How to Make Mandala Art with Inkscape: Mirror Symmetry + Rotate Copies Easy Mandala Maker Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2022
- Inkscape step-by-step beginner, intermediate tutorial showing you how to create vector mandala art and make mandalas easily using Inkscape. Free course includes easy instruction on how to set up Path Effects (Mirror Symmetry and Rotate Copies) so you can draw beautiful mandala art in real time with each stroke rendering in all sections of your design at once.
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I am brand new to Inkscape.. literally just downloaded it yesterday and watched 10 other videos on how to create a mandala in there. I couldn't follow any of them. I sure wish I'd found yours first! I'm now subscribed so I don't miss anymore awesome tutorials. THANK YOU for describing and showing this so clearly and so easily (far less steps than any other video I watched and you made a far more intricate mandala than they did).
Thank you so much!! So happy to help, and I'll keep making these videos
Omg it seems like all of your tutorials are exactly what I've been looking for re: inkscape!!! Perfect packing, clear demonstration, and to the point. Thank you SO much!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks so much!! I'm having fun making these and I'll keep doing them!
@@IronEchoDesign I would love to see a tutorial for making the mandalas in the 3D layers style. And/or your take on the shadow/light boxes. I've been trying to figure out the best or easiest method for going about those and I seem to only find the complicated ways. 🤣
I’m just starting to learn Inkscape I love your tutorials you go slow enough to learn quickly
Thanks so much!! That's exactly the pace I'm going for.
You and Nick got the Inkscape landscape covered! Can't wait to try this.
Nick is the best! His videos got me in to Inkscape.
You have the best tutorials for Inkscape on UA-cam!! Thank you very much :)
Ha, thank you so much!! I know there's much better than mine, but I'm trying!
You are the Inkscape Master of the Universe.
Haha! I wish. Thank you!!
when it comes to InkScape, you da man, the go-to guy!!! kudos and thanx for sharing!!!
Haha, thanks!!! There's a lot bigger names out there than me, but I try to help where I can.
I am very much grateful for all these wonderful tutorials. Thank you! Just subscribed in order not to miss any of your tutorials again. With all these tutorials from you and many others here on UA-cam, I am beginning to enjoy Inkscape and GIMP.
Thank you!
Thank you for this tutorial. Perfectly what I wanted to learn. Nice and easy presentation.
Thanks so much! 🙏
Thank you!! I appreciate your tutorials. They are easy to follow and very helpful!
Thanks so much!!
Man this is amazing, having so much fun with this. Thanks a million for putting these videos together.
Thanks!! I'm going to try this dual Path Effects method in version 1.2 now that it's out and see if there are any new tricks.
For newer users the guide tool is Extension -Guides. Not the render section
I’ve been having trouble figuring this out on my own so I’m glad you’ve made a tutorial. I was searching this last month so excellent timing lol
Thanks!! Glad the timing was good!
Thanks so much for sharing that tutorial!
Instant sub. Clear, concise, and easy to follow. Thank you.
Thank you!! I'll keep at it.
I'm so glad I found your channel. Thank you so much!
Thank you!! Glad you found it too!
That's awesome!
Thanks!!
I was hand drawing mandala painting and now I can do it with Inkscape. Thank you so much. :)
Thank you!! That is wonderful to hear!
So glad I found your channel:Thank you for your tutorials 🌺
Thanks so much! And thank you again for your kindness. I’ll keep making these. 😊
Amazing! Your videos are perfectly explained, thank you so much!
Thank you very much!!
Looks very complex yet simple, thanks for the tutorial :)
Exactly! Thanks, and this is one of my favorite things about Inkscape. Simple settings, can make complex designs.
It's official ... you are my favorite "magician" (😂)👏👏👏
Haha! I love it. Thank you!!
Amazing!
Thanks!! I'm working on a new mandala video to see if there's a difference with new Inkscape 1.2
Thank you, your all videos very helpful &with tools...great job
Thank you!!!
I've been watching your videos on Inkscape for about 2 months now. Your skills, creativity, and ability to instruct never cease to amaze. Keep up these awesome videos sir!
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it.
daaamn, that's cool
Thanks!
