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Inkscape Adventure, Master the Free Vector Graphics Software

Learn Inkscape with thorough, detailed instruction, and perfect your skills by creating fun projects.
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Length 1 to 3 months
Effort 2 hours per week
Price $ 75
Subject Design, Art
Level Beginner
Languages English
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This course gives you the best of both worlds - thorough step-by-step instruction on Inkscape's tools and features as well as hands-on, practical assignments for you to complete. The progressive assignments help you master the concepts taught in the video lessons.

The course culminates with a major project - the creation of a colorful layout for a fictional board game. This project is approached one element at a time with students creating their own copy of the design.

While the pen and node tools are the most important to master, as they are the heart of vector graphics; every tool in the Inkscape toolbar is covered in this course. Additional lessons explain the most commonly used operations such as: path operations, bitmap tracing, cloning, tiled clones, clipping, masking, patterns, offsets, and live path effects. Several filters and extensions are demonstrated as well.

If GIMP is the Photoshop of free software, then Inkscape is the free equivalent of Adobe Illustrator. Inkscape was designed to create scalable vector graphics. These images may be used for print, web design, social media, game characters, animation frames, and so forth.

The skills acquired learning Inkscape will be useful even if you eventually transition to another vector graphics program such as Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw. The core functionality of all these programs is quite similar.

Inkscape works on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and it's free. The course videos use version 0.92 of the software, but if you have a prior or more recent version, you should be fine. Inkscape is very slow to make significant changes. The basic interface has remained the same for many years.

New videos will be added to cover any significant additions or changes to Inkscape.

Who this course is for:
  • Students young or old who want to learn to create computer graphics using vector software
  • The course and assignments contain wholesome material, nothing objectionable to younger students

What you'll learn

  • Master the basic tools and concepts essential to vector graphics
  • The pen and node tools will no longer be mysterious or frustrating
  • Become familiar with all the tools and features of Inkscape
  • The skills and concepts learned will carry over to other vector programs such as Illustrator
  • Gain the skills and confidence to create original vector graphics

Course syllabus

Introduction to The Inkscape Adventure Course The Inkscape Interface Inkscape Documents Basic Inkscape Operations Inkscape Layers Stay Organized With the Objects and Layers Panels More Shape Tools Save As and Export Converting Shapes to Paths Aligning Things Align and Distribute Inkscape's Pencil Tool The Calligraphy Tool Inkscape's Text Features The Pen/Path Tool Path Geometry (Operations like Union, Difference...) Bitmap Images in Inkscape Manual Bitmap Trace Object Clipping Object Masking Remaining Tools and/or New Tool Features Patterns in Inkscape Path Offsets Inkscape Clones Tiled Clones Inkscape Filters Inkscape Extensions Live Path Effects Final Project: Inkscape Adventure Game Board Course Updates

Meet the instructors

Vicki Watson

Computer Instructor, Web Developer, Author

Professional Credentials:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Franklin University, Columbus, Ohio

Raspberry Pi Certified Educator 2016

Teaching experience: Columbus State Community College Adjunct Faculty Computer Dept.

Teaching experience: Landry Academy, online homeschool academy

Video Course Developer: OSTraining

Freelance computer programmer

Freelance web designer/developer with experience in Joomla, Wordpress, Processwire, Foundation, Bootstrap, UIKit

Programming: C, Python, Xojo, Scratch, PHP, Javascript

Personal:

Homeschool mom - I homeschooled my three daughters through high school.

Author of the Sonrise Stable series of horse books for kids

I love learning - and teaching! In my spare time I enjoy riding or training horses, hiking, tennis, and guitar.