It doesn’t matter if the square isn’t perfect – we don’t want a perfect square! Also, do NOT use the automatic square tool!!! The reason for this is so that you can turn the straight lines into curves later… To do this, click on the bezier curves and lines icon and draw a square by clicking on the page where the first three corners of the square would be, and then double click on the last corner to finish your shape. Re-arrange the elements a little for a different effect.Open inkscape and draw a square. In the image above three different colors have been used.

Also move around the nodes to get the desired effect. Play around with the color gradient, by changing the colors to suit your preference. Now the image looks like a path between green ground cover. Change the color of the middle node to f3d6b1ff.Īdd a tree, some rocks and other elements. Then add a node in the middle of the gradient.

Click on the transparent node of the color gradient.

Then choose the linear gradient from the Fill And Stroke dialog.

Once the shape looks approximately like the image above (Fig 6), select the image using the Selector Tool.

Adjust the nodes, using node-handles to get an irregular shape as shown below.

If you like, you can even skew, by toggling the selector tool.Draw an ellipse using this tool and flatten it using the selector tool. The shape can also be created using the Circle, Ellipses and Arcs tool.If you wish to keep the stroke color, match it with the fill color. Create an irregular shape like this using the Pen Tool or other drawing tools.Here is an exercise to create a simple ground cover or part of a forest floor. The easiest way to blend colors in Inkscape is by using color gradients.

How to add a node to inkscape gradient