Inkscape Beginner Tutorial Vector Eyeball Video Lecture - Inkscape Design

this is Nick with logos by Nick comm and
in today's tutorial I'll be
demonstrating how to create this vector
eyeball graphic using Inkscape and at
any point in this tutorial you could
look down at the bottom left hand side
of my screen to see which mouse clicks
and keystrokes I'm using so we'll
minimize this and get started the first
thing we'll do an Inkscape is set the
view to custom and then we'll zoom in at
a hundred percent I'll open up the align
and distribute menu with this button
right here make sure you have less
selected chosen from the drop-down and
then we'll open up the Edit objects
colors gradients and Stroke menu so the
first thing we're going to do is create
a circle so let's come over to the
circles and ellipses tool hold ctrl and
shift in the keyboard and click and drag
on the canvas to create a perfectly
round circle I'll go back to the Select
tool and I'll just put this towards the
center of the page and I'm going to
color this thing in with the shade of
grey I'm going to go with maybe 30% gray
if you hover your cursor over the shade
it will show you which percentage it is
I'm going to go with 30% gray and I'm
going to come over here to the fill tab
and I'm going to give this a radial
gradient by clicking that button and
then I'll press G on the keyboard to get
the gradient tool and I'll click on this
stop right here and just make sure the
opacity of that's brought all the way up
and then I'll create another stop by
clicking on this line right here double
clicking actually double click on that
line and then double click on that line
again to create another stop and what
I'm going to do is I'm going to take
this Center stop right here click on
that and under the HSL tab I'll come
over to the L column and slide that all
the way to the right to make that white
and then I'll click on this stop and
I'll do something similar but I won't
bring it all the way to the right just a
little bit slightly darker than white
then we'll click on this stop right here
and we'll make this one just slightly
lighter that's pretty good and I'll take
this stop and just slide this over to
the right up to here and then I'll take
this stop in the center and bring that
out as well maybe about that much what
I'm going to do is I'm going to take
this Center stop right here I'm going to
click and drag this up into the side a
little bit up into the right just a
little bit maybe like that
that's pretty good we can we can go back
to our select tool and then we can right
click this circle and go to duplicate
and we're going to turn this red what
I'm going to do now is I'm going to
create a reflection like a light
reflection coming off the side of the
eyeball so in order to do that I'm going
to take this red circle I'm going to
bring the opacity down about in half
then I'll hold ctrl and shift in the
keyboard and click and drag and scale
this thing in a little bit maybe about
that much and then I'll right-click on
that circle and go to duplicate and I'll
turn that blue and I'll hold ctrl and
shift and I'll scale this in maybe about
that much and then I'll right-click that
circle and I'll go to duplicate and then
hold shift in the keyboard and click on
the red circle and go to path difference
so what we did which we pretty much just
punched a hole through that circle with
the blue circle so we ended up with that
and then we could take this blue circle
right here and I'm going to get rid of
the fill color by clicking the X and I'm
going to give it a blue outline by
holding shift and clicking on the color
blue
then I'll hold ctrl and shift and I'll
just scale this out until the lines
going about halfway through that that
red ring maybe about that much and I'll
come over to the stroke style tab and
the width of this I'm going to go with
maybe 6 okay yeah 6 is pretty good I'll
go to path stroke the path and then hold
shift in the keyboard and click on the
red ring and go to path difference now
what I'm going to do now is create a
rectangle so let's come over to the
squares and rectangles tool and I'll
hold ctrl and shift in the keyboard and
click and drag on the canvas to create a
a square like that and I'm going to turn
that blue and I'm going to get rid of
the blue outline by holding shift and
clicking on the on the X and then I'll
click on this us click on the select
tool hold shift click on the grey circle
and I'm going to align the top edges and
then align the left edges so it's
sitting up here in the top left corner
and then we can click off of the graphic
to deselect everything so what I'll do
next is I'll click on this red I mean
this blue square and I'm just going to
hold ctrl and scale this up a little bit
just a little bit maybe actually not
gonna bring it down about that big
that's pretty good and once you do that
you could hold shift and click on the
red the red rings right there and go to
path intersection and what I'm going to
do now is I'm just going to put another
space going through these two lines kind
of like how they're what is one right
here so what I'll do is I'll grab this
squares and rectangles tool and I'll
just click and drag and create a long
rectangle like that and we'll go to the
Select tool and I want to make this the
same width that the gap between these
two red objects is which I believe I
