🙏🙏
i wish you used procreate too! great vids and tutorials. def subscribed
Man this turned out absolutely fabulous! Does inkscape have a higher resolution than gimp? Gimp paints nice lines as long as they are strait up vertical or horizontal but get very jagged on any other angle.
Perfect tutorial, I just have one question. Before such a multi-component object is exported, how should it be merged? Combine - Exported or Group - Exported? Thanks.
Good day nick.i wanted to know why u used cut path and combine in this tutorial instead of interest , union and difference for the operation. I just want to know the key differences thankss
Great tutorial as usual bud, thanks! I've noticed you almost always bring opacity down to 50% on objects - what's the main reason for that?
@LogosByNick
4 жыл бұрын
I like to be able to see through objects to see where they intersect with other objects.
@jimmyfavereau
4 жыл бұрын
A great ‘gambit’!
Yeeeeeeey :D
Educational Video. R u teaching art in school with GIMP & INKSCAPE? Your videos gives INSPIRATION to art lovers with computer.
Hi, Nick! Do you know of any tutorial like this for Affinity Designer or if no, could you please consider making one? Thanks.
I remember one of your earlier videos where you said you don't really know what is cut path option is for!. Now look at that
1.If we have to cut the circle , we said that add a rectangle + select two+ intersection and difference? 2. Cut path? Can we use both methods?
Can you please share with some basic earing jewelry design for laser cut?
Great as always! Why did you add nodes to the converted-to-path circle in the beginning? I seem to have missed it. 😅
@LogosByNick
4 жыл бұрын
It has to do with avoiding an Inkscape glitch. Sometimes when you do a cut path on circles in Inkscape it corrupts the structure of the design. Adding nodes avoids that for whatever reason.
@sheaulle
4 жыл бұрын
@@LogosByNick Great to know, I had issues with that before. Thank you! :-)
@ervankurniawan9267
4 жыл бұрын
@@LogosByNick it also happen to me at version 0.92.4. Now i try to beta version 1.0, i never faced again. 😃
Hey buddy I'm searching for a tutorial I had previously watched of yours where you were inserting an image into another image. I'm trying to accomplish a image design explaining responsive web design and importing the same image into desktop, tablet and phone. I had this concept down and now I am having a difficult time achieving this.
yes
God damn, thank you
what version are you using. I'm using 1.0 and my interface looks nothing like that.