Inkscape Lesson 8 - Free Hand Drawing Tool

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[@rochelem3872]

Wow. I can't thank you enough for making these videos! I've been watching them since yesterday. I've been looking for a drawing program to help with some designs I have in my head, and I've been searching through different programs all week (and going crazy) until I came across InkScape and your tutorials. As soon as I saw you in the first video I knew I had found the program I wanted!! I've been glued to my monitor ever since learning as much as I can so I can make my business better. Bless you and thank you for all the time you put into doing this and getting it out there and helping so many people! May only good things come your way! :) Much love! Gotta get back to my lessons now, lol, just needed to say that! PeeCe xoxo

[@TJFREE]

Thanks so much for the kind words! I wish you the best of luck with your learning and future projects!

[@laurentyarp514]

Appreciate your tutorials. They are quick and easy to follow. Thank you for showing us how to use those tools. In the end that free hand tool with smoothness on could prove to be useful.

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Wow thanks Laurie, you made my day! I wish you the best of luck with your learning.

[@Quizzical106]

Great video. I kept getting colour on both sides of my line and my line was white. I think you could have expanded on that, but I figured it out that I had to go into the stroke paint and stroke style.

[@karissirak]

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Awesome series! Thank you for sharing

[@aemonwarrick4654]

I must share something about the freehand tool. I use this tool to draw/ink. I make a solid ellipse with the "circle tool", copy it, then go to "freehand tool" and select "bend from clipboard" from the "shape" drop down. After that I can draw/ink with that tool over rough sketches or just draw with it. The logo I use for my avatar was done with this technique.

[@aemonwarrick4654]

The shape that you make can be any shape you want it can be square, rectangle, ellipse, or a shape of a brush stroke, such strokes can be searched and some are on deviant art. Another important point is that you can change the size of the clipboard shape by px or mm. I have set up a few templates of various sized ellipse strokes.

[@TJFREE]

That's a great tip. Thanks for sharing!

[@BluMenzYT]

I've been watching this video and I can't. still figure out how to draw normal.

[@BluMenzYT]

I mean how do I change the type of pen I wanna use

[@marieseltenrych]

Nice tut! Thanks so much. Love the nodes tricks.

[@mohanbarman5982]

Your videos are fantabulous man love it

[@DG-wo3pi]

also to finish the path you dont have to hit enter you can just use right click

[@fitness1ststeps]

ooooh I love that with the freehand tool... 1:50

[@RyanSmith-yy4sq]

Thanks, these videos have helped me out a lot. I was wondering if I import a DXF file can I simplify the nodes? I have some drawings that have a crazy amount of nodes and I would like to simplify them.

[@janeg1428]

Great videos and instructions. I must be doing something wrong with the free draw pencil tool; I can draw a wiggly line but when I double click to finish the line disappears- is there a setting I may have wrong?

[@nemorandom9272]

hi, please help, my inskscape is drawing objects instead of lines. as i select the freehand tool and try to draw a line it converts it into a an object, instead of giving me a line path

[@ephraimellis6628]

this is probably a little late, but I just figured it out. change it to where there is no fill color, and you stroke color change it to whatever color you would like to draw in

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I have to tell at 71 this is so awesome. Thanks so much :>)

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starting to get interesting!

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how long did it took to get first job on inkscape

[@spiderone3454]

I found the article but it had to do with Windows computers only. I have the latest Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.6 Thanks for the suggestion anyway. Steve M.

[@hansperfors]

Dear TJ Free, I think inkscape is incredibly well explained by you. I am therefore consistently following the lessons. But if I can make a comment I sometimes lose your cursor. Is it possible to enlarge your cursor slightly so that I don't lose it anymore. but again a thumbs up from me for your good explanation.

[@Mariam-Mina]

Thank you for all the tutorials. I finished 7 of them so far 👍 what’s the best way to draw different shapes like heart shape but symmetrical and neat. I managed to do it by drawing circle then editing it by object to path but the heart shape doesn’t look cool

[@metalsbliss]

As a person with tremors, I am looking forward to trying this program.

[@ShaynaPulley]

If it doesn't work out for you, try Affinity Designer (there's a free trial). I have hand tremors and have really appreciated vector for giving me more control over my lines.

[@johnsysum4055]

Great thank you easy to understand.

[@Dragons_Novel]

I've been watching your tutorials, and I'm finding them very helpful as I learn this new program. I actually dislike the fact Inkscape remembers what was last done. I'm now looking for a video to show how to default to the initial settings because after playing with it, none of my shapes are normal. It's difficult to get them close to normal, and a few things are impossible -- it seems to me since I'm new to the program. I'll keep watching. Thankfully, for what I want this for -- making book covers -- I won't need shapes. Thanks for the videos.

[@rochelem3872]

Hello! I read your comment and had the same frustrations. Guess what?? I found how to reset the preferences so it won't do that anymore!! :) Find the 'Star' on your menu bar (or the square or the circle or any tool) and **double click** it. This will open up a Preferences box (or you can press Shift+Ctrl+P). With the 'Preferences' box open you will see in the main box two options: 'Last Used Style' or 'This Tools Own Style.' ***Select: This Tools Own Style*** and Voila! Anytime you go back to that object to use it again, it will be defaulted back to its original parameters regardless of what you did with it last time :) If you want to go back to the program remembering what styles you used last, select the first option. (If for some reason you are not seeing these menu options, check the left side of the menu box and make sure you are under 'Tools' and beneath that select 'Tweak'). Hope this helps you and others!!

