Inkscape has improved a lot in the past years. It's stability and the UI/ UX used to be a major downsides. Both have improved dramatically. For me [and this is based on my workflow] the issues are: Clips and Masks - a better/ different way to handle masks and clips [more along the lines of clip groups which remain editable and viewable in the layers panel] would be a great step forward. CMYK support - supposed to happen with version 1.4 [let's wait and see] and the BIG issue Filters - the current system of the filter editor is just mindboggling and beyond my comprehension. A simple effect like a bevel should be easy to apply and adjust. I would like to see a less technical and more practical approach. Have the filters and some sliders to control them. At the moment editing a filter is doable [even for a medium skilled user] but creating a new effect is something I have not accomplished with a satisfactory result in all the years I tried and tried again. It might just be my way of thinking [being to thick, not smart enough to see the logic, or not patient enough to make it work].
It's hard to say... For tasks like this, either one works fine. I would maybe give Affinity Designer a slight edge for stability and UI - but there is little difference between the tools. The use of symbols, shapebuilder, compound groups and clipping masks works really well for me. Inkscape's options of clones, shapebuilder, boolean operations and clip groups just feel a little less refined and user friendly. I am maybe not quite as proficient in Inkscape as I am in Affinity Designer. Knowing your shortcuts and the roadblocks [plus your way around them] makes a huge difference when you work with a tool a lot and depend on it to perform under pressure. Price and the linux option are definitely the strong point of Inkscape. How can you beat an open source tool that's available on the main operating systems for free? It's the addition of Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher that shift the balance. Being able to seamlessly work with three tools depending on the graphic design task is a key factor for me to prefere Serif's tools to Inkscape. If you start out and want to get your bearings in the graphic design field, if money is and issue, or the operating system of choice has to open source, there is no way around Inkscape. With a little more money to spend [and during a special the Serif tools are 'a steal'] I would suggest the move/ the addition of Affinity Designer - especially when you enjoy drawing by hand and own an iPad and a pencil to make use of the awesome iOS version. I have been running both tools for years now and there are tasks that require the unique strengths of either one. Knowing your way around multiple tools is never a bad thing - unless you start mixing up the shortcuts ;)
When you made the back layer with the boat, did you weld it to another circle? How did it transform into the whole layer with the frame from just the jagged shape you drew with the boat? Sorry...I'm just learning.
I have started on a tutorial a while back... let me try and find it again... :) These are old tutorials I wrote a while back: 2dgameartguru.com/building-isometric-art-in-vectors-step-1/ and 2dgameartguru.com/2d-game-art-isometric-ocean-wave-tutorial-in-inkscape/
Another excellent tutorial.
As you show it looks very easy ;)
Thank you. Cheers. 🖖
You are welcome... most of the time it just is that easy. ;)
Thank you very much, it is always a pleasure to watch your videos. A lot of knowledge in them 💯
Glad you like them! I will try to keep a decent portion of knowledge packed in my videos ;)
What are the improvements you want to see in Inkscape ?
Inkscape has improved a lot in the past years. It's stability and the UI/ UX used to be a major downsides. Both have improved dramatically.
For me [and this is based on my workflow] the issues are:
Clips and Masks - a better/ different way to handle masks and clips [more along the lines of clip groups which remain editable and viewable in the layers panel] would be a great step forward.
CMYK support - supposed to happen with version 1.4 [let's wait and see]
and the BIG issue
Filters - the current system of the filter editor is just mindboggling and beyond my comprehension. A simple effect like a bevel should be easy to apply and adjust. I would like to see a less technical and more practical approach. Have the filters and some sliders to control them. At the moment editing a filter is doable [even for a medium skilled user] but creating a new effect is something I have not accomplished with a satisfactory result in all the years I tried and tried again. It might just be my way of thinking [being to thick, not smart enough to see the logic, or not patient enough to make it work].
very cool thanks chris, im working on a website atm will give it a go
Best of luck! Let me know what you think.
which one is better Inkscape or affinity designe r?
It's hard to say... For tasks like this, either one works fine. I would maybe give Affinity Designer a slight edge for stability and UI - but there is little difference between the tools. The use of symbols, shapebuilder, compound groups and clipping masks works really well for me. Inkscape's options of clones, shapebuilder, boolean operations and clip groups just feel a little less refined and user friendly.
I am maybe not quite as proficient in Inkscape as I am in Affinity Designer. Knowing your shortcuts and the roadblocks [plus your way around them] makes a huge difference when you work with a tool a lot and depend on it to perform under pressure.
Price and the linux option are definitely the strong point of Inkscape. How can you beat an open source tool that's available on the main operating systems for free?
It's the addition of Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher that shift the balance. Being able to seamlessly work with three tools depending on the graphic design task is a key factor for me to prefere Serif's tools to Inkscape.
If you start out and want to get your bearings in the graphic design field, if money is and issue, or the operating system of choice has to open source, there is no way around Inkscape.
With a little more money to spend [and during a special the Serif tools are 'a steal'] I would suggest the move/ the addition of Affinity Designer - especially when you enjoy drawing by hand and own an iPad and a pencil to make use of the awesome iOS version.
I have been running both tools for years now and there are tasks that require the unique strengths of either one. Knowing your way around multiple tools is never a bad thing - unless you start mixing up the shortcuts ;)
When you made the back layer with the boat, did you weld it to another circle? How did it transform into the whole layer with the frame from just the jagged shape you drew with the boat? Sorry...I'm just learning.
I added the frame [at 11:30] and then combined the frame the Path > Union.
@@2dgameartguru I see now! Thank you!
Isometric please❤
I have started on a tutorial a while back... let me try and find it again... :)
These are old tutorials I wrote a while back:
2dgameartguru.com/building-isometric-art-in-vectors-step-1/
and
2dgameartguru.com/2d-game-art-isometric-ocean-wave-tutorial-in-inkscape/