We challenge you to:

Draw Something Hot!

If you are new to Inkscape, feel free to keep it simple.

Multiple entries are welcome, and please do stick around for the chat!

All abilities are invited to get involved. The complexity of your entry is down to you.

Please post your finished artwork below. 

IMPORTANT: If you would like to know what you could do to improve your artwork, add the phrase to your comment: "Brutal Feedback" --- only for those with nerves of steel! (Please include a brief description of your process, difficulties you have experienced and your desired outcome).

Because of limited resources, moderators may not always be able to give feedback. However, other participants may be able to offer advice.

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Please see CHALLENGE RULES before submitting your artwork

Instructions/Information

• To submit your artwork, scroll to the bottom of the page and while logged in, click the paperclip (bottom-left) to upload your image, add a description in the text box (optional) and click "Submit Reply".
• If you'd like to post work-in-progress artwork, create a thread in the "Work in Progress" section of the forum, and post your images there, with the title "[Month] [Year] [Challenge Title] WIP - [your artwork title]" (you are welcome to ask for help there if you get stuck). When finished, post the final graphic to this thread.
• There are no winners (HOWEVER, WE MAY SHARE ARTWORK WHICH STANDS OUT WITH THE INKSCAPE COMMUNITY). These challenges are intended to inspire, to encourage you to share your work and to build a supportive community.
• If you post your artwork here, you agree for us to share your artwork and use your artwork to create a banner for social media - to opt out, add "Please don't share" to your post.
• Please don't post artwork containing AI generated graphics or 3rd party images. as it can be hard to see what you (the artist) has produced using Inkscape.
• You're encouraged to discuss and offer feedback/constructive criticism to others, but please be respectful.
• Most importantly, be creative, give your best, and have fun!

We look forward to seeing your entries!

Challenge entries (so far)

Hi and thanks for this challenge! 

Starting this off with a project I finished this week, a glowing Inkscape icon, a fiery mountain of doom, lol:
 

I got the 3D-printed Inkscape icon from Jabier some time ago, and always wanted to make something special out of it. For the light, I used a magnetic, 3xAAA powered LED lamp, a slice of a chick pea tin, black cardboard, normal cardboard, nail polish, glue, black electrician's tape, clear tape, reflective aluminum tape and a bit of acrylic color and black marker.

If you look closely, you'll notice the icon is mirrored - that's because I liked the smooth surface on the downfacing part of the printed plastic more than the side with the curved plastic strands. Also looks more 🤘
(outside of the competition, it's not drawn!)

@Moini You are very resourceful. Thank you for sharing your creation!

Hey,
Thanks for the opportunity which allows us to show our skills using Inkscape.
Here's a logo I designed this week for the challenge. As you may see it depicts a rooster with a cockscomb with the looks of a flame. This logo was designed for a fictionnal restaurant company called "Roostiery" which sells grilled poultry. I wanted to design something simple yet elaborated so we know what the company is all about.

I also have the logo with the colors inverted should you be interested.

Thanks again!

An old one :

I've been using Inkscape off and on for simple, quick text layouts for years. Recently I was looking for a tutorial on something and found this forum. I then saw the challenge and had a few hours on Monday and put this together. My biggest illusion was to mimic the force of impact. Inkscape only constructs 3d cubes. No rotated cones. Then, I accidently created a star object with a lot of points and noticed that since they radiated out, I could mask the unnecessary points and it would serve for the typical outward expanse method of illustrating an explosive event.

I would love to have Inkscape produce a "perspective" from generated "textures" to simulate distance. Smaller farther away, larger up close.

Had to use a online converter to rasterize as png. Inkscape kept freezing on Mac and Windows.

Attempted to flatten effects and make it easier. Evidently, flattening does not accomplish what I thought it might.

This was another idea I had before falling asleep last night and put most of it together this morning before work.