If you want to learn more about how Inkscape works, I have a 50+ part video series where I explain all of the tools and features in Inkscape and demonstrate how they work. Here's the link if interested: logosbynick.com/inkscape/
Looking at the finished graphic, I thought, "I'll never get it to look like that, it's far to difficult", but I followed along with lots of pausing and rewinding and I ended up with a really good eyeball graphic and, more importantly, learned a great deal about using Inkscape. I'm still a long long way from being able to produce slick original graphics from scratch, but before I found your Inkscape tutorial series, I was utterly baffled by the otherwise incomprehensible controls. Thank you so much for making these excellent tutorials freely available.
An amazing piece of software in the hands of a consummate professional. Your guides and tutorials are great. You treat your audience with respect and your presentations are fun, contemporary, and exciting to follow along with.
Nick, I can't thank you enough for taking the time to publish these tutorials. After only three of your vids I was up and running with enough know-how to tackle the project I'm working on - having never used the software before I might add. Keep up the incredible work.
May I know which version of inkscape u are using? mine always like got some bugs, some instructions simple like stroke to path > Difference, cannot be executed, kinda frustrated though.... thanks in advance!
@@kurosakik.l.7178 I used version 1.0. I sometimes select the item I want to configure and then select object > object to path and then try difference. I'm new to Inkscape too and trust me I understand the frustration. Hope you manage to get it right
I successfully completed this tutorial! Very happy that I was able to follow it all the way through to the end and finish it. The eye looks great and I had a lot of fun following along and creating this! Thank you!
I have a great collection of eyeballs - for some reason they're both relaxing and really exciting to do at the same time. Another eyeball added! Cheers!
I was ready give up on both Gimp & Inkscape, hold out for an Adobe sub, since I learned on PS & Illustrator. You just proved that there is hope. Open Source! Unite! Thanks for these tutorials. I can stop whining, now and get back to graphic designing.
I did it! Thank you for your clear instructions! I was a bit intimidated by this, but with only a few rewinds, it made sense. I love your videos, thanks again🙂
Followed this and the the result was exactly as in the video (except I made a brown eye). Nick, your videos are the best, I would gladly pay for a _legal_ download of a zip containing your tutorials. Not only are the videos clear and paced, but the designs are **good** (unlike some other's videos). You rock, Nick!
I love your tutorials and the style you present them. Very succinct and on point. More then anything it really helps me to get really familiar with the tools as I try to follow along at your pace.
At the beginning, I was confused too. You just have to watch some more videos by Nick. He does union, difference and intersection all the time. After a while, you'll get used to it. It'll all settle down. Belief me.
your tutorials have been teaching me a lot. I've never gone to a computer school or graphics but i can at-least understand and recreate all the stuff you have taught. i just want to ask you to slow your speed a bit i believe it'll go a long way for us beginners. thank you and keep up the good work. you're my Teacher
Your channel and tutorials are actually so amazing!. Do you use this for professional works or do you tend to use other software such as Adobe illustrator?
+Nick Saporito (LogosByNick) amazing. I was recently talking to someone who didn't think inkscape was a good software. I just had to share your content with them
Hi Nick! Awesome tutorials, thanks a lot. Discovering Inkscape through your videos. You really have the gift of making it clear and understandable. Could you please make a video explaining the extensions and filters, because there are so many options and I think a lot of people struggling with that and it would be truly helpful. Thanks again and keep up the good work, cheers!
Hi nick, thank you for the video I have a proplem When i make a radial gradiant for any object and try to move the object, the gradiant doesnt move with it... Can you tell me the reason? Thank you
Could I suggest something? this is not just you, but I have watched some of these tutorial videos and the bottom of the screen is often obscured by TH-cam's player controls. Is there any way you can push the screen up a little at the bottom? Just curious, but great video, though! Thanks!
I need some help. So I created the eye you did above and the grouped the individual objects so it's easier to work with. But do I do if I want to cut out a section of the eye. The path difference for example doesn't work. So how do i "erase" a part of the eye.
Hey Nick thanks for you great tutorial videos! i got a question this old tutorial with the eye made with an old version of Inkscape 0.48 would it work if i try to make it with the new version? if its not do you have another video with the eye with the new Inkscape?
