Coloring b/w photo using inkscape

1. Import photo you want to color. Using draw bezier tool, trace the part your want to color and then edit the path nodes.


2. Fill it with the color you want.



3. Edit fill color and stroke.
3a. Choose no paint for "Stroke".
3b. Reduce "Fill" opacity to about 30 percent.





4.Select the both object you just draw and the orignal photo and export it, finish.


You may want to edit your new photo with photoshop or gimp. For me, I'm using photofiltre.

How I Draw It : Keris

Using bezier tool, I started by drawing the wavy blade.



2. Then the hilt


3. Draw some shadows

4. Fill the blade with light grey and the hilt with brown. Apply gradient and blur to the shadows.

Drawing a set of Pencil Color

Video below shows how I draw a set of pencil color using Inkscape, perform clone operation in Inkscape.





This is my first time posting video on this blog, still new in video editing, no sound yet, don't have the talent to narrate it. mm, maybe next time. Enjoy and hope you get something.

Drawing Star

If you want to draw "Jalur Gemilang", you can draw it really quick using Inkscape. Jalur Gemilang is Malaysia flag, comprises a field of 14 alternating red and white stripes along the fly and a blue canton bearing a crescent and a 14-point star.
Creating star with Inkscape is easy and simple, maybe this is only useful to beginners and kids. This is how to draw 14 corners (points) star.

Let's draw swordfish

Today I post an Illustration showing steps on how I draw a swordfish. I'm not an expert here, but I hope the illustration can give a bit hint for beginner in vector graphic, either using commercial or free vector editor. I'm doing this using Inkscape.

Chrome Effect Tutorial

September last year I've post an entry with a title "coins using inkscape". I also put a link to a
tutorial by Raikar on how to draw a pile of coins. But how to make the coins shiny ? Here's a link to a good tutorial on how to create a dynamic chrome effect.This tutorial give step-by-step guide to create a polished metallic chrome look.

http://troy-sobotka.blogspot.com/2007/11/inkscape-tutorial-1-chrome-effect.html

Try combine the method shows in this tutorial and the tutorial on how to draw a pile of coins. With

minor adaptation, a shiny pile of coins should be possible.

Grouping Object in Different layers

Grouping object in different layers in Inkscape will bring them up to the layer of the highest item in the selection. In figure 1, I draw 3 circles, the red one in first layer, green second layer and blue in third layer. When I group red circle ( layer 1) and blue circle (layer 3 ) together, the result is in the top layer, see that the green layer is below the red layer in figure 2.

Inkscape : Clipping Objects

Inkscape takes the top path of the selected object and clips all the paths below it. I always fill objects with different color before clipping because it is easier for me to see which object is at the top order. Order of objects give different shape results when clipped except for union, intersection and exclusion. Two diagrams below show clip results according to the order of the objects.



figure 1 : Clip in Inkscape #1



figure 2 : Clip in Inkscape #1

apple

Simple How to :

Tutorial on how to draw simple apple using inkscape is here

Coins Using Inkscape

Coins draw using inkscape

Simple Howto:

Step by step guide at

raikar designs

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.

A Fish and the bubble head

Drawing cartoons with Inkscape is my favourite hobby. I draw cartoons to entertain my family, they enjoy watching it and watching Im doing it. When I start my pc, launch Inkscape and draw cartoon my youngest daughter will always by my side and of course with a lot of question. I've made a few shorts animation for family entertainment also, perhaps next time I'll post one.

Brief Information On Subject :
Cartoon is a drawing depicting a humorous situation, often accompanied by a caption.

Simple howto :
Various Inkscape tools such as creating shapes, path intersection and union. Gradient and blur to get lights and shadow effects.

Tutorial for drawing a fish bubbling ( cartoon ) is here

Captured a duck

Screen captured of inkscape.

Simple how to :

Create 3 ellipses for head, neck , body and rectangle for tail,
Move , rotate , resize and arrange all the shapes created
Union them all to get an outline of a duck.
Draw shapes again, match them with each parts of the dark and use gradient to make shadows.
Duplicate the whole "duck" , flip vertically and blur it to make mirror image of the duck

folded sticker

Following other people tutorial and guide is a best way to learn.

Simple howto:
Guide on how to make folded sticker using inkscape by ryanler