Inkscape Beginner Tutorial: Drawing Simple Shapes

Learn how to create iconic depictions using nothing but simple shapes in Inkscape with this beginner tutorial.

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In Da Mood - Combustibles

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
00:25 Heart
01:37 Flag
05:31 Wine Glass
08:14 Cart
11:41 Sword
15:09 Book
22:13 Get free designs

[jamildin]

Once again, thank you, Nick. I managed to complete all six icon exercises.

[irvingmontero]

Just bought your complete course bundle a few days ago! Thanks to you I got the hang of Inkscape and I designed a few logos and even a birthday invitation. Now I want to know the program from a to z. Thanks for all your educational efforts!

[MerleCox]

Nick, you are one of the best Inkscape teachers on Youtube! Thanks for providing these fantastic videos!

[chubblubdub]

that LPE for adding curves is very handy, this video is proof

[jeffdavies]

I know this may seem remedial for many people, but for a noob like me it's perfect!

[lizjohnson]

For those of you who have not bought his class....trust me...It's worth every penny!!! I've purchased it and I learned so much. Nick is amazing at teaching this stuff. Trust me...you won't regret it. If I was smart, I would have bought the Gimp class as well as Inkscape and gotten it cheaper. But live and learn. You will learn a lot. No regrets. 😁🥰

[testtest-bbdt]

You don't have to make the edges vertical or horizontal to extend the nodes, you can do it simply by holding down alt+ctrl while dragging the selected nodes.. great tutorial as usual :)

[Atezz]

To see how you did the book felt like magic to me!

[CTRL_SMarcos]

Excellent, thanks for the video. That book is simplicity and elegance at the same time.

[piggysister]

Thanks Nick! I'm still trying to grow the brain connections that tell you how to produce shapes like that book. Every one of your great tutorials helps.

[readingorg]

Thank you Nick! Please keep making these teaching videos :) Love from Malaysia

[saifsky]

the best tutorial I ever found, Thank you Nick

[Pavan.H.R]

Very Informative video sir make this kind of videos more and more

[marcossaraiva]

Thanks for the simplicity and useful tips!

[mlbullbooks]

Really cool. I’m going to try making some of these shapes. Thanks for sharing! 🦋

[Stratelier]

Part of the fun is there are so many other ways to achieve the same result (and in approximately the same time). For example, when I want to center just a handful of objects I sometimes set the align reference to "selected area" (bounding box).

[erikos]

12:56 Thank you! I’ve been wondering why the node handles suddenly disappeared when I really needed them!
Great tutorial!

[PaulMetalhero]

Amazing tutorial! I had a little problem with the base shape for the shopping cart. I clicked the X for the fill and it fixed the issue

[Atezz]

Hi Nick, could you please make a video about creating Skyline shapes/how to trace bridges/POI`s to make a nice "logo" of a favorite city in inkscape?

[Evergreen]

I guess the book without the bookmark might have looked a little bit like an ice cream sandwich... Icon?