Thanks for the tuts Nick. great content. I could create a beautiful eyeball, except that the shadow doesn't look right. It doesn't look the same as yours. the blur seems to do something differently. I'm using inkscape 92. Any idea why this is happening
Nick, thank you very much for your great work...I am getting better & better with Inkscape! If you ever got the time, could you create a tutorial with a Rubik's Cube? I've tried to build one, but it's far too complicated for my slow brain ;-))
Excellent video! I have a question that I cannot find in the manual or on Inkscape's site. I noticed it on the last step, creating the shadow. The ellipse blur in your video seems to be proportional to the shape, wider blur on the outside and narrower on top and bottom. I am using .91 and my blur is constant, is there a setting I can change to have a proportional blur like your .48 version? Thank You.
I just found a way to do what I tried to describe to you. I don't know if it is a difference in the Linux and Windows versions or .48 and .91 versions. I am using windows version .91. To create the proportional blur I have to apply the blur to the perfect circle before distorting it to an ellipse and it works. I just liked the look of yours better. I hope you didn't waste any time trying to find it yet. Thanks Again!!
hello. I am new to inkscape, and I am having some trouble with it. for one, I can't find the menu that you used to align the square. Also, there is a big rectangle in the middle of the "drawing board". if I could get some help, that would be really appreciated. thanks!
Hi, if you press Ctrl + Shift + D There should be a 'show page border' If you un check that the big rectangle will disappear. Also to get align and distribute menu as well as the fill and stroke menu Press Ctrl + Shift + A to get the align and distribute menu. Press Ctrl + Shift + F to get the fill and stroke menu. And your welcome. : )
So once you make these pictures, how do you use them? I'm working on my logo and when I save it I don't know what is the best format to save in. I would need to be able to send this logo to vendors who make biz cards and such. Also, if I save something I'm working on I can't seem to ever pull it back up later and continue working on it. I keep having to start over... Awesome stuff by the way!
If you Ctrl+S (or Ctrl+Shift+S) the default option to save the file should be SVG/Inkscape SVG, which is an editable vector format. Saving your file as one should let you open it again and continue editing it. Since I'm not a professional, I don't know the best format to save it in. Personally, though, I export my files as PNG (File > Export PNG Image or Ctrl+Shift+E) since it's a pretty common format. Once you open the export window, the easiest way to export would be to select Drawing, click Export As (choose the name you want in the folder you want here, you should know how to do this), then click Export. If the exported image's size is too small, go back into Inkscape and Ctrl+A to select everything, then resize your drawing to be bigger (if you hold Ctrl while resizing, it'll keep the proportions of the drawing correctly, so I recommend that), then export your drawing again.
You got me on the blue stroke line, after the blue no fill. I have tried and tried and I can't get the blue outline. I am following step by step, and I;m lost at that part.....HELP
I had the same issue. Check your stroke width. Shift+Blue does create an outline circle, but when I did it, it was so thin I couldn't see it. Try zooming in and clicking to select the (almost invisible) circle, then you should be able to scale it out like normal with shift+Ctl+Drag Mouse. The instruction is correct, but if the circle is too thin to begin with, you won't see it immediately after you create it with Shift+Blue.
I use all of the keyboard shortcuts when I'm working, but when creating tutorials I avoid that so viewers can get an understanding of where everything is and how it works. I make exceptions for some tools like the gradient tool because sometimes the tool isn't visible in the toolbar if using a laptop.
i just dont understand why someone would spend the time on vector images... I mean they look amazing but I cant see how the time vs profit justifies it. Am i missing something?
If you want to learn more about how Inkscape works, I have a 50+ part video series where I explain all of the tools and features in Inkscape and demonstrate how they work. Here's the link if interested: logosbynick.com/inkscape/
Looking at the finished graphic, I thought, "I'll never get it to look like that, it's far to difficult", but I followed along with lots of pausing and rewinding and I ended up with a really good eyeball graphic and, more importantly, learned a great deal about using Inkscape. I'm still a long long way from being able to produce slick original graphics from scratch, but before I found your Inkscape tutorial series, I was utterly baffled by the otherwise incomprehensible controls. Thank you so much for making these excellent tutorials freely available.
