45+ Resources That Will Make You An Inkscape Pro

If you’re looking to create professional looking graphics and don’t have hundreds of dollars to spend on programs like Adobe Illustrator or Correl Draw, I highly recommend a a free, open source vector graphics editor called Inkscape.

Thanks to some generous folks sharing their Inkscape tips and tricks, you can now create better looking graphics with less of a learning curve than ever before. I’ve picked over 45 of the best tutorials and guides (spanning from basic to advanced) to get you creating crisp vector graphics like the pros.

Enjoy!

Official Inkscape Download

Inkscape.org

Official Inkscape Docs

Basics

Advanced

Shapes

Tracing

Caligraphy

Elements

Interpolation

Tips and tricks

Keyboard and mouse reference

Video Tutorials

Raindrops

Glass buttons

Shiny buttons

Realistic pinup polaroids

Shatttered photos

Pop people out of photos

A quick lightsaber

Perspective text

Basic animation with Inkscape and png2swf

Creating comics with Inkscape

Objects and Effects

Web 2.0 badges

Sticker with folded edge

Glassy Buttons

Shiny arrows

Postage stamps

Detailed shadow tutorial

Shiny chrome effect

Reflected chrome effect

Woodgrain effect

Realistic hair

Rubber stamp

The grunge look

Realistic paper

Cartoon dynamite

Shattered text

3-D Text

3-D Ropes and Tubes

3-D Objects

Flow charts

Architectural modeling (with Inkscape and Blender)

General Resources

Tavmjong Bah’s Guide to Inkscape

Screencasters.Heathenx.org

Nicu’s How-to

Richard Querin

Inkscape Forum

Inkscape Wiki

SWFTools.org: The home of PNG2SWF (mentioned above)

Free Vector Graphics

Dezignus
Open Clip Art Library

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3 Responses to “45+ Resources That Will Make You An Inkscape Pro”

  1. Richard Querin Says:

    Hey, thanks for the link!

    I recently moved my blog to a proper hosted domain. If you get a chance, can you change the blogspot link to:

    http://blog.rfquerin.org/category/inkscape/

    Thanks for the great list of Inkscape links Jon.

    RQ

  2. Lid Says:

    What a wicked way of putting a post together – and useful.

    Out of interest – have you heard of GIMP? If you have, I’d love your take

    Thanks

  3. Jon Says:

    GIMP is comparable to Photoshop without the $300 price tag and is an excellent companion to Inkscape. I highly recommend it.

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