Hold down the CTRL Key at the same time, and the triangle will be reduced in relative portions.īefore we add the nose and eyes, we need to understand how to use the guides, which are literally tucked under the rulers that are located at the document’s left side, corner, and top. We want to shorten the triangle.With the mouse, click on the black arrow at the bottom and middle of the triangle and push upward.

If the bottom arrow is not vertical, click on the shape again. We want to change the size of the top triangle–we do not want to rotate it. When the arrows look as they do in the above image, you can rotate the shape. While the triangle is still selected, click on a darker brown color for the top layer. You cannot see it, but a second triangle is on top of the first. When you do this, a bounding box will appear around it. With the mouse, drag a fairly large triangle shape.įrom the Tool Box on the Left, choose the Select Tool.Īfter the Select Tool has been chosen, click on the Triangle. 50īefore you draw, click on a brown color. To draw the reindeer’s head, we’ll begin by drawing a triangle.įrom the menu on the left, select the Stars & Polygons Tool.Īfter the Stars and Polygons Tool has been selected, go to the upper menu and select the Polygon Tool and Set the number of points to 3. The blue indicates that the layer is selected.

The layer will change from light gray to blue.

To draw something or edit something, click on the layer where it is positioned or where you intend to draw it. Click on the button indicated near the bottom of the right menu. Type a name for the new layer in the space that says “Layer Name.” Name this layer Head. To create a New Layer, click on the + at the bottom of the Layers Menu.Ī box will appear. Type Shift CTRL-L and the Layers Menu will appear on the right. I like to separate the parts of my computer images into Layers. Voila! I have the entire page, as my work space. When the second screen appears, UNCHECK Show Page Border. When you open the Inkscape program, you will see the following screen:īefore I do anything else, I always get rid of the restrictive box, seen above.ĭo this: On the top menu, go to File and from the Drop-Down menu, Choose Document Properties.

Learn to Use the Colors Palette in Inkscapeįirst, you have to download the Inkscape program.

Learn to Use the Tool Box & the Menu Bar.

Learn to Transform Shapes with Rotate, Flip, & Scale.

Even if you don’t want to draw this silly reindeer, the following tutorial will teach you how to use several of the free computer drawing program Inkscape’s tools:

Turn image to vector inkscape