Inkscape Custom Brushes: How to Make and Use Brush Sets Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Inkscape 1.2 quick demonstration showing you how to create your own custom brushes and brush sets, answering a question about Procreate from the comments. Follow along with Rick Johanson as he rushes through the tutorial so he could catch a flight. Bamboo artwork inspired by traditional Japanese paintings.
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Thanks for the video, it was really useful. After a bit of experimenting I found that you can save your brush stroke shapes as a symbol library so you can use them easily across documents. There's a few caveats, but at least it allows you to preserve the basic shape of the brush for future use.
Thank you! I didn't know about this symbol saving feature and am going to try it. Nice!
Come to think of it, this is actually very powerful. It can be made to have "Highlights" built in for certain styles or have an oil painting effect as well. Very nice.
Yes! Rick can do anything on inkscape 😀, have a good trip, thanks for the tutorial!
Haha, thanks!! Excited for a change of scenery.
Wait, whaaaaat?!! This is so simple and so mindblowing. I'm pretty sure this feature is going to be used to threads by me. Thanks for another valuable lesson, Rick.
Haha- thanks! I had fun making this one I remember.
Can you please make a video on all kinds of path effects, explaining each one of them in detail
That’s a great idea for a video. Would be fun to make. I’ll see if I can script something out and make it interesting.
Thank you for the great video.
Thank you very much!
Another great tutorial! Having a fun time trying this out with svgs of different shapes. Thanks so much!!
Thank you!! It's fun to try stuff out!
¡Gracias! It is the first time that I do a thank you on UA-cam but you are an excellent teacher. and although English is not my native language I can perfectly understand everything you do. thank you very much for your Answer.
Thank you so very much! really appreciate the support. Muchas gracias!
Another brilliant, inspiring, tutorial. I wish I had your delivery for my own tutorials. Clear and concise. Full marks.
Thank you very much!!
Small support from my side
Thank you again, and I'm so grateful. Many many thanks!
Nice tutorial. Very clear for something you had to dash off.
Dude, I love your instructional videos. I'm learning how to create vector art on inkscape, and your videos just clarify the process really well. Thanks.
Thanks so much!!
Rick, thank you so much for all of your tutorials. I would love to know more about brush strokes and a brush stroke library. Can you apply water color to the strokes? (for some background: I recently lost my wonderful job... no money... trying to cram years of learning into a couple of hours a day with you!!! Trying to get my own, self employment going!! 🙏) You explain things so well. I wish I could have you looking over my shoulder so that when something doesn't work you can tell me why ~ then I would understand what I actually did as well as how to accomplish what you were teaching me to begin with!! I know many of my settings are off because I was trying to self teach and playing around a bunch before I found your channel!! AGAIN! ThAnK yOu!!!
Thank you so much, Wendy! I'll keep making these tutorials! We're all still learning and I think sharing skills will build the whole community. Sorry to hear about your job. There is always another door waiting to be opened. Wishing you the best.
Thank you so much for this video. Can't wait to try it out.
I appreciate the idea! Thank you!!
Hi Rick, thanks again for the great video! Really helpful stuff. Those extra streaks in the brush really make them pop!
Safe travels! -- are you going on a nice holiday? Much love from Scotland
Thank you so much!! On flight home now back to Boston after a quick visit to Florida with fam. Much love from 30000 feet.
This is gold, thank you so much!
Thank you!!
Thank you Rick, another great tutorial-simple and informative.
Hello greetings from Bolivia
Eres un santo... Gracias por los tutoriales y muchas bendiciones
Great tutorial !!! THNX!!!
Thank you!!
Brilliant thanks I need this.
Thank you!!
Thanks, GOD bless you.
Many thanks. Bless you. 🙏
This is what I want to learn now. Thanks!
Nice. Thanks!!
Really nice video! Thanks
Thanks so much!
Thank you!
Thanks!!
Another great video, it would be great if you could make a video on multi coloured streaks in brush strokes. thank you👍
5:26 Thanks Rick for all your wonderfully clear tutorials. I was particularly interested in your path effects and circles. Could you do a tutorial on how to do a Mobius eye circle please? I know people make them in illustrator but I wondered if it was possible in Inkscape? Many thanks in advance!
Nice!
Thanks!!
Rick - glad to find your channel, so very helpful. I have a question - my son moved recently and in the process of moving, one of his sports certificates got coffee spilled on it. Is there any way to take a photo of it and lift the text off the soiled page and reprint it on new paper? It means a lot to him and he was saddened when this happened.
Thanks! I think it could be done in Inkscape or Photoshop. If you drag the photo into Inkscape you could clip out the spill marks or cover them with the background color that matches. In this case, I do think Photoshop or another raster software program would be better. You could isolate the spill and color correct with ease. They have “healing” brushes too that depending on how bad the spill- could wipe out the mess quickly. Hope this helps!
@@IronEchoDesign thanks Rick. I don’t have Photoshop but someone at my work might. I’ll give it a try in Inkscape first.
Hopefully the stain has been removed. If not, maybe we can solve it via text or email if needed.
Thank You for this tutorial. I experimenting with fashion illustration. Is it possible to create brushes for elastic and zippers in Inkscape?. I also hope to do gathers in one stroke.