They just need to fix the crashing. Inkscape is surprisingly powerful
Wow amazing. I was currently trying to do a mandala by the Bezier Tool one stroke at a time. This is so timely I can't believe it lol. Thank you again & again for sharing with your magnificent teaching gift and talents.
Thanks so much!! I get lost in time, playing with these.
Great video thank you . I learn a lot from your tutorials.🙏
Thank you!! I hope I can make helpful tutorials.
I LIKE THIS! So much fun Thank you
Thanks!! They're fun to do!
Very cool !!! Thank you ❤️
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Thanks, I love this tutorial 🙏
Thank you!! These are fun.
Excellent !!
Thanks!!
This is amazing.
Thank you so so much. Its a huge help for me. Thankyou again 😀😍
Anytime! Thank you!!
Awesome!!
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Thank you for the tutorial, helpful ^^
Thank you!!
Wow this is awesome thanks for sharing. Subscribed!!
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Nice! Thanks for the video 💯
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Owesome, thank you
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Hella useful tutorial.🌟👏👍
Thanks so much!!
I am in love! Your videos are easy to understand. You're articulate and clear. Easy on the ears... and eyes. Your speed is perfect. Thank you for doing these videos. You will be my go to from now on!
Thank you so much!! You made my day, and I love making these videos. I'll keep going.
@@IronEchoDesign Yvw! I do have a question though. I was following along on the mandala and I got ahead of myself and made a mess on my screen. My issue was after I wiped the slate clean I couldn't figure out how to reset the settings. I would make the slanted line and it would automatically do the mirrored and the next step. How would I fix that without closing the app?
Great question, and I've experienced the same effect. I think Path Effects has a tendency to get stuck sometimes. When I've done the same thing and deleted parts of my work or Control-Z'd too much, sometimes the settings get messed up. The best option I've found is to start in a completely clean Inkscape project, or go back to a saved version that had it right. Hope this helps!
cool, great content !! :D
Thank you very much!
thank q sir
i learn many things from this tutorial
Thanks!!
Thank you for this video. It has been very informattive. What do you do if it's not centered when you rotate it? Is there a way to "fix it"?
I've tried making mandalas in Blender and in GIMP, but this method with Inkscape is far easier to understand and follow. I'm a complete newbie to Inkscape, but I had relatively few problems following your instructions. Now, I just need to get some creativity flowing. Thanks for the great tutorial.
Thanks so much! Blender is super powerful. I’d love to learn it. Inkscape has so much it can do I spend most of my design time with it.
Wow.
Thank you!!
Well, this is definitely nicely done and excellent! Keep up the good work! You wouldn't happen to have a Instagram or something where people could see more magnificent artworks like this! :D
Thanks so much!! I haven't set up an IG account for IronEcho yet. I have a personal account that is open, but it's mostly just me and the kids.
magnific !
Thanks!!
Thanks for a nice tutorial 😀 Is there a way to make the mandala to an object so I can colouring afterwards?
great video great software
Thanks so much! Inkscape is great.
Thank you, your videos are very helpful ! Greetings from Germany
Thanks so much! Vielen dank!
Great 👍👍👍
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This is Cool
Thanks!!
great tutorial, learned a lot... greetings from Switzerland :D
Thank you!! Hello Switzerland!
Danke!
Vielen Dank! 🙏 Thank you so much!! I very much appreciate the support! 🙏
New to using it. I'm trying to size up item's from Pinterest to use for pyrography art. Can I flip image (mirror it).
very very nice Thank you
Thanks!!
Please never stop doing inkscape tutorials but it would be cool if you did some on gimp, photoscape x, affinity photo, figma, a tad of photoshop but not a lot since it’s paid, blender etc. but definitely keep the inkscape the main because this program his wickedly powerful and i think highly underrated. For most people average people it’s probably more than enough and they’d never need to touch any paid software
Thanks so much, and I hope I can expand into some of those other platforms. I really want to get into Blender, but my computer is not high performance enough.
@@IronEchoDesign you’re growing. You’ll get there. Keep pushing and you can get whatever you want down the line. You got this. Luminar neo is also really cool but makes everything really easy. You can do a lot in very little time with it because of the A.I.
Thank you! I’m going to keep trying to upload consistently.
This is an interesting method. Previous methods I've seen used rotated clones, and while clones work well, they don't do the mirror symmetry.
