Change the fill to blue and remove the stroke.First draw a square on the page (using the square tool in the same way that you created a circle for the gear.The house is created by adding and subtracting the basic shapes together. You can also alter the trajectory of the modes, by adjusting the node handles (red circles when clicked or hovered over) To do this, double click the shape so the nodes can be seen and then one by one, click on the nodes shown while holding down the shift key and then when all are selected, press the delete key. I have made mine more rounded by deleting the nodes in the outer circle of the gear (the square blue nodes shown below). This will create a transparent centre to the gear. Then select both by clicking on them and holding down the shift key and then click on Path and Difference or hold down Ctrl+.Change the fill of the gear to blue and the fill of the circle to white and remove the stroke of both.Position the circle exactly in the centre of the gear (you can use the Align and distribute panel to help with this by clicking on Shift+Ctrl+A).Then click on the circle tool and draw a circle in the centre of the newly created gear, holding down the Ctrl key as you draw the circle to ensure it is perfectly round.Inkscape should then create automatically a gear for you.The pressure angle makes the gear more or less pointy. As the circular pitch increases, so does the size of the gear created. I’ve put a circular pitch and pressure angle of 10, but you can edit this if you want.Choose the number of teeth, in this case 8.Click on Extensions, Render and then Gear.Create a new document by pressing Ctrl+N (if you don’t already have a new document open).

You may not be aware of it, but inkscape has the capability to render images by itself. To get the idea, we are going to create these three icons… They are very simple, but I think you will agree, effective

There is another way however.įirstly, if you haven’t already done so, download inkscape.

If you are not so good at drawing, either freehand or on a computer, you have probably used Google search or another tool to find your icons in the past.

Inkscape trace bitmap greys