Lazur, I should have been clearer about the original artwork; yes, as you guessed, it did indeed begin as a raster image. Thanks for your feedback. The ideas you raised helped me figure out an approach; for those beginners like me, who may have a similar problem in the future, here is my solution: F...

I'm stuck trying to figure out how to turn elements of a drawing into objects: I used Inkscape to convert a simple back-and-white drawing into a vector drawing. Then I saved the vectorized version as an svg. When I reopen that svg in Inkscape, I can't select individual elements within the drawing an...