Inkscape for Beginners 3D Sphere Logo Tutorial Video Lecture - Inkscape

this is Nick with logos by Nick comm and
in today's tutorial I'll be
demonstrating how you can create this
vector 3d sphere logo 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 we'll get started the
first thing we'll do in Inkscape is set
the view to custom and then we're going
to zoom in at a hundred percent and then
we'll open our align and distribute menu
with this button up top here and we want
to make sure we have last selected
chosen from this drop-down and then
we'll open our edit objects colors
gradients and Stroke menu and the first
thing we're going to do is create a
circle so let's come over to the circles
and he looks this tool and hold ctrl and
shift on the keyboard and then click and
drag on the canvas to create a perfectly
round circle like that now we're gonna
turn this red and we'll take the opacity
and drop this down about in half and
then we're gonna come over to our Bezier
a pen and click on that or you can just
press B on the keyboard to grab the pen
as well you just press B that'll grab it
for you and I'm going to start this line
out about a third of the way to the top
of the circle and just outside the left
edge and then I'm gonna click and hold
ctrl on the keyboard and just bring this
line straight across to the outside
right edge and then click and we can let
go of control and press ENTER on the
keyboard and it's going to create that
little black line so what I'm gonna do
now is go to the edit pads by nodes tool
and I'm gonna zoom in over this portion
right here I'm just gonna press plus in
the keyboard to zoom in and I'm gonna
press down on the mouse wheel and move
the mouse in order to move the page
around like that and what I'm gonna do
is I'm gonna take this line and I'm
gonna pull I'm gonna come over to the
left side here I'm just gonna pull this
line down like that then I'll come over
here and click on this node and it's
gonna bring up these handles and I'll
take this handle and I'll bring this up
like that and I'll take this handle and
just bring this down maybe about that
much bring this up a little more you're
gonna want to play with this a little
bit just to make sure we're getting a
nice dip going down and a nice dip going
up and the whole thing looks fluid and
consistent
maybe like that and I'd say that's
pretty good once you get it to about
there that's pretty good we'll go back
to the Select tool and we're gonna
change that from a stroke to a path so
we'll get a path stroke to path and then
I'm going to right click this line and
go to duplicate and I'm going to flip
this horizontally with this button up
top this is flip selected objects
horizontally and then I'm going to click
and drag over both of those lines and
with them both selected I'm going to
group them together and then I'll
right-click them and go to duplicate and
then I'll hold ctrl on the keyboard and
just click and drag this duplicated copy
down to about here and then I'll hold
shift in the keyboard and click on this
group of lines so we have them both
selected and group them together as well
group selected objects and then hold
shift in the keyboard and click on the
red circle so we have everything
selected and we're going to just make
sure it's it's aligned on the vertical
axis and then we're going to Center it
on the horizontal axis and then we can
hold shift and click on that red circle
to deselect it just so we have these
lines selected and what I'm gonna do now
is I'm gonna zoom in over this top right
corner over here where the circle and
those lines meet I'm just gonna press +
and the keyboard to zoom in I'll press
down on the mouse wheel and move the
mouse to move the page over and I'm
gonna grab this arrow right here and I'm
gonna hold ctrl and shift in the
keyboard and just click and drag that
arrow inwards like that we want to place
this thing right on the edge here I'm
gonna zoom in on this a little more so I
could show you I'm going to press press
plus in the keyboard you want to zoom in
so that where these black lines
intersect is going over the edge of the
red circle right there so let me zoom
out a little bit so I could find the
arrow there we go and there we go again
I'm just gonna hold ctrl and shift that
I'm going to scale it in until those
lines are going over that red line maybe
about that much and once you've done
that we could press 1 on the keyboard to
zoom back out to 100% and it looks like
it didn't quite work on that end so what
I'm gonna do is I'm gonna hold shift and
I'm gonna click on the red circle and
again I'm just gonna make sure it's
aligned on the vertical axis and the
horizontal axis
that doesn't seem to be helping at all
let me hold control and move this down
maybe like that then I'll hold control
and shift and pull this out again look
we just want to make sure that those
lines intersection ago those
intersecting lines are going over each
of the red edges over there that's
pretty good let me zoom in on this one
this one needs to come up a little more
so maybe I'll just hold control and move
that up that looks good come over here
and again I'm just pressing down in the
