These videos are so helpful! I really appreciate that when the author mis-clicks rather than doing what he intended (as I do!), he explains what happens and why. Thank you!
I literally went through 5 other tutorials and learned absolutely NOTHING!! You my dear are a God sent! I’m not an easy learner but the way you explain each and every step in such great detail, I am FINALLY getting it. 🙏🏼🥰 I’m feeling much more confident and I am no longer contemplating on throwing my Cricut out the window. Thank you
I stayed away from Inkscape for so long because it just didn't make sense to me. Towards the end of the video when you said to think of Inkscape as more like shapes and paths, something clicked in my brain. I'm used to drawing freehand, but this finally made sense to me. It's kind of like using geometry to create art. Thank you for such clear instruction.
I am totally new to Inkscape and any program like this. I have listened to several RUclips videos and YOURS are the BEST and so easy to understand. PLEASE make lots more.
Inkscape tutorials are so wonderful for a beginner. I have learned more than with any other tutorials I have watched. Others are so fast I can't even keep up.
This tutorial is so awesome! Being dyslexic, I have a hard time learning certain computer programs, especially ones that have to do with drawing/illustrating because the people making the vids assume you already know how to do certain things, so they barley touch on the very basics. This series for Inscape is invaluable! I appreciate the time you took to get it broken down into bite-sized pieces, in simple language, and also explain HOW and WHY things work, or don't work. By showing what each feature does, this helps people think things through and allows them to figure out how to accomplish so many smaller components for a project instead of a select few larger pieces and then be left trying to figure out how to do something original for themselves. This should be the go-to tutorial for anyone learning Inkscape, especially if they have never worked with this type of program before. Thank you for taking the time to make Inkscape nonintimidating, in such an easy-to-understand tutorial! Absolutely top-notch.
Hi Just installed inkscape a few days ago Did know anything about it but I want to learn it Looked already many tutorials but I must honnestly say your are the most understandable Every time I see a lesson I close up and try to do it with my inkscape You can explain it so calm , good understandable and very easy to follow You are a very good teacher and I will follow All your tutorials Thank you very very much and please keep on going with the tutorials Greetings and god bless Hoogstoel Emille
u sir is one of the best if not the best teacher on youtube, very detailed and straight to the point explanation without spending few min intro telling ppl to sub this and that, i'm so glad i found your channel!
TJ, thank you for your videos. They are clear and easy to understand. I really appreciate that you don't cram everything into one lesson too. This is a very complex product and you have made it easy enough for me to actually start using it right away.
You're instructional skills are outstanding. Your pacing is excellent and your laid back style is very good. Thank you sir for creating these, I'll be binge watching your videos for sure!
I'm living for the small "aah" at 8:07 😜. I don't know about you guys, but I have downloaded Pencil2d, Gimp, Shotcut, Blender, Krita, and now learning Inkscape, because this channel introduced these open source software to me.👍👍👍 I'm currently at a dead end on blender though.
Awesome. That is what I was looking for. A lot of people just teach us how to draw things. They do not teach which tool is doing what. Thank you for letting us know which tool is doing what so that we can have some awesome innovations in the future. Great work.
I had watched you LMMS tutorial earlier when I was new, now I made my game music using LMMS and it's released. Now when I found your tutorials on Inkscape, I'm gonna watch these tutorials cause you are a great teacher.
Love the way you explain things and have fun while doing it. I watched another channel about Inkscape and I just felt lost and overwhelmed. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for these tutorials. Like Dashane below I've learned so much in just two lessons and there are still 21 more to go! You've got a lovely relaxed easy to follow style so I'm working along with you in Inkscape as you teach. Thanks again.
I'm very new to Inkscape and thank gods I decided to check youtube and found your videos! I'm only at video 2 but I've already learned so much and this seems much more useful and cooler to me than Illustrator! Those object editing features?? WOW
I loved the ending, "isn't this horrible, this mess I made in this circle?"...hilarious...great, and instructional, thank you for your time! very helpful
man i've really loved Inkscape but you're 'rant' at the end really cleared up why i've been having a turd of a time trying to sketch things! i think i might use GIMP and import across any drawings i need to do.
So much impressed by your teaching style , Sir . I would have been so much more vulnerable if I would have got teachers like you in my school or colleges. Much appreciated , looking forward to learn more things from you though.