I like to watch a video on stencil making from you. For this, we need to measure the minimum distance between any two objects say 1 mm for 12 inch X 12-inch image
Where would we be without Rick ,thanks for all your help brother 🙏
Question I've seen an image half in a bold letter font and half out if possible in inkscape could you look into it. Any hoo keep on Keep N in 👊
Thanks!! I love doing these. For the image is there an example you have in mind? I can see about replicating it. Thanks again!
@@IronEchoDesign Smart Graphics is the UA-cam channel
Couldn't find your email to send the image
Just checked that channel. Good stuff. Is this the half bold font / half image you mean? ua-cam.com/video/t-WnaHt7wLo/v-deo.html
Or do you mean the one letter version that channel does?
@@IronEchoDesign the one letters
Got it. Those look cool. Photoshop or something would be easier- but it can be done in Inkscape for sure. I'd remove the background of the subject in the image and the make 2 masks. One for the image part that goes in the letter, and one for the image part that goes outside the letter. This video shows mask basics and the method could work here- just duplicate the subject image so you can mask it twice: ua-cam.com/video/xCQ6TFgTTAY/v-deo.html
Great thanks. How can I make an artistic grainy gradiant? I'm trying to do some illustration in Inkscape.
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Thank you very much!! I really appreciate the support and I will keep at this!
a doubt. maybe it's something very basic. but i have a dinosaur design and i have lettered it inside the dinosaur body. The question is how do I get all the letters punched out at once?At once? I want the design but with the hole in the shapes of the letters. Thanks for your videos greetings!
Thanks!! Good question. Text has to be converted to a path first. Once you have the letters the way you want it, go to Path- Object to Path. Then ungroup. now you can select each letter and do Path-Combine. This new path can stamp out of the dinosaur with Path- Difference or by doing a Clip depending on what kind of image the dinosaur is. Hope this helps!
@@IronEchoDesign I tried today but the dinosaur was empty and only the letters remained. I would like only all black the dinosaur and only the Letter holes. Today I used many different methods and I managed to do it with the transform method. I don't know what happened but I managed to leave those holes in one go inside the dinosaur. But Problem is, I don't remember how I did it. But it was all the text and not one letter by one. I'll try again tomorrow maybe I'm doing something wrong.
I love your videos, i watched like all of your videos, i wonder if we can make money with inkscape?
Thank very much! Yes, you can make money with Inkscape. It's not the industry standard, but you can do professional work with it. Or you can create projects for Print On Demand or do custom jobs for small businesses in your area. Whatever you're passionate about you could pursue.
How did you make the initial line (introduced at :45) with the taper in it, please?
Hey Rick, not sure if this will get a response but I thought it was worth a shot. There is a font called "Fredericka the Great" that makes the letters look like they are "sketched" I like the font and think that it pairs well with the logo I'm designing (a stone piece from an archway) I decided it would likely be perfect if I went from a flat coloured shape to this stylized outline similar to the circle design at the end of the video. Do you have a recommendation for the best way to make this stroke effect?
As a marker for my proficiency in Inkscape let me add that I couldn't replicate this tutorial 121 as I couldn't get my Bezier stroke to have a rounded cap, the best I could do was triangle in or out.
Thanks
Is there a way to make a cloning brush? For example chains? or other repeatable items like a road or vines with leaves or something.
Yes!! I love the technique. It's done with the Spray Can tool. I did a mountain forest scene video on it and actually used it to spray leaves in the Dispersion video. I like it better than custom brushes with the Pencil tool because you get even more control and variety.
@@IronEchoDesign Thanks for the reply. It's not exactly what I was going for. I found a workable method by using Path Effect(Pattern Along Path).
Nice. Pattern along Path is an even more precise way to do it.
Can you please make a video on how to make a maze in inkscape?
I've been thinking about this, and the new Inkscape 1.3 version has a ShapeBuilder tool that I think will be perfect for maze making. I'm going to test things out and see if I can create easy steps. Thanks for the suggestion!
You welcome
I’m curious, do you use a mouse or pen tablet? Thank you for the videos! 👍
Thanks! I'm just using a mouse for now. I got a Wacom tablet for Father's Day (last June) but haven't opened it yet. Oops!
@@IronEchoDesign That sounds great!
How can I print bigger than 8.5" by 11" in inkscape? Trying 11"x 17" and it cuts the image to A4 format
Searching for the appropriate font for writing is tiring, especially after downloading a lot of fonts in the program... Is there a way to put a "sample" of the fonts that I work on a lot on the interface of the program so that whenever I open Inkscape, I find it directly without searching for it every time??
I totally agree and feel your pain. I have tried with templates but it doesn't seem to always stick. Anyone reading this know a good solution???
I once saw someone use the template and put it on the interfac it's ealways sticky so that he can choose directly what he wants, but on Illustrator I hope there is some way on Inkscape since it is the actual alternative to it
Have you started tinkering with v1.3?
Not yet, but I’m excited to try it out- especially the shape builder tool I’ve heard about!
Hello, which version is this software?
I'm using Inkscape 1.2. There may be a more recent update by now, but overall functionality should be the same.
Hi rick do you suggest to learn inkscape or Adobe illustrator cracked version
A good question. Illustrator is the industry standard, but Inkscape is catching up slowly but surely. And it’s free. I’m biased so I’d say Inkscape. Either route will get you to the design goals you want.
@@IronEchoDesign thanks for the suggestion
Is anyone actually using a tablet with Inkscape for anything serious? I love inkscape but i found it really lacking and crashy with a tablet.