[@Dragons_Novel]

@@rochelem3872 Oh, my gosh! Thank you. I tried this and it works! This makes my life so much easier.

[@rochelem3872]

@@Dragons_Novel I'm so glad I could help you out!! Best of luck :)

[@GreyGhost-r4z]

Awesome videos !!!!!!!!!!!

[@sugas3dollarchain269]

i found this video very useful, thank you! i do have one question tho... how do you erase part of a path created with free hand???

[@lastyhopper2792]

Any "mirror" feature so that our drawing's symmetrical?

[@eitantal726]

Drawing slow vs. fast: When you move your mouse fast, Inkscape literally receives less reports on mouse coordinates. (The number of coordinates-per-second is constant) This is the reason why drawing fast appears smoother. It has less jaggedy data form the get-go

[@fitness1ststeps]

Great tuts by the way

[@carmenbugeja8722]

How can I connect two separate lines with freehand draw?

[@TJFREE]

Great question. Select both lines and go to Path > Union. Depending on what you are doing, sometimes just grouping the two can work, select both and go to Object > Group. Hope that helps!

[@carmenbugeja8722]

Thank you so much for your advice.

[@andymouse]

Hi, I have a label I want to design, should I set up a document to the dimensions of my label or just choose, say A4 and draw an outline and stay within it ? what would be the best way when your project has a defined size and shape that you have to stay within for your work please ?

[@stephaniejohnson6882]

can you tell which video shows me how to taper my free hand drawn line and how to save my created art with no background?? I know I saw u do it, cant remember which video it was. THANKS! U ROCK!

[@Thedrawingofmanan]

Really helpful 😃

[@tb1o1]

TJ u a goat

[@AndrewPatterson3001]

I am trying to use bitmap trace on a simple raster shape. I want the trace to be a single hairline path, but it creates a 2d path with fill. How can I tell it to just give me a single thin line

[@marieseltenrych]

I cannot understand why PS Elements does not adopt this node method as it is essential to drawing anything at all. Sweet! M :D

[@Emi167]

Great video, thank you!

[@gerbendenheeten6905]

Is it possible to change the shape of a freehand drawn line with, for example, a dotted line? I tried selecting a freehand line, but somehow the 'lineshape' function doesn't work.

[@cismifikriyat3940]

thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@fattyz1]

Excellent 8 down

[@ahmedahmetak4058]

my problem in incscape is that when i try to draw a curved line it auto fills the space between the two ends and i get a half moon. Any fix to this?

[@rookieillustration]

smooth, yes 👍

[@Rocklaz]

#1 HOw to cut a path? #2the pencil tool is making wierd shape with I feel it, so how to colore only the stoke?

[@lexitabor3617]

for some reason my path is all of a sudden coming up as a double line when I get rid of the fill. The stroke is set as solid so not sure what happened. 10 minutes ago it was working properly and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to fix it. Have tried exiting and restarting the project several times. Any tips?

[@decrodedart2688]

Thanks this is practical content

[@TJFREE]

You're welcome!

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[@asoooom9090]

Thanks so much

[@darleneseoyj]

I'm trying to use drawing pad but whenever the pen touches drawing pad whole thing stops.. any advice??

[@aidanbenbow6682]

Good to know!

[@wiesje666]

How am I supposed to make a coloured free hand outline???

[@oreganoh4094]

Ty

[@محمداسامه-ن1غ]

great explanations bro

[@meganmoon6197]

I’m just on 8 and I feel like all my questions have been answered for this fluffin program I’ve been opening and immediately closing because idk wtf I’m doing.

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Like inkscape one thing is can import from a scanner and change the interface around make the tools larger and custom the layout you can in photoshop and I wish there was an option to download to android from Google store there's no version available on tablets or ipad only with Windows?

[@TJFREE]

Inkscape runs on Windows, Linux and Mac. I am not aware of any versions that run on Android... The interface can be customized, including, colors, icons, tool bar locations, docked vs windowed, etc...

[@Jamesalec63]

@@TJFREE Thanks for getting back to me and are there any other secrets short cuts and I did notice that it does look a bit like corel draw and wondered is there a connection with the developer and corel?

[@TJFREE]

@@Jamesalec63 I try to show tips and shortcuts in this tutorial series. Inkscape is similar to Corel Draw, but not associated. Also, Inkscape is 100% free and open source.

[@althepsyphros3314]

Why does my width reset every time I draw a new path? I want to draw in 0.077 width and it keeps going back to 0.265?? How do I keep it at 0.077 while I'm on this project??? It's ridiculous

[@bechikhanes321]

How to switch background

[@spiderone3454]

Is it possible to change the default Portrait page" when Inkscape opens to a "Landscape Page" view? Thanks. Steve M.

[@TJFREE]

Yes, there is a template file that is loaded by default when inkscape is opened. You can edit this file. Its location depends on what OS you're using. Heres for info: hubpages.com/technology/Change-Default-Page-Layout-and-Settings-for-Inkscape

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Grt sir

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Hello can soemone help how can i recover file if it crashed

[@jbanimations8475]

222! I am on a roll!

[@ebrastudios3050]

If they make liner pencil and smooth pencils like ai

[@cattothecat4]

2:55 For some reason, Inkscape thinks you drew a 7, not a T.

[@moorthimoorthi3908]

Sir how to input my own handwriting in inscape please tell me , and realise the video

[@drawntothefire]

2:47 ....lol....

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[@varflock9777]

So the freehand tools are like goto function in most programming languages - they tell you how to use it and ask to kindly never do that again.

[@tamannamahajan9100]

How to add nodes