Starting my next project. T-shirt design with a paraglider. I want this to be 100% Inkscape. A previous design was a combination of raster and vector but I didn't like the results as it doesn't look very polished. I have located a small raster image of a glider and now hand tracing the panels. I tried auto trace, but was not happy with the results. Hand tracing seems to be my best effort so far as I try to get these curves figured out. Making good progress as I learn the Inkscape UI. My hats off to the developers as I'm finding it easier to use than Adobe Illustrator.
Way too many nodes to my taste; I‘d draw just 4 corner nodes to complete one closed panel and add the curvature with the Node tool. Can make a GIF on how to if this helps.
Work in Progress Paraglider T-Shirt Design
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Starting my next project. T-shirt design with a paraglider. I want this to be 100% Inkscape. A previous design was a combination of raster and vector but I didn't like the results as it doesn't look very polished. I have located a small raster image of a glider and now hand tracing the panels. I tried auto trace, but was not happy with the results. Hand tracing seems to be my best effort so far as I try to get these curves figured out. Making good progress as I learn the Inkscape UI. My hats off to the developers as I'm finding it easier to use than Adobe Illustrator.
Way too many nodes to my taste; I‘d draw just 4 corner nodes to complete one closed panel and add the curvature with the Node tool. Can make a GIF on how to if this helps.
I agree. I did start with four nodes. I must have double clicked on the path trying stuff. Rechecking and editing all my curves for excess nodes.
Looking better with fewer nodes. Just need to finish a few more curves, then I can start the next layer.
Excellent.