How to Make a Silhouette Portrait from a Photo: Inkscape Beginner Tutorial

Learn how to make a Silhouette Portrait using Inkscape in this quick step-by-step beginner tutorial. Free course includes easy instruction on how to take a photo of your child, kid, or grandchild and make a profile portrait silhouette (silohouette, silohoette, silhoeutte, silhoette spelling errors) as seen on Etsy or in Disney Epcot Center France pavilion street art.

Follow along to learn how to:
* Import a photo
* Flip an image horizontally or vertically
* Set up Fill and Stroke settings for the Bezier Pen
* How to use BSpline Bezier Pen mode
* Create a vector portrait overlay
* How to Add details like eyelashes in the profile view.
* Join the parts of the portrait together to create one finished product.

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[Brasilrob]

I had spent ~20 hours trying to draw with bezier pen without any success ... that is, until I watched your tutorials. The BSpline setting+conversion-to-path was the breakthrough needed . Thank you, good sir, for posting such an informative video - t'was the perfect union between terse & cogent : )

[imdxpertm]

She is such a cutie! 😍 Happy Birthday lil princess. God bless her.
My daughter Inherited creative genes and I enjoy the time teaching her.Its Great fun!

[Blou]

Great tutorial...always learning to look at your videos.
Do you made some tutorial about turning JPEG file to DXF file for CNC plasma cutting.
Thanks a lot and have a great day.

[spidersiri]

Amazing.. i was strugling so much with the stroke and color!

[raghunathgiliyaru]

Amazing, Rick! Simple and nice tutorial!

[MiracleMo]

Thanks for this awesome step by step insteuctional tutorial. I am having issues when you take the Bezier pen and create a shape. I cannot make a square on it or have it connect all the points. Help pleaseeee!!!

[mira]

Thank you so much!!!! Now I now how to better work with that pen!!!

[JordanIsHereSometimes]

Happy birthday to your little one! Mine is turning 4 in October.

[RUSTICWLF]

Great job Rick-
Could you show us how to ad a chrome effect to text when it is curved on a circular path?
I can do both separately but not getting great results trying them together.
Any ideas mate? 👍🐺👍

[KonohaNoSai]

Perfect tuto as usual ! Thanks a lot :-)

[jakemorden]

Thanks for these helpful tutorials. Can we make a mandala in Inkscape

[designstenerife]

Nice one Rick.
That dreaded Bezier pen, a very useful tool to master.
Sure it takes a lot of practice
looks like you've nailed it again my friend.
All the best to you and your family. 👍😎👍

[alilichesoumia]

thank you iam so gratful for your tutorial

[ReaLitaliano]

Is this different on a Mac? Can’t get BSpline to work

[jakemorden]

When I use trace bitmap the object loses a lot of details is there a way to fix this or to do it better specially if it a png file

[SuitableHelper]

Do you charge to create one of these for customer?

[kenkosch]

I downloaded a version of Inkscape and it dose not have all the features that you demonstrate.
Please inform me as to how I can get the same one you have.

[nelsonsemedo]

5:25 artisticas son unos PORNTINDER.Uno muchas y un buen ejercicio. Saludos desdef la Cd. de world 🌹😉💖