mouse wheel and moving the mouse to move
the page around like this okay that's
pretty good right there so the
intersecting black part of the lines is
going over the red edge all around so
I'll press one on the keyboard to zoom
back out and then I'll click on this red
circle and I'm gonna duplicate this
three times what you do is go right
click and go to duplicate but instead of
doing that three times I'm just gonna
use the keyboard shortcut which is
control + D so I'm gonna hit control + D
three times so one two three and what I
want to do now is I just want to click
and drag over those group of lines that
we created and once once they're
selected I'm gonna raise them to the top
or a selection to the top and I'm going
to ungroup them I'm going to click that
twice to ungroup these two bunches and
then click it a second time to ungroup
them individually so they're all
individually accessible now what I'm
going to do now is I'm gonna click on
this line right here
hold shift in the keyboard and click on
the red circle and go to path difference
and then path break apart and then I'm
going to hold shift and click on this
top portion of the red circle to
deselect it and press Delete on the
keyboard to get rid of it and then I'll
click on this line right here
hold shift in the keyboard click on the
red circle go to path difference and
then path break apart and hold shift and
click on this top portion of the red
shape right there to deselect it and
press Delete on the keyboard and I'll do
the same thing down here I'm going to
click on
line hold shift click on the red circle
path difference and then path break
apart and then I'll hold shift and click
on that portion of the red circle to
deselect it press Delete on the keyboard
and then finally click on this last line
hold shift click on the the very light
red circle there in the middle and go to
path difference path break apart and
then hold shift and click on that red
shape to deselect it press Delete on the
keyboard to get rid of it and if we're
good so what I'm gonna do now is I'm
going to click on this shape right here
and I'm gonna turn this blue I'm gonna
come down here and pick a very light
shade of blue bring the opacity of that
all the way up and then I'll click on
this red shape right here
I'll bring the opacity of that all the
way up and I'm gonna give that the same
shade of blue so I'm just gonna press f7
on the keyboard to get the dropper and
then just click on that blue portion
right there to make sure it's the same
shade you know what let me go back to
the Select tool or you know what we got
to raise this to the top so once you
change it to that color we'll go back to
the Select tool we'll click the button
that says raise selection to the top
like that and then we can click and drag
over this whole thing and bring the
opacity up all the way click off of it
to deselect everything and let's click
on this blue shape and then hold shift
and click on that blue shape so we
haven't both selected and let's unify
them together we'll go to path Union
oops
Union so now they are one shape like
that and we're just going to get again
raise this to the top raise selection to
the top and there we go so what I'm
gonna do now is to make this look like
it has a bit of a three-dimensional look
to it I'm going to give this a radial
gradient so I'm gonna come over to the
fill tab and I'm gonna come over to this
box right here this is radial gradient
and click on that and then I'll press G
on the keyboard to get the gradient tool
and I'll click on this stop up here and
I'll take the opacity and bring that all
the way up and then I'm going to double
click this line right here to create a
new stop and then I'll double click this
line right here to create another stop
and then I'll click on this Center stop
right here and I'm gonna come over to
the under the HSL tab on and 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 up here the
second from the top and under the HSL
tab again I'm gonna take this H column
and slide this to the right a little bit
slide the S all the way over to the
right and bring the L over I want to
give this a blue shade a more bluish
shade than what it what it currently is
and then I'll click on this stop right
here and I'll do the same thing but I'll
just bring the L column up a little bit
and that's pretty good once you've done
that we could take this we can click and
drag the center node and just click and
drag this up into the right a little bit
maybe like that once you get it up there
I'll just hold ctrl and shift in the
keyboard and grab this node and just
pull this out words like that
maybe I'll bring this back over here a
little bit something like that that's
pretty good what I'll do now is uh I'm
gonna go over to the Select tool and I'm
gonna click on this red shape and then
I'm gonna grab the dropper tool by
pressing f7 on the keyboard that I'll
grab the dropper the tool is over here
on the on the on the toolbar as well but
if you're using a laptop this tool might
not be visible there may be a little
arrow right there that you have to click
to get to that tool so I like to use the
