How to Make Amazing Minimalist Map Art with Inkscape: Step-by-Step Tutorial

Inkscape tutorial showing easy design workflow by Rick Johanson in a step-by-step free course on how to make custom minimalist map art. Follow along and learn the basics of Inkscape including simple masking techniques, selection shortcuts, how to work with large SVG files without crashing. Paris France Map Data is provided courtesy of OpenStreetMap.org.
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[@atahanacik365]

Wooo hoooo =), First comment from me, this is exactly what i wanted and +1 =)) Thank You Rickk

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thank you for the wonderful idea! Please excuse me if my pronunciation was off. I really like doing these map designs!

[@atahanacik365]

By the way, they added select same fundtion to right click directly you do not need to go to edit and select same . I know you got used to use that function from the menu like a muscle memory =) just a silly contribution from your follower

[@IronEchoDesign]

I love it- thank you! Always good to expand knowledge of tips and tricks. Thanks again!

[@georgemargelis4476]

Love these, your videos are the first to get me to comment to show my appreciation. To the point and thorough. Thanks.

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

[@EJBS1991]

I always follow along thanks !

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks!! These are fun to customize.

[@francostellini1082]

......... GRANDE !!!! COMPLIMENTI !!!! SUPER !!!!

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thank you very much!!

[@andrewfrost8866]

This is excellent! thank you very much.

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thank you!!

[@luciasaucedo6605]

Thanks for sharing! You are amazing!!

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thank you so much!! 😊

[@derpderp9281]

that's so creative, i love it!

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thank you very much!!

[@dougveganparadisebuilder5808]

Thank you for the lessons!

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks! Glad to make these.

[@jakemorden8544]

Here we go!

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks Jake!

[@Ms_eLLE]

This is great! This gives me an idea for a unique design for tee shirts I can pitch to local businesses here in the beach town I live in that attracts tourists. Thanks again for a fab tutorial! 😃

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks so much! And, great idea!

[@catcraft06]

You're so helpful!

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks! I love doing these.

[@manan09ful]

Very cool stuff. Keep up the good work.

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thank you!!

[@AidanJuly]

Awesome!

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks!!

[@steveferguson1232]

Great as always. You go so fast, I start and stop to create it after I watch it the first time. I want to thank you Rick. Learning from you has given me the confidence to start creating my own files for laser work. My first earring line will be in our new Etsy shop next week. I created from scratch(took me forever and a few 4 letter words) but I created my own rosebud and then inlaid a monogram letter inside. My wife named the line The Enchanted Rosebud Mongram line. And it’s all thanks to you and what you do for us. Not bad for a 64 year old, huh.

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks Steve! I'll always try to work on pacing, and I'm so glad to hear about your creative work and Etsy shop. I love the name Enchanted Rosebud Monogram line. All the best!

[@steveferguson1232]

@@IronEchoDesign could you give me your email address. Reason is if you are married, I would like to send your wife a pair with color of her favorite rose. I paint the monogram initial gold glitter. It’s a way of thanking you

[@Maskedmuslimah]

Hi loved your way of teaching..can you please share how to make fashion illustration that would be lot more helpful for fashion designers like me 😊

[@suevinson]

great video

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks so much!

[@francostellini1082]

...... UN BEL LIKE !!!!!

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thank you!!

[@petermarin]

This is great - wish you had played with the warp text around that circle (internal and external), since I don’t think that your old trick works

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks! Wrap text technique is still the same I believe. Have you noticed a difference with 1.3? I'll check it out.

[@dennyskerb4992]

👍👍

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks!

[@erikos]

Great channel that I’ve been following for a while now! Can you do a video on how to make a word cloud in Inkscape? Before someone starts to list websites that can do it quickly for you, I actually want to make this on my own, and I’d love to see your ideas! :)

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thank you so much! I love this idea! I think it can be done with a special feature in the arrange menu and then modified with the sculpt tool. I’m going to try it tonight and if I can get it down I’ll shoot it. Great suggestion!

[@erikos]

@@IronEchoDesign Awesome! Have fun with that and thank you for the response!

[@MoxOwl]

Great video....can you a coat of arms design video?

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks! I did this coat of arms design a few years ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKK8lmuBfZytd6M. I could probably update it if there a different style you're looking for.

[@MoxOwl]

@@IronEchoDesign it would be cool to see you do some heraldry

[@yus2728]

Hi, as always your video is very informatif and also good, i've something to request about how to make a wpap and low poly portrait in inkscape cause i think that is very cool art, i hope you can make this video tutorial cause i like your way to bring your tutorial video, thank you so much from your new subscriber, god bless you bro

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thank you very much! Great ideas, and I think the new Shape Builder tool could be a good method for those portraits. Still playing around learning it, and I’ll do some practice with those designs.

[@yus2728]

@@IronEchoDesign that's great, thank you so much for replying me

[@gkp76]

How did you make sure the river was back in the right spot?

[@IronEchoDesign]

Great question. I referenced the roads that ran along side the river and compared the layout to a regular map to make sure it was where it should be.

[@gregpeterson9260]

Can't select teh gray separate from the other items. What am I doing wrong?

[@tuckersgramma]

Is Inkscape supported by iPad? TIA! You’re a great teacher☺️

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks so much! I wish Inkscape was available on iPad. Maybe someday.

[@OsAmADx21]

Font used name or download link?

[@GroovyCloud]

It didn't work for me. I did exactly what you said to put and all i got was a portion of the file on Inkscape. do you know why that happened? Thanks!

[@pavol.cernak]

Hi Rick, almost every second comment starts with "awsome, great, cool". And yes, it is (as most of your ideas). But be prepared to use enough strong computer. Even though I've set up a scale of 1:500 000, the svg file contains about 9700 objects. It's a big bite also for gaming computer as mine. Pitty, Inkscape doesn't use a GPU :-(. The final svg counts about 49 MB. Nevertheless, I finalized the work similar to yours in the video. A very nice result that deserves print out to A3 format. Thank you for that ;-).

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thank you! Agreed. The file sizes above 20MB really bog down my computer (its older) I wish I could take the full scale maps and do the same techniques, but they crash Inkscape before I can get to far. Maybe in the future!

[@vishmikaperera1613]

Rick, a New Mandala creation method with Inkscape. Could you make it happen?

[@vishmikaperera1613]

BTW make 1 or 2 videos a week, your content is fun to watch. Love the fact it's not just UI tutorials. Thanks for these.

[@IronEchoDesign]

@vishmikaperera1613 thank you!! I wish I had the time to do 1 to 2 videos a week. That would be fun to do.

[@egnieto]

Thank you so very much, Rich! But I'm feeling a total dumb, and I have been working with technology devices and softwares since the dinosaurs walked the earth🤣. I just can't find where do I download the extensions, can anyone please help me? I would appeciate it very much🥰

[@IronEchoDesign]

No problem! What extension are you trying to download?

[@egnieto]

@@IronEchoDesign Now it's the Bobbin lace: grids and patterns. I'm studying all your tutorials on Inkscape. Thank you for you kind answer.

[@IronEchoDesign]

Thanks- anytime! I’m not familiar with that extension. If anyone reading this knows how to help- can you share any info that can provide a solution?

[@egnieto]

@@IronEchoDesign Again, thank you very much! I'm have committed myself to be an expert on Inkscape, and can contribute as well to this marvelous tool! Well, working on my procrastination tendency, lol, but the call from this tool is huge!🥰