Tips And Tricks To Writing Gallifreyan In Inkscape PART 1 | Tutorial With Commentary
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
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In this video I'm going to go through most of the basic tools and settings that help me in my Gallifreyan writing proces, and some of the troubleshooting that may appear for other users.
I'll show the effects and settings, explain (ish) how and why they work, with some practical examples.
I hope this helps at least one person, one day.
- legofanatikeren
PART 2 is out - for more niche techniques and more complex tools that are used less often, but no less interesting: ruclips.net/video/OQKPo5_zVgE/видео.html
Thank you for actually explaining the how/why of the tools. I've watched 10 or 11 'master inkscape' tutorials and none could be arsed to decently explain how the tools work.
Well, I imagine most "master Inkscape videos" try to cover everything the program can do - which means that none of them goes in-depth on anything. Rather they cover the most common usages and moves on.
It's a balance between actually telling you every single little detail, and making a video that's not 60 hours long... For reference, me sitting down and "quickly" going through the stroke behaviour, circles, nodes and path operations, took nearly an hour - and I've just scratched the surface.
Nonetheless, I'm happy you learned something, and based on reception, I'm going to have to follow this up with a video on more advanced Gallifreyan techniques, both from myself, and from my wonderful fellow artists.
- legofanatikeren
This is a life saver. I'm extremely new to Inkscape and tried CG on it for the first time and it was TOUGH. You basically answered every problem that i encountered. Thank you!
I am SO happy to hear that! :) What system did you try your hand at? Sherman, or one of the other, lesser known systems, that I try to showcase? (CG, or Circular Gallifreyan, can refer to many different systems) I'm just curious :)
Also - I'm working on a PART TWO of this video, where I go over some of the more advanced techniques, and also revisit some of the tools mentioned here, that I didn't do justice. If there's anything I missed, or further questions, DO let me know!
- legofanatikeren
@@swcjedi-familycantina Oh, yes I tried Sherman's. I really want to dabble into other systems but found Sherman's easier to understand and faster to pick up. I got back into it post COVID and am a bit rusty. The video was very, very helpful and I'm eagerly looking forward to new ones.
Also love your commentary videos while you go through making your artwork.
Well, that answer basically validated the whole reason I do this :) Showcasing other amazing systems beyond just Sherman, while also proving some inspiration and tools for other Gallifreyan writers, new or old. Thank you.
If you're not already, I highly recommend you join our Discord server, where all the development of new scripts happen, we share our work and help each other improve in new ways, styles, and feedback. No matter your skill level. Also just a cool place to see some amazing artwork from very talented people :)
In case I've piqued your interest (or anyone else reading this) discord.gg/YRbEdrz
- legofanatikeren
@@swcjedi-familycantina Ayyooo, already joined that server when I found it on reddit a couple days back!
Keep doing that amazing work. It's great to see people in the process of making their pieces because it's so easy to look at a completed artwork, admire it, and move on. This gives a perspective of how much work actually goes into making these beauties.
indeed, thanks again :)
Excellent! Not only is it a video about that kind of Writing, but it's one of the best I've seen so far about the behavior of strokes in Inkscape. Thank you so much for the video 💯
Your hint about the new flatten tool had me immediately download 1.3 :).
At the same time, a couple of new people interested in our little Gallifreyan creator-community on Discord was having trouble specifically with the double letter appearances, and so I decided to actually sit down and showcase what I do and why. So in a way, this video was inspired by you :)
And yes, stroke behaviour is paramount to what I do, so I have to know 110% about how it works and why, because it creates a lot of confusion otherwise. And happy to pass that on.
Sadly, I discovered the flatten/fracture operations don't work on open contours, which is why I didn't feature them here.
Have a great day!
-legofanatikeren
@@swcjedi-familycantina Yes, you're right, I realized while watching the video that flatten wasn't going to work for what you do.
You might also consider setting the bounding box of objects to geometric, instead of visual (Edit->Preferences->Tools). It will make aligning objects more precise and easier, because the width of the stroke will not be taken into consideration when calculating the dimensions of the object.
That is a very valid point - and a good tip to get out there - I know that's one of the main struggles when it comes to predicting and converting designs to a CNC platform. But I'm not terribly concerned with that level of precision, since most Gallifreyan design work is more fluid and organic rather than perfectly ordered.
Thank you for the tip, hope it helps someone :)
- legofanatikeren
Thank you very much for this! I recently wrote my first Gallifreyan sentence using Inkscape, but it was a struggle, and now I see how I could have done it more efficiently.
Well, in that case I consider it a mission succes :)
So glad that it's been helpful for someone.
And remember, the best way to improve is to try different things out :)
- legofanatikeren
How do you do a difference effect?
When you have two objects selected, go to the top of your window to find the different menus. One of them is labeled "path". In that menu you'll find, among other things, your path operations. That's where the difference operation is. Or you can use th shortcut assigned to it.
Hope this helps.
- legofanatikeren
@@swcjedi-familycantina thanks mate