keyboard shortcut just in case some of
you are using a laptop so once you have
the dropper tool I'm just gonna click on
this darker portion the blue right here
to make that the same shade but then I'm
gonna come over to the L column and
slide that over to the left to make that
darker actually a lot darker maybe about
that much and then we'll click on that
and give that a linear gradient and I'm
gonna press G on the keyboard to get
back to the gradient tool and I'll click
on this stop over here to the right
bring the opacity all the way up and
make this one a little lighter by
sliding the L column over to the right a
little bit then we'll take this stop and
put it up at the top edge of that
graphic right there and we'll take this
stop and put it at the bottom but then
just hold ctrl on the keyboard so it
goes straight up and down if you don't
hold ctrl it can we you know wiggle off
to the left and right a little bit if
you hold ctrl it either goes straight up
and down or straight left and right
or straight a 90-degree angle or
whatever so that's that's why we do that
so we'll put that there like that and
that's pretty good and then let's click
on this red shape and give that the same
gradient we'll just click on linear
gradient and there should be a drop-down
menu right here you go to the drop-down
and we could choose that gradient we
just created and we'll take the Len
again we'll take the lighter shade and
put it at the bottom edge here then
we'll take the darker shade put this at
the top and then just hold ctrl so it
goes straight up and down like that and
we can go back to the select tool and
click off of the graphic to deselect
everything now let's zoom in a little
bit on this graphic I should have
pressed + in the keyboard to zoom in a
little bit maybe about that much I'm
going to click on this blue shape here
up top and I'm going to break that apart
by going to path break apart so now it's
back to being in two separate pieces
like that and with this one selected
once you do that you just click off of
the graphic to deselect everything and
then click on just the top half of that
circle and I'm going to right click that
and go to duplicate and I'll take the
duplicated copy and turn that red for
now I'll bring the opacity down about in
half and I'm gonna come up here to this
toolbar and I'm gonna turn on the snap
to cusp nodes if you can't turn this on
it's probably because you don't have
this turned on as well you want to make
sure you have this turned on and then
this and then you'll be able to turn on
this snap to cusp nodes and what that
does is it makes it so that anything
that you grab snaps to the corners like
that so what I'm gonna do now is I'm
gonna click on this red shape a second
time to get the rotation handles and
when you do that that's gonna be a
little crosshair I'm gonna take that
crosshair and snap it onto the corner of
the red shape right there and I'm going
to zoom in on that a little bit just to
make sure that I grab that corner right
that it snapped on to that corner there
we go yeah we want to make sure it
didn't snap on to the other corner so
well press one on the keyboard to zoom
back out and now that we already have
our rotation handles we could just grab
this bottom left hand arrow and just
rotate this around about that much and
then we can click on this darker blue
shape down here we can right click that
go to duplicate
hold shift in the keyboard and click on
the red shape and then go to path
intersection and we can lower that one
step so it goes beneath the blue shape
and we could turn that black and the
opacity we can make that whatever you
think looks good I'd say about 61 point
5 that looks pretty good right there the
point of this is to be somewhat of a
shadow on the shape beneath it so that's
why we're doing that so let's do the
same thing down here well click on this
one we'll right-click it go to duplicate
turn it red take the opacity drop it
down about in half and click at a second
time to get the rotation handles and
then once we do that our little
crosshair will show up let me zoom in a
little bit let's take the crosshair snap
it onto the red corner right there and
let me just zoom in on that to make sure
that yep there it is and then we just
press 1 on the keyboard to zoom back out
to a hundred percent and I'll take this
arrow and just rotate this around just
like we did with the previous shape
maybe about that much and then we can
click on this blue shape right click it
go to duplicate hold shift and click on
the red shape and go to path
intersection and again we can lower that
one step so it goes beneath the blue
shape we'll turn that black and I
believe I use 61.5 for the top one so
I'll do the same down here I'll just use
61.5 and hit enter and one last final
step would be let's click and drag over
this whole graphic and group it together
and we're gonna create a circle now 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 little circle like
that and we will go over to the Select
tool hold shift click on our graphic and
we're going to Center it on the vertical
axis and then align the top edges and
then we can click off of the graphic to
