Now you should just see one box around both items.

You should see a dashed box around both objects.įrom the top menu, select Path -> Combine. To select more than one object, you can hold down the Shift key and click on each object, alternatively, you can click and drag the mouse to create a box around both objects (Note: no part of the object can be outside the box). To do this, click on the Select and Transform tool ( ).

Select both the spiral and the freehand curve. We now have a spiral and a curve but, for drawing the zigzag pattern, we need them to be connected together.

Note: If you are going to do a lot of freehand drawing, you might want to consider getting a graphics tablet. I will show you how later on in this tutorial. Don’t worry if it is not perfect you can change the line after you let go of the mouse. When you are done, release the mouse button. Click and hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to draw your curve. To find out more about the different modes and settings, have a look in Tav Mjong’s Creating Paths Chapter. I used the “Regular Bezier Path” mode and increased the “smoothness” to 58 so that, even though my hand shakes a bit when dragging the mouse, the line is smooth. You can adjust how the pencil draws using the options along the top of the window. Select the pencil icon ( ) from the left side of the Inkscape window. I drew the rest of the heart, using the freehand pencil tool. When you have the right size, release the mouse button. In the main drawing area, click and hold down the left button on your mouse and drag the mouse to create the spiral on the canvas. For information about each of the values that you can change, take a look at Tav Mjong’s Shapes and Spirals Chapter or the FLOSS manual. You can adjust the appearance of the spiral with the options along the top of the Inkscape window (see red box below). Select the spiral tool ( ) from tool icons along the left side of Inkscape. In this example, I started with the spiral tool. At the end of this post, I will discuss additional options. In the example shown here, I have used the spiral tool, the freehand pencil, and the Bezier pen. There are many ways you can draw a path in Inkscape. Step 1) Draw the path that the tape follows

Inkscape window pattern