Hey all, here's a new tutorial I uploaded this evening on How to Design a flip calendar in Inkscape . This is a really fun tutorial which capitalises on some classic tricks of the vector trade to add depth and a touch of style to the design. It's not too difficult though, and really just centres on ...

You lucky souls - two Inkscape tutorials in just under a week. I received a request for a guide on How to Illustrate a Metallic Padlock by one of my blog readers, as it involves thinking of a way to simulate gradients beyond the normal linear/elliptical arrangements. Best of all, with a bit of plann...

Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about the blog and to add some Inkscape tutorials, I've just been ridiculously busy this last few weeks (months?!). No one said moving house with a baby was easy, and they were DAMN right. :lol: Anyway, I've just uploaded a new tutorial which I think Inkscape users i...

Hi Virt, I think this could be possible with some inset/outset paths and a couple of cheeky black-to-white overlay gradients. Let me know if this SVG helps you at all, I could even write a tutorial on it if you need a fuller guide.

Here we go again, then. I seem to have been very busy in Inkscape lately, and here's another tutorial I've put together which is quite in-depth, but lots of fun to do as well. It takes advantage of Inkscape's wonderfully intuitive toolset and the potency of Live Path Effects when using repeated base...

If I could just get this screencasting thing down pat, it would be great. At first, I thought it would be difficult to find tools for screencasting on Ubuntu, but as it turns out, there are a ton of them to weed through in order to find what works best for me. Ah yes, that's one of a couple of reas...

Thanks, BTP, I really appreciate all the great feedback I get and the more readers come to the blog, the more tutorials I'm likely to write. The traffic stats are fairly good so far but I've got a feeling there are still plenty of Inkscape (and GIMP) users who don't yet know what I'm doing, so I'm o...

That's great, thanks for the bookmark and comment, lejimi! :D I posted a new Inkscape tutorial up to the blog last night. It's a little narrow in focus but that can also be a good thing sometimes when you just need to know how to do one particular thing. I was making some corporate-style imagery for...

Hi again, everyone. I've been running a little behind schedule lately, what with one thing or another happening, but here's my latest Inkscape tutorial, which will show you how to create a pad of sticky notes in Inkscape . Enjoy! http://www.designmarkgraphics.co.uk/blog/images/2013/04/draw-sticky-no...

Hey, everyone. I uploaded my latest blog tutorial last night which takes advantage of both Inkscape and GIMP. It'll show you how to Create a worn, printed ticket using Inkscape and GIMP . Here's a quick preview of the final result: http://www.designmarkgraphics.co.uk/blog/images/2013/06/draw-worn-ti...

Not a "living" as such, but I am eking out a small amount of additional income creating web designs and logos designed in Inkscape. Very small projects and payments for now, but I'm hoping that my open source design software blog might lead to a bit more exposure and maybe a passive income...

Hi ewood, I've encountered this kind of problem before and might have an answer. When you select the shapes on your Inkscape canvas, look at the x- and y-coordinates in the toolbar. If they're non-whole or exact-half numbers (ie. 104.639 as opposed to 105 pixels), that can have an impact because whe...

Thanks 4hn, that's kind of you to say so. :D It's great to get encouragement when you're working hard on something like this, so if you're enjoying the blog please do pass the word on - the more people who say they're getting something from the tutorials, the more likely it is I can spend time doing...

Hi everyone, just wanted to let the good people here know about the Inkscape tutorials I'm publishing on my new blog, at http://www.designmarkgraphics.co.uk/blog I'm a long-time fan and user of Inkscape, and have used it to carry out all sorts of design work, over the years. I love it, and think mor...