Inkscape Tutorial : How to Create Vector Portrait Illustration from Photo

In this tutorial, we are going to create vector portrait illustrations from reference images using the bezier tool and step-by-step explanation. To create the face shape, eyes, lips, and hair and add some shading to bring more realism.
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[@mobilefreelancer3831]

this man single handily broke the internet, i can't believe how good he is at teaching not stuttering the guy knows what he is doing! you got my subscribe

[@danielwalker5682]

Even as a total newcomer, I can see how brilliant and under-stated this man is.

[@tanyamackensen]

I just used this tutorial to create a self-portrait and the tutorial is beyond amazing - super detailed and very easy to follow. Love it.

[@CaseyWise]

Had no idea Inkscape could do this, thank you for posting, subscribed.

[@kirbysenpaii7529]

His Attention to detail is AMAZING!! I myself am trying to make vector portraits and hopefully earn commissions to fund for my college tuition

[@ZakeyDesign]

good luck, all the best for you

[@kirbysenpaii7529]

@@ZakeyDesign Thank You, You Too!

[@kartiknamde3862]

Bro just made a 26 min video more helpful than my 3 month graphic design course

[@lucasnunes5174]

I don't understand how videos as good as these have so few likes great videos congratulations👏

[@AdvancedSoul]

Thank you for providing this tutorial free of cost :-) you are doing a great service to Inkscape users

[@VivekSharma-hb2zn]

Very nice work

[@nehavlogs6391]

Best portrait Inkscape tutorial

[@expo20saga11]

Great detailed tutorial which highlights Inkscapes vector graphics capabilities and shows what you can achieve without bitmap raster graphics. Well done Zakey design for a superb tutorial. Like you say ...lets never stop learning.

[@PCcardboard1354]

What I love about your art is your way of using color to enhance the base lines draw, and using thme in such an easy way on the eyes!!! good work.

[@sherriyost1520]

Thank you for this. I am a bit overwhelmed with all the info but I am also excited to learn.

[@82acresfarm]

A great demonstration and step by step of what Inkscape can do. Will have to check out the other videos on your channel. You can remove stroke if the shape is still selected by clicking on none in the lower colour pallet while holding shift. ( None being the white box with the X in it located in the lower left corner

[@ZakeyDesign]

thank you for the tips!

[@guilhermevelten707]

dude this is crazy, i'm really grateful to have found your tutorial

[@ramandeepsingh132]

Thank you very much! I just created a portrait of mine by using most of this video and it turned out pretty good.

[@ZakeyDesign]

i have seen it. great work!

[@facefamousee]

legend👍. thank you.

[@Jacqueoldfield]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, so appreciated

[@BRANDON.-]

I love you!! Thank you !

[@Zaidzookhan]

Damnnn ♥️love it

[@Nagushelp]

Superb. It was really helpful. I learnt a lot from this video. I have gone through many videos who doesn't explain the steps clearly and it was difficult for me to follow through as I am a newbie to Inkscape. Thanks a ton.

[@ZakeyDesign]

Thank you, glad it was helpful!

[@centsiblecooking]

Wow, I learned a lot from watching you, thank you very much!

[@ZakeyDesign]

thank you!

[@734wheeler5]

Thanks for this, boutta vector it up

[@surinfarmwest6645]

Very interesting to watch, you Inkscape Ninja! Reminds me of the Hed Kandi and GTA artwork from back in the day. Thank you for sharing and rekindling my interest in art.

[@ibnsaeed9174]

Super, helpful video. More videos this topic pls.

[@mercy3428]

ITS REALLY WORKED LOL THANK YOU DUDE

[@THE_OG_Crafter]

Absolutely stunning!

[@ZakeyDesign]

Thank you so much!

[@fahmimuhammad3279]

Good stuff man!

[@BlurryBit]

I did not like this video the first time I saw it. Coz I wanted to keep it a secret LOL. But then, this man deserves it. His pronunciation does not really matter here (although it could be a bit better). I became an inkscape pro from a noob, using this one video. Absolutely awesome content. KZbin needs more work like this.

[@Nirouch]

Hello, can I ask at the 7:21 minute mark, why do you need to duplicate the pupil and send it to the back? Thank you so much.

[@nickpeckett]

Nice to see you on Manjaro and making great content.

