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Inkscape Mastery: Pictograms to Pro Graphics
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Inkscape Mastery: Pictograms to Pro Graphics

Master pictogram analysis, UI design, 3D effects, and graphic export—craft a portfolio for web, business, or gaming
Created byOcto Man
Last updated 1/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Create forms and shapes of any kind.
  • Create Graphics you need or even can think of.
  • The knowledge of Light and Shadows and their influences.
  • A good understanding for third dimension.
  • Inkscapes most important tools.
  • Pictograms, UI, Cursors and alot more...

Course content

2 sections28 lectures4h 41m total length
  • Introduction2:47

    Welcome to my Inkscape course. This is the overview video about the first section. In this Section i will go into the tools and we create our first pictograms. 

  • The First Pictogram - Part 110:19

    We start with learning the first tools and create our first shapes to form the first pictogram. If you like to take the reference feel free to download it here.

  • The First Pictogram - Part 214:17
  • Repeating - The Circle Tool1:14

    Quick Overview about the Circle & Ellipse Tool.

  • Repeating - The Rectangle Tool0:42
  • Repeating - The Draw Beziér Tool1:22

    Quick Overview about the Draw Line & Beziér Tool.

  • Repeating - The Difference Tool2:40

    Quick Overview about the Differnce Tool.

  • Shortcuts
  • The Second Pictogram18:37

    In here we basicly repeat all we have learned to keep remembering the tools. It is needed to repeat it over and over to become more and more safe and faster in using the tools.

  • Repeating - The Union Tool0:54
  • The Third Pictogram20:06
  • Conclusion3:05

    Conclusion of Section 1, and what you have learned so far. 

    If you still have problems in creating Pictograms, create more! Search the internet for more interesting ones and keep on repeating all you learned so far.

    This is important to increase your speed and in terms of thinking about shapes.

    Repeat, repeat and repeat until you are sure you know what you are doing.

Requirements

  • Inkscape in the latest Version you can get your hands on.
  • A bit of Eye-Hand coordination.
  • Keyboard and Mouse basic Skills

Description

In this Inkscape Beginner to Pro course you will learn all the tools step by step to create any graphics you need.

In Section 1 we check out pictograms and create our own.This is an important step to get an idea of different forms and shapes. So you learn:


  • analysing pictograms and their shapes

  • creating your own pictograms

  • all needed tools meanwhile

In later sections we go into user interface design like buttons, panels and so on. We check the color palette and colors at all. We make use of gradients and analize Light and Shadows for special effects. According to this we create 3D effects like pushing in buttons.

We also learn saving and exporting graphics in the correct sizes and image-formats.

In the end you will have a rather big portfolio of created vector grapics and exported pictures for your website, business or even game.

You will have a better thinking of design and graphics, and you should be able to create your own in low amount of time with any look you like.

Other Topics(coming soon):

  • Logo Creation

  • GUI graphics for Games or Websites.

  • High detailed graphics like a motocycle

  • Even a bit of realism in grafics

  • Create your business cards

  • And many more

Who this course is for:

  • Interested into Vector Graphics creation.
  • Interested into learning Inkscape from scratch.
  • Decent Learning Curve and Experience.
  • Interested into creating any Graphics you may need.