used a six point stroke for that so I'll
click on this this blue rectangle and
I'll come up to the width and I'll make
that I'll change that to six hit enter
and I'm going to click on it a second
time to get the rotation handles and I'm
going to hold ctrl and rotate this
around a few steps I'm going to grab
this corner right here holding control
one two three four now three will go
with three like that then I'll hold
shift and click on these little red
shapes and Center it on the vertical and
horizontal axis and then go to path
difference and now we could turn that
white and set the opacity to maybe
around 65 it said that looks pretty good
so what we have here is a little light
reflection coming off this this eyeball
right here so let's click off the
graphic to deselect everything and we'll
click on this this gray circle right
here I'm going to right click that and
go to duplicate and I'm going to turn
that white and then hold ctrl and shift
and scale it in about that much and then
I'll right click that and go to
duplicate and I'll come down here to the
color picker I'm going to give this a
dark shade of blue maybe that much and
I'll hold ctrl and shift and scale this
in just a little bit just so that that
the white circle is sticking out from
behind it just a little bit like that
that's pretty good and then I'll
right-click this this blue circle I'm
going to duplicate and I'm going to give
this a lighter shade of blue like a more
aqua turquoise something like that then
I'll hold ctrl and shift and scale that
in a little
maybe not too much maybe about that much
that's pretty good and what I'll do now
is I'm going to come up I'm going to
come back to the fill tab and I'm going
to give this a radial gradient so go
ahead and click on radial gradient we'll
press G on the keyboard to get the
gradient tool and I'm going to click on
this stop right here to the right and
bring the opacity of that all the way up
and then I'll click on this stop here in
the middle and I'll make this a little
lighter by sliding the L column over to
the right that's pretty good then I'll
double click this line right here to
create a new stop and I'm going to leave
that stop the color it is and I'm going
to click on this stop to the right over
here and I'm going to make that I'm
going to slide the L column over to the
left a little bit I'll take this and
move this out actually now I'll move
that in actually it's good right where
it is so that's pretty good right there
let's come back to the Select tool click
off of the graphic to deselect
everything and we're going to do next is
let's click on this blue circle and
actually you know what before we do that
click off of it let's come over to the
stars and polygons tool and we're going
to create a star and we're going to have
well don't worry about these numbers
just yet we're just going to come and
create a star and then we'll play with
it afterwards so we're go to hold ctrl
and shift and click and drag to create
the star this is only this is actually a
triangle because only three sides so I'm
going to do is I'm going to come up here
to the corners I'm just going to
increase the corners of that let me give
that a bunch of corners maybe 40 you'll
see how that works and I'm going to come
back down to the color picker and I'm
going to turn that red and bring the
opacity down in half just so I could
differentiate it and see what I'm doing
and what we'll do next is come over to
the Select tool and hold shift in the
keyboard and click on that blue circle
and center it on the vertical and
horizontal axis and then click off of it
to deselect now let's click on just our
red star and hold ctrl and shift and
scale this in a little bit you can see
it's going to be off-center
let me just scale it up a little bit and
then I'm going to zoom in by pressing +
on the keyboard and then I'm going to
hold shift and click on that light blue
circle and once again we're going to
Center it on the front of the vertical
and horizontal axis just to make sure
it's centered up and I'll press 1 on the
keyboard is zoom back out to a hundred
percent and then click off of it to
deselect and let's click on just this
this red star right here and turn that
white and we'll keep the opacity about
in half for now I'm going to click on
this gray circle and right-click it and
go to duplicate and I'll turn that black
and hold ctrl and shift and scale that
down about that much that's pretty good
and for the star this white star let me
come back to let me click on that and go
back to the stars and polygons tool you
can use this node right here to change
the the size of those um those little
spokes in there but make sure you hold
ctrl while you're clicking and dragging
this because if you're not holding ctrl
it's going to be all wish you lost you
like this it's going to be off-center so
we want to hold ctrl to make sure it's
going like that and we'll come back to
the Select tool press 1 on the keyboard
to zoom back out to a hundred percent
and let me click on this this gray
circle right click that and actually no
let's click on this blue circle down
there I'm going to have to zoom in to
grab it I'll just press + on the
keyboard click on that blue circle the
light blue circle right click it and go
to duplicate press one on the keyboard
to zoom back out so what I'm going to do
now is I'm going to give this AI color a
