Re: [Inkscape-user] shaded hatching

On Sat, 2011-09-10 at 23:59 -0700, Tom Sparks wrote:

I have read Drawing a smiley face, part 3 [1] How do I do shaded hatching like in the image at wikipedia.org[2] ?

[1] http://wiki.evilmadscience.com/Drawing_a_smiley_face,_part_3 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatching

Hatchings like those done by Durer are not easy. The best way I have found is to use the Calligraphy tool with the hatching option:

http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Paths-Creating.html#Paths-Calli...

You can use the Tweek tool to thin out the lines or to make them irregular (do a little bit each time as the tool tends to be unstable... you can use the node tool to fix small problems).

http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Tweak-Paths.html

Tav