Tutorials and help

Unofficial tutorials

en

Name: Furboa-Tutorial Overview: Learn how to create a cute little cartoony animal in inkscape. The test subject in this case is a cute little guy named Furboa.	Name: Icon Creation (Mini-Tutorial) Overview: A quick little tutorial demonstrating the design process in creating an SVG icon in inkscape. The finished product of this tutorial is actually in the Open Clip Art Library	Name: Simple Bubble/Orb in inkscape Overview: A tutorial that demonstrates the use of the blur filter and clipping to create a simple bubble or orb.
Name: inkscape interface tutorial Overview: A detailed tutorial that descibes the inkscape user interface in detail and explains how they can be used for creating cartoony art.	Name: 3d like text effect in inkscape Overview: A tutorial that demonstrates a technique to create text with a bevelled edge effect.	Name: slime to start Overview: A detailed tutorial that shows the reader how to draw a simple cartoony slime creature using inkscape. This tutorial also provides great detail on the thought and development process that is used for basic character development.
Name: a starfish with inkscape Overview: a simple tutorial that shows how to make a simple starfish in inkscape. great for inkscape "newbies"	Name: Sun background with inkscape Overview: A tutorial that demonstrates the technique of creating the "starburst" effect using inkscape.	Name: 11 Step Tutorial To Create Eyeball Vector Art Overview: A tutorial that shows the process to create an eyeball in inkscape.

• Making Icons (en)
• http://programmer-art.org/inkscape currently down video-tutorials planned. (en)
• Furboa-Tutorial (en)
• Icon Creation, devianart.com-mini-Tutorial, without text
• Cartoon Effekt] Inkscape and Gimp (en)
• Glossy Triangle (sodipodi)
• article about how to create Icons (en)
• Tutorial for product illustration using Inkscape. (en)
• Video about Inkscape, avi
• Beginner tutorial (en)
• List of tutorials (en)
• Inkscape Adventures by Trapper Zoid
• A Starfish with Inkscape (en) in two parts.

de

• Silhouette-tutorial inkscape-forum.de, (de)
• Glassbutton-tutorial inkscape-forum.de, (de)

fr

• Comment faire une illustration de A à Z avec inkscape. (fr), same as above
• Pour grands débutants (fr)
• Liste des didacticiels du blog de Popolon

it

• Simulare l'uso del secchiello (it)
• Il logo ATi con Inkscape - Parte I (it)
• Il logo ATi con Inkscape - Parte II (it)
• Il logo ATi con Inkscape - Parte III (it)
• Vettorializzare un'immagine (es.pratico) (it)
• Unire tracciati differenti (it)
• Come creare semplici ingranaggi (it)

pl

• Video tutorials / Filmiki szkoleniowe (pl)

pt_BR

• Manual Desenho Vectorial do Inkscape (pt_BR)
• Manual do inkscape 0.40 (pt_BR)
• Criando raios com inkscape / Usando Blur (pt_BR)
• Criando a logo do Ubuntu (pt_BR)
• Utilização de Imagens SVG em Páginas Web (pt_BR)

zh_CN

• 一些中文Inkscape教育

Help & helpful articles

• Inkscape TutorialIdeas
• Inkscape User manual (en, fr) or get from user_manual branch of SVN
• Inkscape Vector Graphics pdf, by Peter Kreussel (en)
• Inkscape Vector Graphics, by Peter Kreußel (de), same as above
• How to draw an arrow or line with marker with Inkscape 0.45 (en)
• art-weblog with inkscape-category (en)
• Andy's weblog with inkscape-category (de)
• Popolongraphical Blog (fr, en)
• Cours Inkscape, by Cédric GEMY (pygmee) (fr)
• Flashvideo about drawing with the pen-tool and Bezier curves (en)
• Flashvideo about creating gradients (en)
• some annotations about "Flowing Text, Portable SVG Files & Producing A4-pdf-files (en)
• Portugese Inscape Manual zipped svg (0.40)] (pt)
• Inkscape: Vector Graphics For Linux Rob, Reilly (en)
• Bezier Curves And The Different Kinds Of Anchor Points (en)
• article about inkscape, Bruce Byfield (en)
• Creating vector graphics with Inkscape by Rosanna Yuen, redhat.com (en)

Creating New Tutorials

Easy way:

1. Load up one of the existing tutorials
2. Replace its text and images with your own
3. Upload it to the Patch Tracker. Make SURE to click the "Upload and Attach a File" checkbox!

Official way:

1. Create a DocBook XML file like the Basic Tutorial DocBook
2. Follow directions in the tutorial directory README for formatting and handling of embedded non-SVG images
3. Create a subdirectory in the doc-docbook module and place the new tutorial docbook file there
4. Test tutorial generation using the `make-html`, `make-svg`, and `make-all` scripts
5. Announce the availability of the new tutorial