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A giant source of public domain SVG files

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Finding art that is legal to use can be frustrating, but here’s a tool for images you can know are OK for just about any purpose. The Open Clipart Library is a repository of SVG files started by the folks that develop Inkscape.

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More on using the Paint Bucket in Inkscape

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Update: Please watch the Paint Bucket Basic video here if you haven’t already Wow, the response to the first video has been overwhelming, literally. I am approaching my bandwidth limit at screencast and am looking for a different way to host the tutorials.

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New Technique for Making Piecing Patterns in Inkscape

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Update: these pre-youtube videos have finally lost their homes on the net. My latest videos on the Paint Bucket Technique are here: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/coeIYveKJL Did you know you can use the Paint Bucket tool in Inkscape to trace a bitmap piece by piece?

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The Craft of Extraction: Just like beer brewing, control is key

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Any one of the more than 7,000 craft breweries in the United States will tell you one of two things: their art is a science, or their science is an art. The answer may depend on the brewer’s personal approach, but the combination of experience, process, precise measurements and intuition is exactly what is needed to create a great beer. Likewise, the cannabis industry has its own master brewer: the

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Hand sketch fill with Cricut markers

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As a follow up to the last video tutorial, this time we start with the filled in text and alter it using an Inkscape filter to give it a more hand sketched look. For those of you who are familiar with Illustrator, this gives a somewhat similar effect to the Scribble Tool.

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