Illustrate rubber stamp

When I was a kid ,sometimes I carved my rubber eraser to make simple pattern.Using watercolor as ink, I got my own selfmade rubber stamp.

Brief Information On Subject:

Rubber stamping, a craft in which some type of ink made of dye or pigment is applied to an image or pattern that has been carved, molded, laser engraved or vulcanized, onto a sheet of rubber. The rubber is often mounted onto a more stable object such as a wood or an acrylic block to produce a more solid instrument.

Use by pressing the coated rubber stamp onto any type of medium.The medium is generally some type of fabric or paper. Other media used are: wood, metal, glass, plastic, rock. High volume batik uses liquid wax instead of ink on a metal stamp.

Commercially available rubber stamps categories:

• stamps for use in the office,
• stamps used for decorating objects
• those used as children's toys.

Simple howto:

Illustrate rubber stamp using Inkscape require color similar with the ink used.
Draw shape such as circle, rectangle etc.
apply gradient and blur to the shape.

Link to complete tutorial by
Nicu.