different shade I'm going to mix in a
little hint of green in there so what
I'm going to do is I'm going to take
this duplicated circle right here and
I'm going to turn this the shade of
green we want to use you'll go with
something like that or no maybe
something like that a little lighter
maybe some little brighter yeah that's
good
and give that a radial gradient and
press G on the keyboard to get the
gradient tool and then just hold ctrl
and just drag this line straight down
this the center point right here and
I'll hold ctrl and shift and grab this
node and just pull this out a little bit
that's pretty good we'll go back to the
Select tool and I'm going to lower this
beneath the black circle and beneath the
white star so I'm going to click the
button that says lower selection one
step I'll click that once I'll click it
again let's put that beneath there and I
want to duplicate that now so let's go
to edit and duplicate only this one
we're going to make this a darker shade
of blue maybe we'll go with something
like this and we'll give that a radial
gradient as well and press G on the
keyboard to get the gradient tool and
I'm going to take this node and hold
ctrl and just click and drag it up here
maybe out of the circle that's pretty
good and then I'll hold ctrl and shift
and grab this node and just pull that
out just to give it a little bit of a a
little bit of a different hint to the
color there and then I'll go back to the
Select tool and I'm going to lower this
beneath the black circle in the white
star as well loops so I'll click on the
button that says lower selection one
step click that once and then again and
there we have it beneath there so let's
click off of that to deselect everything
what I'm going to do now is let's click
click on this gray circle right click it
and go to duplicate come back down here
to the color picker we'll turn that
white bring the opacity down about in
half and then hold controlling shift and
just scale this in until it's a little
smaller than the inside of that bluish
greenish circle right there
right about there that's pretty good and
then I'll hold ctrl and take this bottom
SERP of this bottom arrow and just scale
that up to about there and I'll bring
the opacity of this up to 100% and give
this a linear gradient with that button
press G on the keyboard to get the
gradient tool and I'm going to take this
white stop and put it up top of the
circle here and I'll take this
transparent stop and bring it down to
the bottom and once I get it down here
I'm going to hold ctrl in the keyboard
so I just go straight down like that and
that's pretty good we can click on the
we go back to the Select tool take the
opacity of this and bring this down just
a little bit we just want that to be
subtle you want too much of that in
there
and what we could do next is let's click
on the gray circle right click it and go
to duplicate turn it white and I'm going
to hold ctrl and shift and scale it in
make it about that small I'm going to
put it right up here to the top right of
the black circle and bring the opacity
down just a little bit just so it gives
the appearance that's a little
reflection of light and I'll right-click
that go to duplicate and I'll put this
copy over here down to the lower left
but I'll hold ctrl and shift and scale
that down a little bit like that maybe
I'll even bring the opacity up a little
bit on that one and we click off of it
to deselect everything let me see if I
missed anything now it looks like I
covered everything I just want to click
on I don't like how this um this gray
circle looks it's not giving me enough
enough like perception of um of it being
a sphere so I'm going to edit the colors
a little bit I'll click on that and then
press G on the keyboard to get the
gradient tool and I'll click on this
last stop and I think I want to make
this a little darker to help that out
make that a little darker and click on
this stop make this a little lighter and
maybe I'll even click on this stop and
I'll leave that the one I'll leave that
the way it is maybe I'll hold ctrl and
shift and scale this in a little bit if
you'll put this over to the left like
that that's pretty good and then we go
back to the Select tool and one last
final step we could do is we can right
click on that gray circle and go to
duplicate and turn that black and then
take this arrow up here up top and just
bring that down about that much and then
send this to the bottom by clicking on
the button this is lower selection to
the bottom we can take the opacity and
bring that down a little bit maybe a
little more and I'll give this a blur
slide that to the right a little bitch
to give that a little bit of a blur and
I'll hold ctrl and you pull this down a
little bit I'm actually gonna bring the
opacity up more just to give it a little
shadow to make it look like it's sitting
on a surface I'll hold ctrl and shift
and make sure to make this a little
smaller
and that's that's I'd say that's pretty
good
maybe I'll click and drag over the
center of the eye here and select all
those objects and hold ctrl and shift
and scale this out a little more so it's
a little bigger that's pretty good and
that's pretty much it that's how you can
create this eyeball graphic using
Inkscape so if you have any questions
let me know and as always thank you for
watching