These vids are a few month old now 😀 and I'm a little late to the party 🎉 I want to say thank you for creating such easy to follow instructions. You approach teaching in a very intelligent manner. You are obviously a smart cookie. I can't wait to watch all of your videos 🙏 🙏 🙏 Happy 2020 😀😀😀
Wow. I am pretty new to Inkscape and have just found your Tutorials. You are brilliant in your tutorials and explanations. Clear, consise and easy to understand for me as a beginner. Thank you Sir for what you have done in these Videos. This is a brilliant program and I have a great desire to be able to use this program in my future projects. You have made this now a definite possibility for me. Please keep up your brilliant work and all the best for your future. I can't wait to move onto No 3 Video.
Thank you!! I am still on this 2nd ep of this inkscape series and know that i will keep watch your videos. Your explanation is very detail but easy to understand. And this ep is so funny especially the tiny "aa" the when you made a mistake at 14:13😂
This software is fantastic. Thanks for producing good videos. I will suggest to make videos with more detail but not in a hurry. Newbies need more detail with slow learning pace
@ 11:02 object to path is shift+crtl+c (menu "path" > object to path) or there's the botton that looks like an infinite symbol right under "help" menu, so that you can manipulate freely all nodes of a polygon . my first contact with tool so i got a little lost there :D btw thanks TJ you've been soooo helpful
I guess everything has already been said, so double all those positive comments already stated below.... keep up the simplicity and before we know what happened it will all just make sense... Thanks for the effort and yor time to make this series..
I do freehand in vector software sometimes. If I'm doing Celtic knotwork, I find it easier to draw the pattern, then clean up nodes to smooth my lines. I get what you're saying about freehanding, it's just what works for certain things for me.
I really like your tutorials. I'm even more convinced to download Inkscape. I'll have to check to see if the new version has been released. The channel "grafikwork" has some wonderful art done with this software. I love the crisp and clean look the program produces.
0:52 To make it a perfect circle, first use the toolbar's Rx and Ry fields to set it to a perfect square, then you can bring the small circle as far down as posible.
11:52 the important note is that the computer reproduces shapes based on vectors instead of pixels. When you see smooth lines on a computer screen, you're seeing anti-aliased pixels that blend the intended line of pixels together so there are no sharp pixellated edges. But if you zoom in on a (rendered) anti-aliased image, you can see these smoothing pixels along the intended "sharp" line. In vector graphics, the computer can re-apply sharper anti-aliasing every time you zoom in, or remove it when you zoom out. Since the computer is re-drawing the image and applying new anti-aliasing, you can even see Inkscape lag a little bit while it re-renders the image with new anti-aliasing (Inkscape may not lag for you this way, but it did in the video, possibly due to the graphics card being busy with recording the video).
Very nice work u did... i understand everything.. u explain things and make them seem so easy .. thx alot very helpful i'll keep up on ur tutorials.. ..!!
This is reminding me of CorelDraw, I do free hand in Corel, it has a tool to reduce nodes. I'm sure if you look around there will be one in Inkscape too. This is so cool my Corel is too robust for my old computer now this will fit the bill until I can get a better computer.
For everyone wondering how to make the star shape show ALL nodes, you have to go to the menu and go to Path -> Object to Path. Not good this explanation was skipped, just had to scour other RUclips videos to find this.
Great start to learning the very basics of a tool. However, that subjective rant about freehand tools due to a personal opinion isn't good for this sort of videos, particularly when they aren't even valid. There are several legit reasons for using them in situations when freehand flow feel is exactly what you want in that particular shape. For example, if you want any organic cutout to the shape, that is what you can use. And artists with graphics pens can make pretty damn clean and intentional shapes with that tool I loved the way you explained what they do, and how they differ from the other cleaner shapes, but the other "dirty/messy/don't use" comments were totally unwarranted. Think of the people who worked hard on those features, they aren't there just to mislead people
I'm only on #2 and this is the best series on Inkscape on the web! Thank you.
Thanks Lisa! Best of luck on your Inkscape journey!
Your teaching style is relaxed and free of filler, well made sir ...
So gifted!!!
My thoughts exactly :D Very thankful for OP!
You're a great teacher. After watching a few others this video is the clearest.
Thanks.
Thanks Lambert!
These videos are so helpful! I really appreciate that when the author mis-clicks rather than doing what he intended (as I do!), he explains what happens and why. Thank you!
I literally went through 5 other tutorials and learned absolutely NOTHING!!
You my dear are a God sent! I’m not an easy learner but the way you explain each and every step in such great detail, I am FINALLY getting it. 🙏🏼🥰 I’m feeling much more confident and I am no longer contemplating on throwing my Cricut out the window.