I am glad to know that I am not the only one in this path....
Literally the exact same experience!
An amazing piece of software in the hands of a consummate professional. Your guides and tutorials are great. You treat your audience with respect and your presentations are fun, contemporary, and exciting to follow along with.
Thanks for the feedback!
Nick, I can't thank you enough for taking the time to publish these tutorials. After only three of your vids I was up and running with enough know-how to tackle the project I'm working on - having never used the software before I might add. Keep up the incredible work.
I'm so proud of the eyeball I just made following this tutorial. Didn't think I'd get it right initially. Thank you Nick!
May I know which version of inkscape u are using? mine always like got some bugs, some instructions simple like stroke to path > Difference, cannot be executed, kinda frustrated though.... thanks in advance!
@@kurosakik.l.7178 I used version 1.0. I sometimes select the item I want to configure and then select object > object to path and then try difference. I'm new to Inkscape too and trust me I understand the frustration. Hope you manage to get it right
@@iamwoman4521 Mine is 1.1.0. and thanks a lot! especially your kind words! Glad to know someone like me, new to inkscape :D have a nice one!
This tutorial was amazing! I had absolutely no issues following along. You keep the perfect pace! Thanks
I successfully completed this tutorial! Very happy that I was able to follow it all the way through to the end and finish it. The eye looks great and I had a lot of fun following along and creating this! Thank you!
Still can't believe I followed the Tutorial and made it. Thank you so much, I feel more confident now!
You have a very calm and stern instructional voice at the same time and you're an amazing artist.
I have a great collection of eyeballs - for some reason they're both relaxing and really exciting to do at the same time. Another eyeball added! Cheers!
I was ready give up on both Gimp & Inkscape, hold out for an Adobe sub, since I learned on PS & Illustrator. You just proved that there is hope. Open Source! Unite! Thanks for these tutorials. I can stop whining, now and get back to graphic designing.
I did it! Thank you for your clear instructions! I was a bit intimidated by this, but with only a few rewinds, it made sense. I love your videos, thanks again🙂
same for me
Followed this and the the result was exactly as in the video (except I made a brown eye). Nick, your videos are the best, I would gladly pay for a _legal_ download of a zip containing your tutorials. Not only are the videos clear and paced, but the designs are **good** (unlike some other's videos). You rock, Nick!
I love your tutorials and the style you present them. Very succinct and on point. More then anything it really helps me to get really familiar with the tools as I try to follow along at your pace.
best inkscape teacher
Aykut Kosanoglu i would like to take a moment...to appreciate this comment.
You're rocking out this content really quickly lately. I appreciate your tutorials. Paths confuse me though...union, difference, intersection, etc...
Yeah, they did the same for me at first too. But try using them on your own, they're pretty useful once you get the hang of it.
At the beginning, I was confused too. You just have to watch some more videos by Nick. He does union, difference and intersection all the time. After a while, you'll get used to it. It'll all settle down. Belief me.
your tutorials have been teaching me a lot. I've never gone to a computer school or graphics but i can at-least understand and recreate all the stuff you have taught. i just want to ask you to slow your speed a bit i believe it'll go a long way for us beginners. thank you and keep up the good work. you're my Teacher
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New to your channel but appreciate the simplicity of your teachings 🙏🏽
greetings from indonesia, thank you for all your tutorials. Very much helpful. Keep going
Ahhhhhh! Professional as always Nick! Thank you very much!
I love 3d "FX"
Thank you Nick!
I'm late the party but it was worth it. Seeing the tools in context is really helpful.
Your channel and tutorials are actually so amazing!. Do you use this for professional works or do you tend to use other software such as Adobe illustrator?
Thanks. I use Inkscape most of the time. I prefer it over everything else.
+Nick Saporito (LogosByNick) amazing. I was recently talking to someone who didn't think inkscape was a good software. I just had to share your content with them
tyrone silver using ink scape for me Is easier and its free!!!
Hi Nick!
