The process will be the same for all the reference photos and that’s using the Bezier Pen tool( B ) to trace over the subject in the image. Step 5 – Trace the Fish, Shark, and Diver from Photos The images will be very big so I recommend shrinking them down in size by clicking them, holding ( Crtl ), and dragging the corner handle to scale down uniformly. Just accept the default options from the menu that pops up. To import the images into Inkscape just drag them into your open document.

Using Unsplash for reference images since they are royalty-free and high quality download the following images: In this step, I have designed two different types of underwater plants/algae using two kind Step 3 – Draw in the Underwater Plantlife Repeat this process of drawing the path with the Bezier Pen tool( B ), auto-smoothing the nodes, and then cutting out the shape with Path Difference. Press ( Ctrl – ) on the keyboard to cut the shape out of the rectangle. With the created path still selected hold down ( Ctrl ) and click on the background rectangle. In the top menu with all the node operations select Make Selected Nodes Auto-Smooth. Once you have finished drawing the shape with to the Edit Paths by Nodes tool( N ) and click and drag over all the nodes. No need to create curves, just click and create straight lines like the photo above. Using the Bezier Pen tool( B ) draw out the shape that you want. Step 2 – Cut out the Shapes for each Level Continue this process until you have created the white rectangle. Hit ( Ctrl D ) on the keyboard to duplicate the rectangle then move over to the next color box and select that color. Switch to the Color Picker Tool ( D ) and pick the first square for the rectangles fill color. In the top menu bar change the W value to 800 and the H value to 500. Using the Squares and Rectangles tool( R ) draw out a rectangle shape. Step 1 – Create and Duplicate Background Rectangles add color

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