Thank you
I stayed away from Inkscape for so long because it just didn't make sense to me. Towards the end of the video when you said to think of Inkscape as more like shapes and paths, something clicked in my brain. I'm used to drawing freehand, but this finally made sense to me. It's kind of like using geometry to create art. Thank you for such clear instruction.
You're welcome!
I am totally new to Inkscape and any program like this. I have listened to several RUclips videos and YOURS are the BEST and so easy to understand. PLEASE make lots more.
Thanks for the feedback. I plan to make lots more!
Inkscape tutorials are so wonderful for a beginner. I have learned more than with any other tutorials I have watched. Others are so fast I can't even keep up.
Good to hear, thanks for the feedback!
It is official. You are my inkskape superhero!!! Thanks so much for making clearly understandable tutorials for technotards.
Watching these videos for a second time now, been at inscape for about a week, really making a lot of sense now second time round xx
This tutorial is so awesome! Being dyslexic, I have a hard time learning certain computer programs, especially ones that have to do with drawing/illustrating because the people making the vids assume you already know how to do certain things, so they barley touch on the very basics. This series for Inscape is invaluable! I appreciate the time you took to get it broken down into bite-sized pieces, in simple language, and also explain HOW and WHY things work, or don't work. By showing what each feature does, this helps people think things through and allows them to figure out how to accomplish so many smaller components for a project instead of a select few larger pieces and then be left trying to figure out how to do something original for themselves. This should be the go-to tutorial for anyone learning Inkscape, especially if they have never worked with this type of program before. Thank you for taking the time to make Inkscape nonintimidating, in such an easy-to-understand tutorial! Absolutely top-notch.
Thanks so much for the kind words! I'm glad you've had a good experience with this tutorial and I appreciate the feedback.
Hi
Just installed inkscape a few days ago
Did know anything about it but I want to learn it
Looked already many tutorials but I must honnestly say your are the most understandable
Every time I see a lesson I close up and try to do it with my inkscape
You can explain it so calm , good understandable and very easy to follow
You are a very good teacher and I will follow All your tutorials
Thank you very very much and please keep on going with the tutorials
Greetings and god bless
Hoogstoel Emille
u sir is one of the best if not the best teacher on youtube, very detailed and straight to the point explanation without spending few min intro telling ppl to sub this and that, i'm so glad i found your channel!
TJ, thank you for your videos. They are clear and easy to understand. I really appreciate that you don't cram everything into one lesson too. This is a very complex product and you have made it easy enough for me to actually start using it right away.
You're welcome, Jackie! Thanks for the feedback.
You leave no stone unturned in you explanations - brilliant! !!
You're instructional skills are outstanding. Your pacing is excellent and your laid back style is very good. Thank you sir for creating these, I'll be binge watching your videos for sure!
Just want to sincerely thank you for these Inkscape tutorials... great job, and so very helpful!
I'm living for the small "aah" at 8:07 😜.
I don't know about you guys, but I have downloaded Pencil2d, Gimp, Shotcut, Blender, Krita, and now learning Inkscape, because this channel introduced these open source software to me.👍👍👍
I'm currently at a dead end on blender though.
Thank you for the tutorials.
I am learning this through the 21 day Covid 19 shutdown period here in South Africa.
Bro you have a 72 video series for Inkscape tutorial. Hats off man!! Thank you for taking the time.
Awesome. That is what I was looking for. A lot of people just teach us how to draw things. They do not teach which tool is doing what. Thank you for letting us know which tool is doing what so that we can have some awesome innovations in the future. Great work.
I had watched you LMMS tutorial earlier when I was new, now I made my game music using LMMS and it's released. Now when I found your tutorials on Inkscape, I'm gonna watch these tutorials cause you are a great teacher.
Thanks, best of luck to you!
Love the way you explain things and have fun while doing it. I watched another channel about Inkscape and I just felt lost and overwhelmed. Thanks for sharing.
your teaching style very calm and informative. and your voice is making me hypnotize.
I can't explain how grateful I'm for coming across your vids its like someone saved my life mann
WOW, you have a wonderfully patient way of teaching. You are extremely easy to follow! Thanks so much! These videos are exactly what I was hoping for!
Thanks Elizabeth! I appreciate the feedback and the kind words.
I'm a huge fan of Inkscape and GIMP!
you rock!
so you're a nerd =_=
Thank you so much for these tutorials. Like Dashane below I've learned so much in just two lessons and there are still 21 more to go! You've got a lovely relaxed easy to follow style so I'm working along with you in Inkscape as you teach. Thanks again.
