Start by copying a couple of the leg shapes. Don’t forget to position the shading behind the legs.įinally, we’ll shade the legs. Since the body is just another circle, we can do the exact same thing. Repeat the same technique we used for the ear and put the shading in place. Now we’ll work on the head shading, so go ahead and copy a couple of those. This is the technique we’ll be using for shading this elephant. With our new shape, we’ll be able to color it and position it appropriately for shading that inner ear. What you’ll end up with is a nice shape to use for shading. With both of them selected, head up to Path > Difference. Now take one of the shapes and stretch it a bit larger over the other one. We’ll start shading the ear, so copy and paste a couple of that inner ear shape we drew earlier. We’ll also flip it horizontally and rotate it a bit to make it look right.Īnd we’ll do this once more, but this time we’ll need to place the leg behind the elephant. Then we’ll need to copy and paste another leg. I gave this leg the exact same colors we’ve been using. Adjust the nodes to make them look their best, or just follow what I have below. Now we need to draw some stubby legs with the Pen tool.

To draw some simple eyes, just draw a couple of black circles and position/scale them accordingly.Īnd of course, a couple more white dots to add some reflection on those eyes.įor the body, we’ll just be drawing another perfect circle at about 285px. This will make a nice inner ear after we darken the pink fill a bit. You’ll have to use Object > Lower or the Page Down key to adjust the z-index.įor some more detail, let’s copy and paste the first ear again and shrink it down a bit. Then flip it horizontally and position it on the other side of the head.

You can use just rectangles, where you type in the measures in the toolbar, with the same scale factor you used for the balcony.Once you’ve got your ear all drawn up, copy and paste it.

Draw your furniture in a new layer 'Furniture'.

Optionally draw doors and windows, possibly in a new layer.

Turn down opacity to about 60% to be able to see features on the Background bitmap.

Easiest is probably to use simple lines with a specified width and a nice color. Doing this only visually is just fine, that scan is not exact anyway. Then scale the rest of the image to match it. In our example, we use the 3×2 meter balcony, so a rectangle of 300×200 is good. a rectangle) of which you know the real dimensions of.

Adjust scale of the image: draw an object (e.g.

Import the bitmap floor plan into it, and rotate it so that most of the walls are horizontal and/or vertical.

Open up Inkscape, and create a new layer, let's call it 'Background'.

You will thus have a bitmap, and we will trace it into a vector image, but without using the automatic Trace feature of Inkscape. If you did not get an electronic copy of the floor plan, the first step is to scan it. You got a printout of a floor plan from the landlord, showing the walls, door and windows, and a few (but maybe not all) measures, similar to this: Assume you want to draw a floor plan for your apartment.

Inkscape drawings to scale