Awesome tutorials, thanks a lot. Discovering Inkscape through your videos. You really have the gift of making it clear and understandable. Could you please make a video explaining the extensions and filters, because there are so many options and I think a lot of people struggling with that and it would be truly helpful. Thanks again and keep up the good work, cheers!
Absolutely love your videos Nick. Keep up the fantastic work!
What an amazing teacher 💙
Hi Nick thank you for your wonderful tutorials. I am learning so much again THANK YOU !
Brilliant tutorial, excellent teacher good teacher
I really like this tutorial. its idea is amazing.
You are the Bob Ross of Vector Graphics!
(I even thought I heard you say "happy little gradient " once)
Your works are great 👍🏻
But can you please tell me that how did you rotate the thin rectangle with that rotate hand? It's not working for me. 🥺🥺
Thank you so much
You are Amazing illustrator and wonderful teacher
Great tutorial, my first time using inkscape this helped a lot.
Hi nick, thank you for the video
I have a proplem
When i make a radial gradiant for any object and try to move the object, the gradiant doesnt move with it... Can you tell me the reason?
Thank you
Thank you. It was fun learning it...
Could I suggest something? this is not just you, but I have watched some of these tutorial videos and the bottom of the screen is often obscured by TH-cam's player controls. Is there any way you can push the screen up a little at the bottom? Just curious, but great video, though! Thanks!
youre the best !
I need some help. So I created the eye you did above and the grouped the individual objects so it's easier to work with. But do I do if I want to cut out a section of the eye. The path difference for example doesn't work. So how do i "erase" a part of the eye.
Thanks for the great tutorial!
Top notch tutorial as always!
Thank you! I used this tutorial to begin with inkscape :D
Hé Great video! Very inspirational and like the way you explain it.
Oh my god man you should have more views ! Great Work ! Seriously
Is it some way to lock radial gradient? My problem is when I move eyeball, this white-grey ball disappears or changes color.
Hey Nick thanks for you great tutorial videos! i got a question this old tutorial with the eye made with an old version of Inkscape 0.48 would it work if i try to make it with the new version? if its not do you have another video with the eye with the new Inkscape?
Thanks for the tuts Nick. great content.
I could create a beautiful eyeball, except that the shadow doesn't look right. It doesn't look the same as yours. the blur seems to do something differently. I'm using inkscape 92. Any idea why this is happening
Thank you for these tutorials!
Nick, thank you very much for your great work...I am getting better & better with Inkscape!
If you ever got the time, could you create a tutorial with a Rubik's Cube? I've tried to build one, but it's far too complicated for my
slow brain ;-))
Excellent video! I have a question that I cannot find in the manual or on Inkscape's site. I noticed it on the last step, creating the shadow. The ellipse blur in your video seems to be proportional to the shape, wider blur on the outside and narrower on top and bottom. I am using .91 and my blur is constant, is there a setting I can change to have a proportional blur like your .48 version? Thank You.
I just found a way to do what I tried to describe to you. I don't know if it is a difference in the Linux and Windows versions or .48 and .91 versions. I am using windows version .91. To create the proportional blur I have to apply the blur to the perfect circle before distorting it to an ellipse and it works. I just liked the look of yours better.
I hope you didn't waste any time trying to find it yet.
Thanks Again!!
I love it! I learn soooo much! Thank you!
This is so good thanks
hey,friend what is the version you used to create this one and where did you download it?
Im trying to follow you to learn the key stroke and such. I can't figure out how to get ride of the document framing.
i cant do selection difference with only stroke color, it always deletes as there fill in that circle
Nice, easier than it looks :) Thanks!
Nice, as always you make.!!
WOW. This is really good. thanks alot !
Thanks for another great totorial!
Hi, Is there anychance you could do a tutorial on how to design a polo shirt or t shirt that would be great thanks mate.
I made it. this is awesome :D after I tried to make emojy and failed when I tried to make mouth. Do you have any lessons on that?
2:40 mine is not duplicating :( Though the grey ball is duplicating but not the red one, please help!
0:20 in the last verison how do i can find custom option?
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
Where can download your OSD hot keys on the left bottom corner?
Superb! Thanks a lot!
Great Video,Thanksgiving you!
