Creating 2D Textures in Inkscape

A guide to creating colorful and interesting textures in inkscape.

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English
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8.5 hours
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Jul 2018
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$69.99
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What you will learn

Create colourful and interesting textures in inkscape.

Create seamless tiles in inkscape.

Use the filter editor to modify existing filters.

Use the filter editor to create filters from scratch.

Note: the focus on this course is on learning Inkscape. Bump maps, normal maps, and specular maps will not be covered!

Description

Whether you are creating textures for 3D models or for 2D graphics Inkscape is a great choice. In this course you will learn how to use inkscape to create interesting and colorful textures with the greatest of ease.

The first section is aimed at the complete beginner, where the very basics of inkscape are learned. This section is great for getting started in inkscape. NOTE: if you already have some inkscape knowledge you will probably be able to skip this part!

The second section covers some more advanced inkscape functions. In this section we learn, for example, how to create seamless tiles, trace images, use the snap settings etc...

The third section is fully dedicated to learning the filters: learn how to apply filters, how to create custom filters and what each of the primitives does.

In the fourth and fifth sections we will put the knowledge and skills we have gained to good use by covering numerous texture examples.

The course covers a wide range of both theory lessons as well as practice and 'try-it-yourself' exercises.

Please note: The course focuses on creating 'flat' textures in Inkscape. The course does not cover things like bump maps and normal maps for example.

Content

Introduction

Introduction

Inkscape: the basics

Interface
Rectangles, Ellipses and the Selection Tool
FA Exercise: Sunset 1
Fill and Stroke
Gradients
FA Exercise: Sunset 2
Boolean
Paths and Nodes
FA Exercise: Sunset 3
Layers
Bezier Curves
FA Exercise: Sunset 4
Exercise: Egg
Exercise: Owl
Exercise: Ying Yang

Some more Inkscape theory

Groups
Importing Images
Tracing Part 1
Tracing Part2
FA Exercise: Eagle
FA Exercise: Tree
Cloning Part1
Cloning Part2
FA Exercise: Rock Tile Part1
Clipping and Masking
Exporting
FA Exercise: Rock Tile Part2
Guides, Grids and Snaps
FA Exercise: Grassy Tile
FA Exercise: Putting it together
Exercise: Basic Bricks
Exercise: Tracing
Exercise: Shading and Highlighting
Exercise: Icy Wall

Filters

Preset Filters
FA Exercise: Summary Sheet
Filter Editor
Flood, Image and Turbulence
Merge, Blend and Composite
FA Exercise: Sunset 5
Blur and Convolve
Color Matrix
Morphology, Displacement and Offset
FA Exercise: Sunset 6
Diffuse and Specular Lighting
Component Transfer
Saving and Loading Custom Filters
FA Exercise: Sunset 7
Exercise: Rock Face Tile
Excercise: Shadow
Exercise: Displacement Map
Exercise: Color Matrix

Examples

Tarmac
Water
Textiles
Wood Grain
Grass
Metals Part 1
Metals Part 2
Bricks

Texturing a 3D scene

Introduction
Beach and Surf
Palm Tree
Radar Alien
Pentapuss
Treasure Chest

Appendix: Crash Course in Blender

Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3

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Reviews

Rainer
January 8, 2021
I did learn a fair bit about Inkscape filters, but none of the textures created in this course look very good.
Alan
April 3, 2018
This course is supposed to be about creating textures for 3D art, however I don't see any coverage of creating bump, normal, specular or rough maps. All of these are important. If you want to just learn inkscape this course looks adequate.
Know
January 11, 2018
Just starting the course getting oriented to the tools, so not much to rate yet. So Ok far. I will adjust my rating and review later.

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