Artwork
My intentions for the Artwork page will be to post my tutorials, either in written form or screencasted, illustrating the use of Inkscape (or maybe the GIMP sometime in the future). Some of the tutorials are a little sketchy. I'm not a professional graphic artist, as you can tell, nor am I an authority on the subject of audio and video, which is blatantly obvious as well. Enjoy!
Tutorials.
This tutorial illustrates how to create a web page badge in Inkscape v0.45. It's also linked by
There has been a change in direction. I have teamed up with Richard Querin to provide Inkscape screencasts for the community. For higher resolution videos head over to screencasters.heathenx.org. Otherwise check out the YouTube videos if you're hurting for bandwidth.
The free tools that I use to get the job done.
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
Inkscape is an open source vector graphics editor. Its goal is to become a powerful graphic tool while being fully compliant with the XML, SVG and CSS standards. It is a cross-platform application that runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Unix-like operating systems; however, the primary development platform is the Linux operating system.
Xara is renowned for developing easy-to-use, quality graphics software at unbeatable prices. Whether you're a graphics professional or a complete novice, Xara has a product for you.
Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.