clipping and masking in Inkscape tutorial
This is a video that came out of the recent workshop series on Inkscape I’m giving. I was asked to demonstrate clipping and masking in Inkscape, and was not fully prepared to discuss the proper use of masking. I did my research and decided to put together a short overview to talk about it the way I could have in class if I had been a bit more prepared. Hope this helps!
So this is an answer to Erika Bredahl’s picture submission of her dog Yoda. After bitmap tracing the image a few times to get some various levels of shadow and detail, I overlapped the paths and colored them using the eyedropper tool and a vidcap of Yoda from ESB. I then used another vidcap of Yoda in the Swamp scene, took it into the GIMP and used the stamp tool to remove Yoda, then brought the resulting image into Inkscape and bitmap traced it, then gave it some blur.
‘Yoda (/ˈjoʊdə/) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, first appearing in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back. He is a small, green humanoid alien who is powerful with the Force. In his first appearance in the original trilogy, Yoda is described as the Jedi master of Obi-Wan Kenobi and subsequently trains Luke Skywalker to use the Force. The character reappears in Return of the Jedi where he reveals his age to be 900. Yoda has become iconic in popular culture due to his distinct pattern of speech and role as an old, wise mentor. In the prequel trilogy, set a generation before the original trilogy, Yoda is among the most powerful members of the Jedi Order and a general of clone troopers during the Clone Wars. He also trains all Jedi children, before they are assigned a Jedi master. Yoda appears again in the sequel trilogy, advising an older Luke and empowering Rey to face a revived Emperor Palpatine, along with other past Jedi.’
from “Yoda – Wikipedia” at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda curated by lemasney creative. Feel free to share.
A simple enough piece to create, this is really about poetry and color. I loved summers in Ocean City as a kid. I really loved Gillian’s Wonderland, and take my boys there now. My favorite thing in all of summer was the bumper cars. The very particular aromas of electrocuted copper and steel, the quick and dirty socialization where strangers were able to laugh like old friends, the absurd tragedy of the pile of out of service cars, and the sadness when the electricity stopped flowing through the little curved wires. I loved those things.
So this is a little note to myself, and to a lot of my friends right now, to keep it up. Keep going. Keep trying to do what you’re doing. I hear you. I know it’s been hard. There’s a lot against you in your effort, but you can do it. Things will be different in the future, if you keep going. Please do.
I’ve always been able to count my many fears. I’m afraid of dying, scared of heights, frightened of losing the people I love, and so on. I’ve never considered fear of the unknown itself to be scary though, strangely. I love the possibilities in what’s yet to come. As long as it’s not death, falling, or funerals, etc. 🙂 Hope you like the sketch.
The saddest part about this, really, is that I have more than one friend/liker/pal who wants this sketch done. I’m not mentioning any names, but I’ll just say that if you are a renter making your landlord miserable, a relative who is taking advantage of an open door, or someone staying past the third cup of tea, you’re not vain — this sketch is about you.