deselect everything so what I'm going to
do with this circle now is I'm going to
click on that circle and I'm gonna hold
ctrl and grab this bottom arrow and just
size this thing up so it's about
so it's about this big you see about
this much of the edges sticking out of
each side this is gonna make for a sign
up kind of like a a white reflection or
a sheen coming off the top of the off
the top of the graphic you'll see once
it's once we apply it so once I have it
sized about how I like it I'm just gonna
hold ctrl and you move it down a little
bit so it's not so close to the edge up
there move it down a little bit we press
1 on the keyboard to zoom back out I'm
gonna click on our graphic now now we
can ungroup that click on the ungroup
tool the ungroup button click off of the
graphic to deselect everything and I'm
gonna take this blue shape right here
this one and with that is selected I'll
right-click it and go to duplicate and
I'm gonna turn it red and bring the
opacity down in half just so I could see
what I'm doing and I'm gonna make this a
little smaller so I'm gonna go to paths
where is it inset right there path inset
and what that did was it made this
graphic just a little more a little
smaller inwards like that so once we do
that I can hold shift click on the black
circle and go to path intersection and
we could bring the opacity of this all
the way up let me turn this white and
we'll give this a linear gradient and
we'll press G on the keyboard to get the
gradient tool let's come up here to the
snap to custom nodes and turn that off
we don't need that anymore and I'll take
the white stop and bring this to the top
up here then I'll take the transparent
stop and put it down here holding ctrl
and the keyboard so it goes straight up
and down like that go back to the Select
tool and let's click and drag over this
whole thing now and group it together by
clicking on the group selected objects
button and I'm just gonna hold ctrl and
shift and scale it down make it about
that size like that and I'm gonna create
another circle so we're gonna create
something like it's like a little drop
shadow down here like it's floating
above a surface so let's come over to
the circle and ellipses tool just click
and drag and create a little oval we're
not gonna be able to see it cuz it's
gonna be white once you draw it we'll
just turn it black come back to the
Select tool and just position this
underneath the little sphere graphic
there
resize it as you see fit maybe uh that
size is pretty good
then I'll hold shift and click on the
graphic and click on Center on vertical
axis click off of it to deselect
everything and click on just this all
little Blackie lips down here I'm gonna
hold ctrl and shift and scale this down
a little bit I don't like how big that
is then I could take the opacity and
drop this down a lot maybe uh maybe like
20 percent like that and that's um that
looks pretty good like that so what I'm
gonna do now is click and drag over all
of that and group that together and then
finally we could put some text down here
so let's come over to the text tool
click on the canvas I'm gonna turn on
the caps lock for this one I'm just
gonna write sphere logo and they'll come
up to the text editor up here and the
font I'm gonna use is called orbit ron's
I'm just gonna find it there it is I'll
have a link to this font in the
description if you'd like to download it
installed it's a great fun it's called
orbit Ron it's free I like using this
font myself and my uh but for my client
work and it's it's pretty good font so
I'm gonna choose orbit Ron I'm gonna
click apply let me pan over a little bit
and I'm gonna highlight just the word
logo and I'm gonna make the word logo a
lighter weight so I'll just click on the
the light variation of orbit Ron and
then click apply and close out of that
and come back to the Select tool and as
you can see the there's a little bit of
separation between these two words now
because they're the same font but in
different weights and I'll take this
word I'm just gonna make this a a
grayish color maybe like that and I'll
come over to the I'll go back to the
text tool click on that and then up here
where it says spacing between the
letters it should be 1 by default I'm
just gonna click that arrow up a few
times just to space those letters out a
little bit I don't like how tight they
are in there that's pretty good like
that I'll go to the Select tool hold
ctrl and shift in the keyboard to scale
it down to a smaller size and put it
right beneath there and we'll hold shift
and click on the graphic and center it
up on the vertical axis and click off
the graphic to deselect everything and
that's that's it we're pretty much done
you might want to make this come to
think of it this light gray doesn't
really look that good maybe make this a
little darker like that maybe I'll take
this graphic up top here hold ctrl and
just scale that down a little bit and
there you pretty much have it you could
play with it as you see fit but that's
how you can create this graphic using
Inkscape so if you have any questions
let me know and as always thank you for
watching