[@ZakeyDesign]

thank you very much, glad you like this tutorial

[@mcgmwebdesign2393]

Great tutorial, thanks!

[@timkirikou4760]

Amazing! Very well explained, thanks!

[@darronfranklin943]

Excellent Sir

[@umc1709]

Great work and exellent tutorial!

[@dhuhar]

Damn I needed this! Thanks so much ❤️

[@chaloyememe8531]

bro i love you😂 i made a illustrator by viewing your video

[@rachnasingh3963]

Those rounded corners!!!! Love the work...going to use for a lot of references. Got my subscription!

[@muskanmundra2599]

first video i have seen in youtube with 0 dislikes

[@845kohash]

授業で使ってます! ありがとうございます! Thank you for good information!

[@moiseissebastian5057]

Nice video dude, i love it!

[@giovanniluisbarrantesl9563]

wow!!

[@yashchauhan5852]

Bruh, you are awesome. You earned one more subscriber

[@serosoti6783]

such a beautiful ,and thank you for making this video ,it helps me alot

[@itsmepearly607]

awesome!

[@ZakeyDesign]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@VicksVepora]

Yes, I made it ✊👍

[@dochimekashiariri7610]

thanks a lot, man this was really helpful

[@kevinkumar65]

Awesome Bro Keep Rock .. Waiting for your Next Video

[@CTRL_SMarcos]

Excellent, thank you very much for the video.

[@BeingHomeNow]

thank you 🙏

[@manishaamrute1189]

No dislikes keep it up

[@Dr.PeterLaFleur]

Great tutorial man, thanks a lot!

[@accesorioslindapaula]

Muchas gracias, he aprendido mucho y me será muy útil para mi proyecto.

[@acalavidyaraja]

nice

[@milleniacamille4185]

this is so helpful. thank you

[@alcatrazz.627]

This is amazing! Love it!

[@samday4424]

very nice

[@tabban21]

Brilliant, very good for me as beginner

[@jannahroichatul6827]

So helpful, thanks for the tutorial!!!

[@miscible21]

Thank you so much for the content!

[@liebekaiya]

so like it

[@Ju-uy1cs]

Nice tutorial, but how did you get inkscape black and green ?

[@deadinteresting8905]

excellent tutorial!! I think I can do this with your help, thank you

[@ZakeyDesign]

Good Luck!

[@pandurangansatish2973]

How do you create those color swatches bar on top of the image ? Thanks for the lovely tutorial

[@artistlifeinnyc4089]

what do you use , illustrator or different format , it looks amazing . I love it .

[@ZakeyDesign]

It's Inkscape

[@leiareiis]

Very good! Thank's

[@Cfeldersproduction007]

Man this is dope I have to learn how to do this.

[@hoseinbebany]

Ty gentleman

[@joaopsouzaa]

Very good!!

[@kaushalpatel6224]

Can you make a video about how to set up UI like you in inkscape?

[@aussiesworkshop99]

Inspiring. Thank you! I'm going to practice these techniques and someday.... Cheers!

[@mobilefreelancer3831]

where did you get this theme from my friend

[@richworld3722]

hey friend, I want to know, where did you download the Inkscape and what is the version you used to create this illustation.

[@digigraphic]

nice job . thanks

[@mdumar6479]

How did u remove background from image after 24:44 min suddenly bacground is changing to white, how did u do tahat

[@info-plus01]

good job

[@graphicdesigner9806]

awesome, how do you determine the diminsion (artboard) according to the pic sometimes the pic is very big comparing to the artboard do you use a same template for every illustration? thankyou.

[@ZakeyDesign]

yes, its using template

[@ahmadreza8105]

Thank you very much :))

[@RandySnarsh]

Whay key are you clicking on at 10:02 to undo the line you did with the beizer? I cant figure it out.

[@ZakeyDesign]

ctrl+z

[@RandySnarsh]

@@ZakeyDesign 🙏

[@gilcivancarvalho2147]

Muito bom!!!

[@NuMwhan-bg4fq]

when having a common border like between the jacket and the hair isnt possible to use it as a common border or must draw it twice for each element? doing so must be precise and do the work two times

[@ZakeyDesign]

yes, i usually draw twice

[@KaylynYarrow]

Pls help. Why do you change the blend mode to Darken or Soft Color then back to Normal? What is it for? Thanks!