Hello, you're videos are amazing! I still can't understand how did you make you tools look so good tho.. it's not just because it's dark right?
in the video description there is a link for the dark theme
You are the best,God bless you !
Jey; I understand it! XD
I see it on a biger monitor... ;D
Goot, a verry good beginners turtorial. :)
thank you nick
Thank you
Oh thanks you are the best 😘
Either its the version or os but i could not recreate the gradeant on windows 2021
hello. I am new to inkscape, and I am having some trouble with it. for one, I can't find the menu that you used to align the square. Also, there is a big rectangle in the middle of the "drawing board". if I could get some help, that would be really appreciated. thanks!
Hi, if you press Ctrl + Shift + D
There should be a 'show page border'
If you un check that the big rectangle will disappear.
Also to get align and distribute menu as well as the fill and stroke menu
Press Ctrl + Shift + A to get the align and distribute menu.
Press Ctrl + Shift + F to get the fill and stroke menu.
And your welcome. : )
hi can you please tell me how do I do the gradient in reverse?
So once you make these pictures, how do you use them? I'm working on my logo and when I save it I don't know what is the best format to save in. I would need to be able to send this logo to vendors who make biz cards and such. Also, if I save something I'm working on I can't seem to ever pull it back up later and continue working on it. I keep having to start over...
Awesome stuff by the way!
If you Ctrl+S (or Ctrl+Shift+S) the default option to save the file should be SVG/Inkscape SVG, which is an editable vector format. Saving your file as one should let you open it again and continue editing it.
Since I'm not a professional, I don't know the best format to save it in. Personally, though, I export my files as PNG (File > Export PNG Image or Ctrl+Shift+E) since it's a pretty common format. Once you open the export window, the easiest way to export would be to select Drawing, click Export As (choose the name you want in the folder you want here, you should know how to do this), then click Export. If the exported image's size is too small, go back into Inkscape and Ctrl+A to select everything, then resize your drawing to be bigger (if you hold Ctrl while resizing, it'll keep the proportions of the drawing correctly, so I recommend that), then export your drawing again.
Thanks!
Ok, now how do I turn it to make it look to the side? Great tutorials BTW!
OK, figured it out...just group the inner eye part, skew it and put it in position. Thanks for the tutorial!
damn I failed it at the start of all... I have not blue circle. I have it, but it is invisible..... what mistake I did?
THANKS!!!
Nice tutorial!!
How can I convert color Mood HSL to RGB making no change of look?
You got me on the blue stroke line, after the blue no fill. I have tried and tried and I can't get the blue outline. I am following step by step, and I;m lost at that part.....HELP
I had the same issue. Check your stroke width. Shift+Blue does create an outline circle, but when I did it, it was so thin I couldn't see it. Try zooming in and clicking to select the (almost invisible) circle, then you should be able to scale it out like normal with shift+Ctl+Drag Mouse. The instruction is correct, but if the circle is too thin to begin with, you won't see it immediately after you create it with Shift+Blue.
Amazing
Thanks good tutorial
the 'shift+blue" doesn't create an outline?
o my gosh, u r awesome bro
it's weird that you use g for the gradient menu but not ctrl +d to duplicate
I use all of the keyboard shortcuts when I'm working, but when creating tutorials I avoid that so viewers can get an understanding of where everything is and how it works. I make exceptions for some tools like the gradient tool because sometimes the tool isn't visible in the toolbar if using a laptop.
the best....
AMAZING
MAN! Why do I feel like a wizard today?
I love this video but I can't make a circle it just makes a eclispe
how do you save the files as an image
export as png file, there is a selection for this on the file tab
when I save it there is only a quarter of it
Sounds like the design is only sitting within a portion of the document border. You'll have to change the document size to fit the design.
great vid but thx to you, my teacher is gonna use this on my test man....
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good :D
every time he says All the Way Up - I hear a song.
i just dont understand why someone would spend the time on vector images... I mean they look amazing but I cant see how the time vs profit justifies it. Am i missing something?
I need vector graphics for sending to a plotter (vinyl cutter).
2:47 this is you after one marajuano, don't do drugs kiddos