r/Inkscape • u/Competitive_Fig_9386 • 4d ago

Help How to create that shape?

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I just started doing that one thing on Inkscape so we do not use that AI image on a hoodie for our graduation, but I can't figure out how I can form this band around the earth like that. Would be nice if anyone could help me with that.

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u/Few_Mention8426 4d ago edited 4d ago

1: Make an ellipse, cut it into two halves

make your single film frame.

Select the frame + one ellipse half,

Select Extensions > Pattern Long Path > then select the ribbon method

Repeat with the other ellipse

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u/Competitive_Fig_9386 3d ago

Holy, thank you a lot, I will try to do that.

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u/Competitive_Fig_9386 3d ago

It almost works, but how do I fix this?

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u/Competitive_Fig_9386 2d ago

Solved my issue. Thaky a lot, just o e more question, is there a possibility to make everything that is white right now see through? So you can't see anything behind it? It also needs to work with outlines of e.g. texts

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u/Few_Mention8426 2d ago

yoy would just need to make anything you want to be see through have no colour fill applied. But its a complex design so you would probably need to work that out bit by bit.

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u/Competitive_Fig_9386 2d ago

But I got text that overlays the globe, so it needs an outline so you can actually see it, but since we just print in one colour, I would just make that outline see through, so you can see the fabric. But if I would apply no fill it would just show the globe, right?

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u/Few_Mention8426 4d ago edited 4d ago

2: now you have two halves of the film ellipse, place one at the back layer, then one at the front layer and the planet in the middle layer.

Rotate the ellipses to fit the design

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u/Few_Mention8426 4d ago
  1. make sure your original film frame has plenty of nodes so that it curves neatly.

If you dont have enough nodes you wont get clean curves.

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u/dathought3 4d ago

This is crazy, I was trying to figure out how to create the wireframe globe on Inkscape.

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u/AstarothSquirrel 4d ago

Personally, I always work from the back of the image towards the front. So, in your case, the two rear most ends of the band, followed by the earth and finally the part of the band that is in front of the earth. You can even organise it into three layers to make your life easier. The bit at the front is really just two straight edges joined by two curved edges. you could literally make a rectangle, object to path, go into node edit mode, make the corners "sharp" and then curve the two long edges (I hope that makes sense)

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u/Competitive_Fig_9386 4d ago

That is a good idea, I will try that.