Inkscape Tutorial Create an Elegant Badge Video Lecture - Inkscape Design

so in this week's tutorial I'm gonna be
showing you how to create an elegant
style veg sort of logo like you see here
on my screen this is something I've used
myself on my own website if you take a
look here I don't use it as my logo but
I do use it as a graphic overlay I think
it makes a nice little overlay on this
backdrop and it's a style that I think
really communicates quality and
attention to detail and I'm gonna show
you how to make this same exact graphic
here today so let's go ahead and open up
in a new canvas in Inkscape once you
open it up go to view make sure you have
custom selected zoom let's go to zoom
one to one now let's go to file document
properties and let's uncheck these two
boxes and close that out and then come
over here to where it says align and
distribute we're going to open that menu
up and then we're going to come over
here to the Edit objects colors and
gradients button we're gonna click on
that to open up that menu and down here
in the align and distribute menu make
sure you have less selected chosen from
the list you want to work with less
selected here so all right so the first
thing we're going to do is we're gonna
create a circle right click on this
button to create a circle hold down ctrl
+ shift on your keyboard and then just
click and drag to make a nice perfect
circle kind of like that turn it red and
bring the opacity in half sort of like I
have here this will pass any slider it
will probably be up at 100 when you open
it bring it down somewhere in half it
doesn't have to be exactly 50% but like
you see I have here 58.4 that should
work fine so let's right-click on this
let's go to duplicate let's turn that
blue and let's hold down ctrl and shift
and just click and drag on one of these
corners and bring it down let's scale it
in to about about there and we're going
to click and drag over this whole thing
to select both items go to path and
difference so the next thing we're going
to do is we're going to create a star
come over here to the star button and
these are the values you want to have
inputted you want to have the star
button selected you want to have 35
corners and the spoke ratio needs to be
zero point nine five zero rounded zero
randomize zero once you have those
values say hold ctrl and shift go ahead
and create your star you want it to be
just a little bit bigger than the circle
not too much bigger a little bit and
once you've created your star click back
on your arrow hold shift and click on
the red circle so you have them both
selected and let's Center them up let's
Center it on the vertical axis by
clicking that button and then on the
horizontal axis
okay now let's deselect everything now
let's click on just this star we're
gonna hold down control and shift click
on the arrow we're gonna scale it in a
little bit more like this we want it to
be pretty close to the circle not too
close like this we want to have it about
about out there I'd say that looks good
right there and once you've done that
come up here to the stroke tab let's
click on that and click on this blue
button right here that's going to turn
the stroke on come back over to the fill
tab let's click the X button to turn
that off and then come over to the
stroke style tab and let's make that but
two-point strokes we'll type in 2 and
hit enter and then we're gonna do the
same thing over here we're gonna click
on this red circle but first we're going
to right-click it we're going to
duplicate it and just move it out of the
way for now we're gonna come back and
play with this in a minute and then go
back to the original circle go over to
the fill tab click the X button to turn
that off come over to the stroke tab
click on that and then click on the blue
button to turn that on and come back
over to stroke style and let's make that
two as well so it's gonna be a two-point
stroke hit two and press Enter so you
get something like that all right now
next thing we're gonna do we're gonna
come back over to this little red ring
recreated that we duplicated before
we're gonna create another star so let's
click on the star one and this time
we're going to make the corners to be
100 and we're going to make this spoke
ratio to be 0.4
five and once you have those values set
hold ctrl and shift and let's create
that star something like that click and
drag while holding ctrl and that's
going to create the star let's come over
to the fill tab let's turn that on by
clicking the blue button and then come
over to the stroke tab and turn that off
by clicking X so we end up with
something like this
now come back up to your arrow let's
click and drag over the entire thing and
let's Center it up Center on vertical
axis Center on horizontal axis and with
them both selected still go to path and
intersection and let's turn that black
now holding shift click on this click on
this ring in the middle and let's Center
that up
Center on vertical axis Center on
horizontal axis so you can see how it's
starting to take shape here next we're
gonna do we're going to create another
circle but this is going to be inside of
this circle so just click that hold down
your control key and click and drag go
ahead and create your circle come back
up to the arrow let's hold shift and
click on that and let's Center it up on
the vertical axis and the horizontal
axis and then deselect everything now we
want to click on just this black circle
in the middle that we just created to
hold ctrl and shift and let's click and
drag and enlarge this up to about here
you don't want it to be the full size of
that ring you want to be just inside of
that ring like that alright next we're
gonna do come over here to our bezzie a
pen let's click on that and position it
up above this graphic we're creating and
bring it over to the side click once
hold down control and just drag the line
straight down and then click again and
hit enter and that's gonna create a line
the line has to be longer than the
length of this graphic we're creating in
order to achieve what we're going to do
here so after you've done that come up
to
stroke style tab and let's set that to
two so type in two hit enter and let's
go to path stroke to path now let's come
over to the arrow button let's click on
that and let's right click on this line
and go to duplicate and after you've
done that hold down your control key and
click and drag it over here just a
little bit out like that and then click
and drag over both of them right-click
it duplicate hold control click and drag
them over here and let's do that again
click and drag over the whole thing
right click duplicate hold control click
and drag it out here and you can see
where I'm going with this I'm creating a
bunch of copies of this let's click and
drag over the whole thing and do it
again right click duplicate hold control
bring it out here and we'll probably
have to do this one more time click and
drag over the whole thing right click
duplicate hold control click and drag
don't worry about it being even spaced
you're gonna fix that in a minute
just bring it out here and after you've
gotten after you've gotten to this point
let's click and drag over the whole
thing and come down here to where it
