Create a Settings Icon in Inkscape

Опубликовано: 11 Октябрь 2024
на канале: Sweater Cat Designs
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In this tutorial, we're going to create a gear icon that we can use for a settings button in a mobile app. We will get some practice with path operations, the Align and Distribute dialog, and the Arrange dialog.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Create spoke
00:45 Modify nodes
01:21 Center spoke on circle with Align and Distribute
01:27 Put spokes around circle with rotation center snapping
02:21 Put spokes around circle with Arrange dialog
03:54 Cut center out of gear with Difference operation
04:46 Create long shadow
05:34 Cut shadow with Intersection operation
06:18 Outro