[@rendonclarkson7644]

sir, is there an easier way than shift + L for disabling pen tool 2nd handle? thanks! 😊

[@ZakeyDesign]

i have same problem issue for this, the shorcut is awkward to press. recently just search for the shorcut in the .xml file but can't find the shift+L command, i want to change it to shift+C hope inkscape fix this issue.

[@rendonclarkson7644]

@@ZakeyDesign it's time consuming to unhand the mouse and go to L. But this video looks like he doesn't do it? or maybe because he speed up the video?

[@ahmadrezariyadi5359]

Thanks

[@yes-zw9jf]

hello may i ask you, how to make custom theme like yours thanks

[@ardhiyanah5544]

I found it interesting and very amazing, but im still figuring out myself about the color palette you're using, that i cant find it anywhere, do you have any advice please ?

[@rebeccaswayzee860]

I was wondering the same thing, how are they created?

[@ardhiyanah5544]

@@rebeccaswayzee860 somebody says that it was a combination of synergy color, the thing in video is a rectangle with the colors, to gain it you can either go to coolors.co or just simply experimenting by yourself with the colot wheel in Inkscape

[@ЮрийБизнес-ъ2о]

Привет, подскажи плииз. КАк добавить Шрифт FT40 в inkscape ? На видео и гугл не нашел

[@BlairSantos]

Thanks so much for the video! My question though is how can I break the curved path that gets auto generated after I just drew a curve? So this is what I'm doing Drawing 3 nodes with a problem between 2nd and 3rd node: 1. Bezier tool selected 2. Click on page to draw a node (Node 1) 3. Click another point (Node 2) and drag to draw a curved line connected the first two nodes. 4. [PROBLEM AREA] I want the THIRD node to have a straight path from the second node. Inkscape automatically makes the line between 2nd and 3rd nodes curvy, I don't want the line between 2nd and 3rd node to be curvy, I want it to be straight. I understand I can just press ENTER and then continue where I left off by drawing a straight line, but I want it to be a seamless, continuous path. Essentially, I want an abrupt break and to revert back to a straight line path instead of a continuation of a curve. Thank you!

[@ZakeyDesign]

hello, you can press shift+L in node 2 to node 3 to straighten the line without releasing it and hold ctrl to keep the line in straight then click to create the node 3

[@BlairSantos]

@@ZakeyDesign thanks so much! SUBSCRIBED!

[@SURYA_M07]

Pls add this color code in description

[@abhinabgogoi2000]

Sir can you please provide the color code in the description...it is hard to see

[@shilpidutta2397]

how you break or move the pen tool node and make a conical edge. which shortcut key you used ? plz help

[@ZakeyDesign]

Hold Shift button

[@kdavidson6771]

I have a question. How do you get the black lines around the eyes. Every time I do it - it just fills it.

[@ZakeyDesign]

in what minutes?

[@kdavidson6771]

@@ZakeyDesign Hi - in about 6:08. you are drawing around the eyes and they have a black outline.

[@ZakeyDesign]

@@kdavidson6771 i see, there are two ways to remove fills after using bezier tool. first, on bottom left, right click on fill > remove fill. second way, make sure to remove fill first in left bottom corner, so only stroke with black color. then go to Edit > Preferences > Tools > Pen > Click take from selection

[@kdavidson6771]

@@ZakeyDesign Thank you so much Zakey. I will try that tomorrow. I am trying to learn the short cuts as well so that helps right now.

[@Raya7766]

How do you use Bezier tool so smoothly?!!! I can not use it at all :(((( it drives me crazy specially for round corners

[@HAADIAIMRAN]

which software is he using ?

[@karlamichelle4946]

hello do i need to be good at drawing in order to create vector artwork

[@ZakeyDesign]

I think no. I'm not good at drawing, but I understand using the bezier tool to trace the image in Inkscape and practice constantly to trace the image.

[@gowthamb6400]

Eyes 5:40 (comment for personal reference)

[@vatosflokos3290]

Can I use the same technique to vectorize a landscape? I am trying to find an easy way to create art for my video game.

[@ZakeyDesign]

of course, you can do it

[@kinghadu9611]

what theme are you using on inkscape?

[@azamemkay]

how'd you get inkscape to look like that?

[@ashithrahul7100]

i don't know why, right click set clip is not working for me