Step by Step Chef Character - Beginner Inkscape Tutorial

In this beginner tutorial, we'll be drawing this chef character entirely in Inkscape, step by step and in real time. As you follow along you'll learn some of the most imporant tools and techniques related to making character using Inkscape and your everyday keyboard and mouse.

Time stamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:03 Setting up the document
02:13 Building the base
06:26 Drawing the face
15:32 Drawing the body
32:58 Final Adjustments
34:28 Shadows and outline
40:45 Conclusion and Subscribe!

[hustlinhitch]

As someone who fancies being a cartoon creator, these videos are a godsend.

[kidcardona]

Martin I have been your student for about three years now and have enjoyed the videos you put out. Thank you for your time and efforts in doing this. It is not wasted on me.

[fgfg]

This was so relaxing to do. I can’t believe how good my little chef came out. Thank you for the great tutorial!

[righttoexplain]

Thanks Martin, you're an absolute star!

[hammerheadcorvette]

I blame YouTube for not providing me the link to this channel sooner. Cheers. Instant Sub.

[toontownstudios]

Ahhhh, thank you. That will help alot. English was not my first language either.

[jabberdoggy]

Fun project! Thanks for making the video available.

[FilmStir]

Great video. Took me like five days to go through it though.

[kidcardona]

I have a question. towards the end you make a black image of the whole character to make a thick outline. You said, "Make sure in the true controls, make sure it is set to alpha." What do you mean by true controls?

[benjamincraig]

At 2:14 the page fades away to background colour. How is that done? Enjoying following along

[tails_the_god]

hey in the past ive noticed lines would look pixelated in certain angles and with solid colors like a circle has like a weird antialias issue which makes it look like theres a bright color inbetween is that normal? i cant get rid of it

[kidcardona]

I finished this lesson and wanted to share with you what I've done. How can I send this to you?