I'm very new to Inkscape and thank gods I decided to check youtube and found your videos! I'm only at video 2 but I've already learned so much and this seems much more useful and cooler to me than Illustrator! Those object editing features?? WOW
Same I'm so excited to learn I'm on episode two as well 😁
I loved the ending, "isn't this horrible, this mess I made in this circle?"...hilarious...great, and instructional, thank you for your time! very helpful
man i've really loved Inkscape but you're 'rant' at the end really cleared up why i've been having a turd of a time trying to sketch things! i think i might use GIMP and import across any drawings i need to do.
You are fantastic at teaching, I just finished lesson 2 and will play around until I go to lesson 3. Thank you
Hi, I just fell in love with your channel. Open Source forever.
The voice and accent are simply amazing! Easy to learn,thank you!
So much impressed by your teaching style , Sir . I would have been so much more vulnerable if I would have got teachers like you in my school or colleges. Much appreciated , looking forward to learn more things from you though.
These vids are a few month old now 😀 and I'm a little late to the party 🎉
I want to say thank you for creating such easy to follow instructions.
You approach teaching in a very intelligent manner. You are obviously a smart cookie.
I can't wait to watch all of your videos 🙏 🙏 🙏
Happy 2020 😀😀😀
Thanks Marie, I really appreciate the feedback!
Thank you so much, I have watched 10 video of Inkscape and I have learnt so much, now I feel confident using Inkscape.
I am loving the pace of these tutorials. You've got yourself a subscription for sure.
me watchin these to learn a new skill in quarantine O.O
me three
me four
Me 5
Me too
Same!
Exactly the kind of series on Inkscape I've been looking for. Great work!
Thanks Kyle!
wow, i GO WAY WAY BACK WITH VECTOR DRAWING, but this thing is POWERFUL and WELL CONCEIVED! Instant user here...
I've been thinking the same thing during both of these videos -- Inkscape is extraordinarily intuitive and simple to use!
Wish I had known this 4 years before but now I have more knowledge thank you so much!
Wow. I am pretty new to Inkscape and have just found your Tutorials. You are brilliant in your tutorials and explanations. Clear, consise and easy to understand for me as a beginner. Thank you Sir for what you have done in these Videos. This is a brilliant program and I have a great desire to be able to use this program in my future projects. You have made this now a definite possibility for me. Please keep up your brilliant work and all the best for your future. I can't wait to move onto No 3 Video.
TJ, these videos are fantastic. many thanks for developing the series and putting them up for free.
Thanks Robin. You're very welcome!
your explanation is easy to understand and not fast
I like your style very much because I get it quickly 🤠
I am from India , your pronunciation is very good . I can understand it as if you are speaking in Hindi . God bless
Thank you!! I am still on this 2nd ep of this inkscape series and know that i will keep watch your videos. Your explanation is very detail but easy to understand. And this ep is so funny especially the tiny "aa" the when you made a mistake at 14:13😂
Thank you Thank you Thank you... I will watch all, used illustrator in my job and can't afford it now. You are a very excellent teacher!
Thank you! These lessons are very understandable, and easy to follow.
This software is fantastic. Thanks for producing good videos. I will suggest to make videos with more detail but not in a hurry. Newbies need more detail with slow learning pace
Thank you, and I appreciate the recommendation.
I just thought of slowing the playback speed.
@ 11:02 object to path is shift+crtl+c (menu "path" > object to path) or there's the botton that looks like an infinite symbol right under "help" menu, so that you can manipulate freely all nodes of a polygon . my first contact with tool so i got a little lost there :D btw thanks TJ you've been soooo helpful
ahhhhhh thanks, that's exactly what I missed :-) cheers!
TJ thanks so much I'm enjoying this at 71, great information, teaching!!!!!
Thank you for another excellent lesson. You explain everything so well. Very grateful to you.
I guess everything has already been said, so double all those positive comments already stated below.... keep up the simplicity and before we know what happened it will all just make sense... Thanks for the effort and yor time to make this series..
Thanks for sharing I will go through an entire series
Thank you for taking the time to create these tutorials. They are really helpful! 😊
Thank you so much for all the work you put into this tutorials! I learn so much.
Just got into this playlist and it's brilliant. Thanks for the good work!
These videos are so amazing and helpful! This is only my 2nd vid and I’m so excited to watch them all and create something great :)
great tutorial and your calm demeanor is excellent! thanks for sharing!
Thank You :). Interesting Features In Inkscape Especially The Double Click On The Object, Amazing Transformations.
This is all beging to make sense now, the fog is beginning to clear !...cheers.
This is so cool ! Your teaching is great and is available for everyone!? Thankyou for making such great content!