Thanks Martin! I sincerely appreciate all the work you do to make Inkscape wonderful, and I watch every update on your channel. I did a bit of experimenting when the mandala requests started coming in, and came to this method to emulate the hand-drawn style. I'm more inclined to the geometric patterns Tiled Clones makes myself, but this way is fun too.
Yo that's madness Tho I rate that
Thanks!!
Why would my size of the bezia pen line not staying the thickness I want even when I click on the join and cap?
Great video and instant sub -- Question: @5:42 you stated that "hopefully it's not going to mirror automatically" and you say it again later... however, what if it does mirror automatically? I can't get mine to stop auto mirroring.
Thanks so much! I was having problems getting mirroring to behave. If you click out of the group with the Path Effects on it, it should stop the action. I made a 2nd version of this mandala video (blue thumbnail) that explains things a little better.
Thank you for the Inkscape tutorials. They’re really helpful. I have a video suggestion. If you ever get the chance, I would love to see a video on how to create a vector portrait from an image. There are different portrait styles but I think some of the coolest ones are painterly, two-tone, and movie poster style portraits.
Thanks! Vector portrait is something I've been working on for a bit. I'm not there yet in terms of making a viable video that has clear steps, but I won't give up!
@@IronEchoDesign That’s okay. Feel free to go for it whenever you are confident that you’ve discovered the right techniques to do it. It’s a very interesting topic but also seems more complicated than regular design.
A painterly effect is really cool but I’m not sure if it’s possible to apply that to a portrait in Inkscape. I don’t know if Inkscape has any settings to make a photograph look like it was painted. The background will also probably need to be removed so the portrait doesn’t look too busy.
Two-tone portraits look amazing but I’m not sure if that option is built into the ‘Trace Bitmap’ feature, and if the shadows & shading will look right when turned into vector.
Movie poster style portraits tend to be complicated and come in many varieties. The ones that come to mind are portraits from action/thriller movies that I’ve seen at subway stations, which have dramatic shadows and a limited color palette. I wonder what parts of the portrait should be done with the ‘Trace Bitmap’ tool and what parts need to be done manually.
I’m sure there’s many different ways to do this, but also limitations that come with the software. It’s a very interesting topic, so I hope it will be explored in the future.
Love the tutorials! Question: I'm following you exactly, but when you started with your blue line, it was a single path, but mine is keeping the path effects (mirror and rotate copies). When I tried the circle, it's still doing that but also making double copies of everything. Help?
Thanks! I've since redone this tutorial because I think others have had the same question. In the new version I think the steps are more clear and avoid the doubling issue. Hope this helps if you want to check it out: ua-cam.com/video/Zm45Hwdedno/v-deo.html
That is Amazing!! I am new to Inkscape, is there a way to save individual layers and export as svg? Thank you for the tutorial! I think I found my answer... I would save where I wanted to stop the layer. keep adding for the second layer and save as different file name.. Does that sound correct? Thank you
Thank you!! Yes, I think your solution should work. If it doesn’t, let me know and we can troubleshoot.
Great tutorial
Thanks!! I'm working on another one of these, but for version 1.2.
@@IronEchoDesign cool. I'll keep an eye out for it
Just uploaded, but it's going through processing. Should be live tonight!
Hi mate!!! the sound effect of the intro what is it called? I want to look for him because he likes me a lot. thank you for the time you give us to explain useful things for free! Thank you!
Thanks!! The warp sound effect in the start of the intro? It's from the UA-cam sound library under the song Pretty Boy- DJ Freedom.
Can you make a mandala pattern within an animal shape with inkscape?
THis looks like so much fun.
Just replied to your question on the Trace Bitmap video. Happy to help answer the question.
Hi I discover your chanell last night when I was searching about "how to make custom star map" and it really helped me out thank you. I was wondering that can you show us how to do someone's Astrological Celestial map like it shows the star map and astrological stuff for that person's birth time?
Thanks so much!! That's a great idea. Would be really cool to make one for each of my kids. I'll play around with some variations and see if I can get it right.
@@IronEchoDesign Thank you so much, will be waiting for that to make a design for my friend's birthday
Question: I've been practicing creating mandalas in Inkscape. However, EVERY time I zoom in, the left side initial lines/shapes are snapped to both axes; the right side lines/shapes ARE NOT snapped to either axis. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Great tutorial, thanks a lot for demonstrating the 2 path effects so nicely!
