What did I learn from doing this project?
After having some experience from the dog heartbeat I did last time, I was more comfortable with the InkScape interface. This made it easier to do this time’s project. I feel that the bicycle icon was easier to make than the dog heartbeat since I was more used to the format and tools of InkScape but it took much longer since the design is more complex. In this lesson I learned to get used to InkScape even more. I learned how to use the Bezier pen tool to draw lines that could connect from one point to the other but with precise curves and straight lines. I also learned how to duplicate the lines made from the Bezier pen tool while keeping it on the central axis. Apart from all the skills I have learned from using the Bezier tool, I also learned how to use a very helpful tool called the “toggle snapping to object rotation center” tool. This tool helps show you the center of the shapes you have created. It marks the center with a point which made it a lot easier to connect shapes with others when you want the location of the connection of shapes to be precise. This tool’s function helped the process a lot and speeded up my placement of different shapes and objects. These two tools are the tools I found really helpful throughout the process when making the bicycle icon. After I finished the outline of the bicycle icon the tutorial video showed, I customized it by changing the color and added a background for more variation.
Learn how to make the bicycle icon with InkScape by watching the tutorial video below ↴
How does Inkscape and other vector art programs have an use in education?
These programs have an use in education in many ways. The vector art programs allow people to make their own designs and creations. These programs can teach students how to design their own logos or icons. These skills are all very useful for future jobs such as becoming an engineer, designer, architects, etc. These skills allow students to create designs that they thought of by themselves and use their imagination to make a design. The designs may also be in use of education since these graphic designs can help develop a visual concept that is easier to understand than concepts represented in normal texts. These graphic designs illustrate educational materials which makes it more fun for students to learn a certain educational concept. If it is a fun image that expresses and shows an educational concept, students will be more interested in it than just concepts written in texts in a textbook. When the graphics are thought through carefully and designed thoroughly, it can add valuable context and information. Good and meaningful designs convey ideas in a way that is effective and visually beautiful. The eye-catching visuals engages the audience more which allows them to learn and understand the key concepts while being able to check out a pretty design. Concepts in texts may seem boring to students but when they are in interesting and effective designs, the students will be more engaged into learning the idea. With these graphic art programs, the designs can be made so teaching students how to use these programs at a young age is like a first step in teaching them how to make effective graphic designs in the future that may be used to teach others.
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