In this and the following lecture, we will practice how to digitize your own drawings toward this,
you don't have to scan them.
It's enough to take a photo with your camera or your phone and just import that photo and roll over
it.
Here in Inkscape, we will use the pen tool mostly and then the path to the note editing tool to achieve
the effect.
What you are looking at.
We are looking for.
So first we are importing so fine import.
And look for the drawing.
That we want to draw over, we are going to use it as linked, so it's linked into the as we do file
in Inkscape.
That's it.
It's a simple drawing, and if I mean, you can see that the lines are not very straight because I was
drawing it on a white paper with a simple felty pen.
So if I want to go over it in Inkscape, I my idea is the drawing is that I want these lines much nicer
and smoother.
So I will use the pen tool and the path to to achieve that effect.
I am clicking here and here.
And as I told earlier, I'm not looking into curving that node.
First, I just work with polygons.
I will color this stroke to orange now and make the opposite lower around half.
So I can see make it a bit thicker.
OK, so I can see the line I am drawing and I can also see the line I was drawn previously, so I see
what is under it.
So I could click, click, click around here, you see, and create this polygonal line, but and then
there it is node's and then reshape them.
But what I can do, and I think it's better to do is just if the curve is so nice as this one at the
head, I just click to the to end the right click to let it go.
I have one straight line and then I just bend it with the path to if needed, add some.
Additional notes here on their.
Like maybe here in the corner, DoubleClick and addNode, but still keep it simple and curvy, remember,
that's the basic rule, I think, for dynamic line drawings in Inkscape.
The last node a path has the more dynamic it appears because it's less wavy and less distracting.
Also curved, this one with control.
Click and just shave the years I pull it down and added another node.
And I just want to follow my original drawing.
That's a nice girl there.
Let's see the other you click, click.
I could click here and go or go straight down, but I am sure it will need at least one or two extra
notes.
So I stop here.
And with the path to the no to a double click on the top.
To fix it.
Control click to covetable.
I'm pulling this little node handover's to achieve the curve I'm looking for, and if it's not working,
I just add the new node.
This one will be quite easy as well, is just a straight line, and I curve it here on the top to create
this little hook in the.
Let's work a bit more on this line, OK, and.
Follow the head.
I like to keep these little gaps here and there, because for me, that is making the drawing more alive
and more interesting.
I do not close the gaps and I do not have to.
So this is just one nice note here, and I show you a trick, you can actually click here in the stroke
style to decide which type of end you want to have on your node for this drawing, because it's a cute
cartoon character.
I want it rounded.
So that's what I do.
Let's make the little libros.
We can make it bigger, so it's still a stroke, but it's the good.
And we control the IWK, the ibro, and pull it over to the other one, I change the shape of it so
it's not exactly the same.
But if you want to keep it the same, it's up to you and it's also up to you.
If you want to draw little kitten, you can I will give you the drawing, but if you want to start with
your own drawing, it's even better because you will have more fun and you will see your own drawing
coming to life.
In a digital form.
OK, so just click, click and doing a straight line and pulling it down and that's the eyes and also
I double it here, duplicating with control and shaping it a bit more.
To the shape of the right thigh.
Now onto the nose and the little mouth.
Now, the only thing you can draw with a path is a fork, so you have to do a line here.
So draw the nose, you can draw the nose and one of the lips and like this and the other side, the
left side of the leaves, you have to draw later on.
So like a tree branch, you cannot draw this y shape or a fork in a tree branch.
You cannot do it here.
So it has to be two parts.
The nose.
I keep it one part because.
Why not.
I could have the nose even separate if I want to.
So now I just click click like with the eyes and I draw the separate shape for this part of the.
I like this little character because he seems very content.
Now, there is a tiny gap here.
It's almost not visible, but I still double click the path and pull it down to keep this line in flow
with the vertical part, with the vertical line above it.
It's like when you are drawing in a line into lines to each other.
This is the same thing I do.
It's a small detail.
But it was bugging me, so I was fixing it.
Let's zoom out and see what we have so far we can go to view.
And switch to outline, this is what we have, obviously, so the Red Square showing the bitmap image,
which we imported.
So it's not visible in this view, but I can see my lines are nice and flexible.
And obviously the strokes don't have the colors and the thickness.
So now I switch back to the normal view and continue with my work.
I click here as well just a few times, I only need like three or four notes to create the shape.
I have to add an additional note here on the neck for sure.
So that were quick to add an additional noad.
That's nice.
And use the handlers.
To the little I know, the handles to perfectly aligned to the shape.
Now let's do this with the left part as well.
Double.
I like this one, how it looks on the left and the line it here.
This is great practice to follow a line you drew before, this is a great practice to work on the Pentel.
Now I just draw the pullover.
Just click and click here as well.
The click and click.
And the little sleeves.
So now I have at least five different shapes, very square, but I just fix them up, I'm control clicking
here on this edge.
And pulling the node handler, so it's not.
So, Becky.
I keep this.
I like that.
Again, control the node, this is too straight, I can move it a tiny bit just to make it more organic.
And this one I have to put down.
And control those nodes so they are curved on the end.
Same here.
That's Bendit.
And controlling the end, so it's not a very sharp.
And here as well, let's fix this nice little curve and the bottom of the jumper.
I think at the end of the nodes are not hanging out like this, you see, so they are overlapping,
that's fine, but they are not and not hanging out on the other side of the nodes next to them.
I see it, same here, so the nodes are hidden behind the bath.
OK.
That's because the.
It's basically the same again, three little nodes curve on the bottom curve here to make it a bit more
interesting.
Control, click that one on the bottom.
And that's it.
Now, let's make this part.
Bend it a bit.
And these vertical line between the two legs.
Keep it behind the path.
OK.
Here as well.
Let's see where we are now.
Do the feet.
It's a few clicks control click here on the end to make it curved.
And Ben, this one, it's OK if it's not following perfectly, but I like to pull this one down.
OK, it's a nice curve here and again.
Put the note behind the path, let's see where we are now.
I like it, I hope you like it, too.
Let's continue in the next lecture.