I'm facing a problem though.
After the first set is complete, when I try to add circles or other objects, the symmetry and rotation effects are still active and get applied to the newly drawn objects immediately. I did follow your instructions at 5:42, by grouping the first set. Even in the Path Effects pane, I don't see the effects active, but they do get applied to new objects anyway. Am I missing something?
I'm using Inkscape 1.2 on mac.
Thanks so much! I have experienced this exact same glitch with 1.2. It happens with other Path Effects too. If I move on to something else in the Inkscape session, the Path Effect remain. I don't know why it does that, and it causes headaches in the design process.
@@IronEchoDesign Okay, no problem! I did think that it could be an Inkscape bug, when you said "hopefully" :) Anyway, restarting it solved the issue. Thanks again for a wonderful tutorial.
Question: what version are you using? I have v1.2 and I need my snapping visible like you have at the top of the page. Mine is locked into a block at the side and is costing me time and patience as I use it a lot for pattern making. Nice mandala work!
Thank you!! This video was made with an old Inkscape version. The new Snapping menu is found in the upper right hand corner with the magnet icon. Click the triangle to expand the whole menu. Thanks again!
This is really, really cool, but it looks like your settings might not be the default, because mine doesn't continue to mirror anything as I work. My lines don't automatically curve when I pull on them, etc. Is that because of an update? I've been struggling. :)
Thanks! Part of it is the recent updates, but it was also a bit inconsistent in how the Path Effects were applied. I made another video that addresses some of it here if you want to check it out: Inkscape Mandala Design Tutorial: How to Create Mandala Art with Live Mirroring
ua-cam.com/video/Zm45Hwdedno/v-deo.html
@@IronEchoDesign awesome, thank you!!!
So how do you keep it from automatically mirroring and rotating after the first step? I can't find how to turn that off and every new line I create automatically populates.
If you click out of the path effects group, it should stop the mirroring, however I noticed sometimes it gets stuck no matter what. I made an updated version of this video to go into further detail and better show how to control things using the layers and objects menu. It's the mandala video on my channel with the blue thumbnail. Hope this helps!
Seeing this, makes me feel like we've only scratched the surface of what is possible with path effects. What about symmetric shapes along a squigly line to create a rich pattern, kind of what Chinese dragons look like?
Totally agree. We can go so much deeper. I like to experiment to see how far I can push the tools and I know I have barely moved off the basics yet. The dragon scales would be cool. I play around with it. Thanks.
Great video. Thanks.
Question: My MIRRO SYMETRY stays on when I make a new line. How do I turn that off?
Thanks! It's funny because I originally was hoping Mirror Symmetry would stay on for all lines, but the functionality was inconsistent. To make sure it doesn't stick on, click off of everything, change tools and then change back if needed and the new line should be independent. Let me know if it's still not working. Happy to help!
@@IronEchoDesign Thanks... And glitchy is an understatement. Through trial and error I have discovered that if I don't group things together that keeps it turned off. Still working out the nuts and bolts, but having a good time. Thanks again for the tutorial.
Totally. I have another mandala tutorial in the works but layering path effects sometimes is no problem and other times when I do a practice run it fails. I like that we're pushing the boundaries of what Inkscape can do, and hopefully they'll work out the bugs with each new release.
how come every time I try to turn off show page border, the shadow border disappears but not the white page itself?
Great question. The Page will stay but you can set the "Desk" to white to match it and get the clean look. Or if you're looking for all gray, you can set the Page to match the gray colored Desk. All with the Document Properties settings. Why is the Page itself not completely removable, I'm not sure.
In 5:41 you say hopefully its not gonna mirror automatically but mine is automatically mirroring on that part...what is the solution 😢😢plss help
Help please! Whenever I try to bend the line between to nodes or sometimes when I try to pull a node with the Edit Paths by Node tool, it creates a black plane instead of bending the line and the line itself just stays as it was. I have watched tons of tutorials but can't find my mistake :( But great tutorial, thank you!
Lets try to fix this! First guess is the Fill and Stroke settings may have been adjusted. Can you check to see if there is a Fill color selected on the Fill tab?