says distribute there's going to be a
button right here that says make
horizontal gaps between objects equal
we're going to click on that once and
it's going to even everything out it's
going to space everything out evenly and
then we're good a path Union now with
that still selected let's click on it
again so it brings up the rotation
handles and holding your ctrl key click
and drag one of those handles around so
it comes up it comes like this we want
it going diagonal perfectly diagonal
like that and come over here and hold
shift and click on that black circle in
the middle and let's Center it up on the
vertical axis and the horizontal axis
and let's go to path intersection and
it's going to create something like that
now for the next step we're going to
create some text come over here to the
create and edit object x objects button
let's click on that
and just click any
on the canvas somewhere down here and
let's create some text for the sake of
this I'm just gonna write elegant you
can type whatever you want you could put
your channel name your company in your
own name whatever you want I'm gonna use
that font you use optimist princeps is
the name of the font and let's make this
hold ctrl + Shift + click & drag let's
make this pretty big we want this to be
we want this to be just about as wide as
the star in the background there so
about that big I'd say and once you've
done that let's bring it down here and
let's create a rectangle over the over
the text we just created click on the
rectangle box and let's just click and
drag over the over the text we just
created like that and let's turn it red
make sure you size it so that you leave
yourself a decent amount of space
between the wording and the edge of the
rectangle you don't want to be you don't
want to be like tight like this it's not
gonna work very well if you do that so
leave yourself some padding like I have
here and let's drop that to the bottom
by by clicking the lower selection to
the bottom button and let's go to path
object to path and holding your Shift
key click on the text so you have both
of these selected and let's Center them
up on the vertical axis and the
horizontal axis okay now let's deselect
everything and click on just the
rectangle now come up here to where it
says edit paths by node you're gonna
click on that and it's gonna bring up
these four points at each corner we're
gonna click and drag over these left
these left two corners right here so we
have them both selected and we're going
to come up here to this button all the
way on the left this has insert new
nodes in two selected segments we're
gonna click that once and as you can see
it created a new node between those
other two so let's come back over here
and let's click on just click just the
middle one once to select it like that
and then hold ctrl and click and drag
this middle one over to the right like
that to give it sort of like a indented
banner sort of look and then come over
here to
right side let's click on these two
corners click and drag over them hold
ctrl and click and drag these over over
here you want it to be about two-thirds
of the way through the text so after
that let's go to the arrow let's go to
edit duplicate and let's flip this flip
it horizontally by pressing that button
and then hold control and just drag this
over here to the outside edge of the
text and then we're going to hold shift
and click on the other red piece that we
created and we're gonna we're going to
unify them go to path Union and hold
shift or yeah hold shift and click on
the text and let's Center it up again
Center on vertical axis and on
horizontal axis and as you can see we
just created a symmetrical ribbon sort
of effective to overlay on this so the
next thing we'll do is let's click on
this make sure you have your arrow
selected click on this red ribbon and
let's go up to the stroke paint and
let's turn that on by clicking that
button and let's come over to the fill
tab and hit the X button to turn that
off and then come over to stroke style
and we're going to make this a two-point
stroke as well so hit two and enter and
then let's right click this and go to
duplicate and then go to path stroke to
path path break apart path Union and
then let's turn that red for now and
come over to the stroke paint tab again
and let's turn that on by clicking that
button and then come over to stroke
style and let's make this about 10 we're
gonna make this one about 10 that's kind
of small let's try 12 12 maybe 14 I
think 14 yeah 14 looks good so let's go
it'll set it to 14 and then go to path
stroke to path path break apart path
Union
and then come back over to the stroke
paint tab let's click on that and let's
turn the stroke back on let's turn that
on by pressing that button come over to
the fill turn that off and then come
back over to the stroke style tab and
let's make that two and then you could
see what we just did here now let's
click and drag over this whole thing and
let's go to path stroke to path and I
let's do the same thing over here let's
click and drag over this whole thing
path stroke to path and you know what
let's unionize this let's go to path
Union so we unify everything together
like that and we're going to come over
here we're going to click and drag over
this whole thing and we're going to
group it together by clicking the group
button up here and holding down your
Shift key click on our little graphic
over there and let's Center them up
click on Center on vertical axis Center
on horizontal axis and you can see we
just put it we just put everything on
top of each other now let's deselect
everything oops I hit the wrong thing I
accidently hit save hit deselect
everything and click on our ribbon and
let's ungroup that and let's then
deselect everything again and click on
just this outside border of the ribbon
just that outside border and then go to
edit duplicate then go to path break
apart paths Union and then holding your
shift key click on our background
graphic and let's go to path difference
and that's going to punch a hole through
that so that we could so that our text
becomes visible and the banner effect
takes place so after that let's click
and drag over everything and let's bring
the opacity all the way up all the way
up to a hundred like that you could
leave it black I like to make it the the
next shade down like the ninety percent
gray I like how that looks and let's
click on the outside ribbon then hold
shift and click on that graphic and
duplicate that let's go to path union
path break apart path Union and let's
let's turn that red for now let's turn
that red drop it to the bottom where it
says lower selection to the bottom we're
going to click on that once and come
over here to the stroke tab let's turn
that on let's make that a size maybe
five yeah that should work a size five
stroke and let's go to path stroke the
path path break apart path Union and
let's click on everything in the middle
here and start turning that white so I'm
going to turn that white turn this white
and as you can see we're now done so
that's how you can create an elegant
style badge sort of logo and Inkscape so
if you have any questions just let me
know and I'll be glad to help you out
thanks for watching