When you hover over a button, Inkscape will tell you what that button does. After choosing the Edit Paths tool, click the Stroke-to-Path button. Note: you may wish to adjust the thickened path to make sure it looks exactly like you want your finished outline. Adjust the Width of your Stroke Style so that it matches your object. Under Object -> Fill and Stroke… you will find this menu. Below you can see the green path and node handles use these to tweak your path until it is exactly centered within the design you want to outline.Įdit stroke width. This little button can save you the hassle I experienced and produce cleaner path lines. Then I found it! The Stroke-to-Path tool.

If you are working with a detailed design, those lines can show up looking sloppy or even hand-drawn (which they are, in a way.) I knew I wanted my design as precise as possible and I spent a lot of time tweaking my lines to try and make them even.

As I worked on a complicated design, I kept thinking “there has to be a faster way.”įor example, the pink path below is slightly off, and the space between the path varies. Tracing a design in Inkscape is simple, but what if you want to outline something clearly? Tracing all the way around one side and then the other can be time-consuming, especially if it is a complicated design-and your lines will usually end up uneven. Before following this tutorial you should be comfortable enough with Inkscape to:

A line art drawing with inkscape