How do you draw these in inkscape?

You create them in much the same process as he described in his tutorial, Illustrator: How to Make Custom Swooshes, Swirls, and Curls.

Inkscape doesn't have "brushes" like Illustrator, but you can still create a shape and apply it to a path using "Pattern along path" (under Effect > Generate from Path).

You can see examples of how to use "Pattern along path" in this screenshot - http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/gal ... ngpath.png

when i try to do this following those instructions i either get a path with 3 blotchy circles or a circle with a bunch of squiggly paths but never what is in the picture. What setting do you use for jitter along path? Or when nothing happens i receive these errors:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "share\extensions\pathalongpath.py", line 267, in ?

e.affect()

File "C:\Program Files\Inkscape-dev\inkscape\share\extensions\inkex.py", line 158, in affect

self.effect()

File "share\extensions\pathalongpath.py", line 258, in effect

self.applyDiffeo(ctlpt[1],(ctlpt[0],ctlpt[2]))

File "share\extensions\pathalongpath.py", line 158, in applyDiffeo

i,t=self.lengthtotime(s)

File "share\extensions\pathalongpath.py", line 142, in lengthtotime

l=l % sum(self.lengths)

ZeroDivisionError: float modulo

see if this helps explain:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54969362/

I have tried both of the suggested tutorials and nothing is working. Ok when you use the bezier tool it should be set to no fill and stroke only correct? In my previous post I indicated the errors I receive when I try to do the tutorials

The fill or stroke shouldnt make any difference. I normally use fill no stroke for this.
Which version of inkscape are you using? and on what platform?

I using windows XP SP2 with the inkscape development version

Apparently my bleeding edge inkscape has a problem with doing this tutorial because when i do it in my stable version I am able to create the vector flourish without any problems.

sometimes happens with SVN, someones in the middle of changing something bigger and it temporarily breaks stuff.
Glad you got it working in the stable one.

Simarilius wrote:sometimes happens with SVN, someones in the middle of changing something bigger and it temporarily breaks stuff.
Glad you got it working in the stable one.

I experianced this myself. So it's a known issue that doesn't need reporting?

By all means file a bug or drop a mail to the dev list. If we've broken one of the cool new features we need to fix it.