Thanks for these very well done videos.
3:02 that is called a Chord - CheerZ!
I didn't know that, thanks for sharing!
Me learning Inkscape during Quarantine.. Thanks for these Valuable videos
Great. Good luck!
Thank you for your lesson and I have learnt lots from them! Better than any written text!
Wow ! Inkscape is powerful. Thanks to the developer and Thank you for your tutorial.
I do freehand in vector software sometimes. If I'm doing Celtic knotwork, I find it easier to draw the pattern, then clean up nodes to smooth my lines. I get what you're saying about freehanding, it's just what works for certain things for me.
I really like your tutorials. I'm even more convinced to download Inkscape. I'll have to check to see if the new version has been released. The channel "grafikwork" has some wonderful art done with this software. I love the crisp and clean look the program produces.
You have a fantastic voice for teaching. Thank you for your videos!
Thanks Barbara!
Best instructional videos by far!! Thank you.
I should say Inkscape has awesome interface!
this is a great tutorial. thank you so much! 12:07 super smash bros logo
0:52 To make it a perfect circle, first use the toolbar's Rx and Ry fields to set it to a perfect square, then you can bring the small circle as far down as posible.
OMGoodness! There is so much to remember. But loving it! Thank you
11:52 the important note is that the computer reproduces shapes based on vectors instead of pixels. When you see smooth lines on a computer screen, you're seeing anti-aliased pixels that blend the intended line of pixels together so there are no sharp pixellated edges. But if you zoom in on a (rendered) anti-aliased image, you can see these smoothing pixels along the intended "sharp" line. In vector graphics, the computer can re-apply sharper anti-aliasing every time you zoom in, or remove it when you zoom out. Since the computer is re-drawing the image and applying new anti-aliasing, you can even see Inkscape lag a little bit while it re-renders the image with new anti-aliasing (Inkscape may not lag for you this way, but it did in the video, possibly due to the graphics card being busy with recording the video).
Love your teaching style..it's easy and clear
Thank you so much, I really appreciate your videos, not to long and very informative. I have a whole playlist ful
thank you for this video! So helpful. Loved your rant XD will never ever use the eraser, I promise
Great! Thanks for watching Anna.
Great video and very easy to follow
Thanks!
** thank you ** for doing the "too advanced" explanation of why I shouldn't do freehand, because I was about to.
This was a great class...thank you! You explained everything so easy to understand.
I appreciate your videos TJ! Thank you!
Absolutely love your videos, thank you for making them 🥺
Thanks a lot for your step by step tutorial. It is really helping me with the basics.
Very professional and relaxed way! Nice!
ive paid for courses on Udemy, I wish they wouldve had your quality and knowledge!
great job TJ!
Thanks Oscar!
Very nice work u did... i understand everything.. u explain things and make them seem so easy .. thx alot very helpful i'll keep up on ur tutorials.. ..!!
Thank you! I appreciate the feedback.
11:05 if there are no nodes, click "convert selected object to path (Shift + Ctrl + c)".
Thanks a bunch. I just spend 10 minutes unsuccsessfully looking for that option. Helped a lot. Cheers.
This is reminding me of CorelDraw, I do free hand in Corel, it has a tool to reduce nodes. I'm sure if you look around there will be one in Inkscape too. This is so cool my Corel is too robust for my old computer now this will fit the bill until I can get a better computer.
Love your teaching skills!
For everyone wondering how to make the star shape show ALL nodes, you have to go to the menu and go to Path -> Object to Path. Not good this explanation was skipped, just had to scour other RUclips videos to find this.
Very clear and easy to follow. Thanks.
This reminds me of my Pazzles Cutter software......I’m on my iPad right now but can’t wait to get ahold of my laptop
Love your work Tj! Great Job! :)
High quality tutorials right here
Thank u so much
lol..i was literally drawing a pacman as he said it..Thanks for the great tutorials..
TJ You are awesome! Thank you!
I like your style of teaching
Great start to learning the very basics of a tool. However, that subjective rant about freehand tools due to a personal opinion isn't good for this sort of videos, particularly when they aren't even valid.
There are several legit reasons for using them in situations when freehand flow feel is exactly what you want in that particular shape. For example, if you want any organic cutout to the shape, that is what you can use. And artists with graphics pens can make pretty damn clean and intentional shapes with that tool
I loved the way you explained what they do, and how they differ from the other cleaner shapes, but the other "dirty/messy/don't use" comments were totally unwarranted. Think of the people who worked hard on those features, they aren't there just to mislead people