@@IronEchoDesign Yes, that was the problem! Thank you so so much! It works now 😊
Nice!
Can you provide the link for Inkscape
For sure. You can download it at Inkscape dot org. It’s free!
i dont see the same toolbars as you show. how do i load them up please? ty :)
This video was made in the previous version of Inkscape. 1.2 made a few changes to the UI if you're on the new version. But, if you're using 1.1 or earlier, click on View from the top menu and towards the bottom of the drop down you'll see a choice for "custom". Choose that and it should look like mine does in the video. Hope this helps!
Also- i redid this video with 1.2 if you're already on the new version. It's a similar thumbnail, but with blue background if you want to check it out!
@@IronEchoDesign thank you for that :) can you plz share the link? i do have version 1.2 ;) great videso by the way :)
Thanks!! Here is the link. Hopefully it doesn't get blocked: ua-cam.com/video/Zm45Hwdedno/v-deo.html
Please make video on apparel mockups
Great suggestion. I think I figured out a solution for this that works pretty well. I'll try to record after work this week. Can I screen capture your request here and share in the video?
@@IronEchoDesign thanks.
Yeah Sure
Okay, sounds good. Thanks, and I'll try to record this week.
Occasionally I lose track of the mouse when its hovering over the menu. A highlight on the mouse could make these tutorials even easier to follow. Overall great tutorials though. Thank you for making these.
For some reason I cannot bend the first line. I am able to move it but not to curve it. Am I a missing setting?
Let's fix this. Is Edit Paths by Nodes selected? When you click on the line itself (not a node) it won't bend?
@@IronEchoDesign yes, exactly. Edit path by node is selected (just as it shows in the video). I can click the line and see the red dots. When I click and drag, the line moves, not curve like it does in the video.
Okay, we need to get the node handles to appear (circles with line attached to end node). Grab the middle of the line and initiate a bend in any direction. Once it bends, click on the line, and they will appear. Can you let me know if that fixes it?
@@IronEchoDesign I figured it out, works now.
Nice!!
hm ok what do I do when I don´t have the Guides creator?
It was moved in Inkscape 1.3. Now found under Extensions>>Document>>Guides Creator. Hope this helps!
@@IronEchoDesign yes thatnk you. found it. works great.
Nice. Glad it worked.
Mine mirrored automatically here 5:40
Did anyone else have this problem?
Also, the stroke style doesn’t save when I make new strokes with the Bezier pen. I’m not sure if this is a bug.
Thanks for the input. I originally planned to mirror everything together like yours appears to be doing, but couldn't get the functionality to work consistently. There is a way to ensure it all mirrors together by using the layers and objects tab, but when i got far along into the design, i had crashes.
As far as Bezier pen tool changing, you could double click on the tool icon to see what the preferences are set to. Again, thanks for sharing.
@@IronEchoDesign Thank you for the tips. I double clicked on the Bezier tool to look at its settings. I changed the settings from “This tool’s own style” to “Last used style”. Initially, I thought this fixed the problem because the line width was now the same as I had used to draw the rest of the mandala. However, this actually created another problem. Now when I use the “Edit paths by node” tool to modify the position of the line, it treats that line as if it’s a shape instead of a line. It widens the line & changes its shape to become bulbous instead of changing its position.
@@IronEchoDesign Another weird thing I noticed as I was going through this tutorial is that it wouldn’t let me delete lines & shapes that I had drawn. I tried selecting them & pressing delete on my keyboard, and I even tried pressing delete through the “Edit” menu. But none of it worked. Oddly enough, it wouldn’t let me delete lines that I had created with the ‘Bezier pen’ or circles I created with the ‘circle tool’, but it did let me delete the ‘spirals’ I had created with the Spiral tool. I’m not sure if this is a bug or if I’m doing something wrong.
@@IronEchoDesign Other than these frustrating problems that I encountered, I did manage to get through this whole tutorial, and I learned a couple of new things. Thank you for sharing 😊
I also had this problem. I hate when this happens. And no solution.
cont find guide creator
It might be in a different place now. If you're using Inkscape 1.2 its located under Extensions- Render- Guides creator.
Just switched to 1.3. Guides Creator is now under Extensions > Document > Guides Creator
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Haha. This may be true.