Inkscape - work project - lifelong learning

It might seem a bit strange that I’m not a graphic designer, but still starting to draw things, but I began this project also because we bought a laser cutter to make nature-education games, and my plan was to create the vector shapes for those.

I’ll give a glimpse of a few projects. I’m sharing this mini-skill of mine because there are projects where smaller elements need to be designed, and it’s very difficult to explain to an external designer exactly what we want. Also, back-and-forth communication and adjustments take much longer. Additionally, it’s more cost-effective if someone on the project team has some design skills.

Of course, the question arises whether the execution will be professional enough, and I completely understand if someone prefers to entrust this work to a much more professional person or company.

If we only look at the appearance of the sign, it might be fine. However, if we examine the chaos between the layers, I probably wouldn’t want to work with a file organized like this.

Here we can see a much more organized image, where the grouping isn’t random but logically follows the graphic elements. This may seem like a small detail, but I think it’s very important for a file to be organized even internally.

The end result is a beautiful, pixel-free, custom-made sign tailored to the project.

I also created the logo myself, also in Inkscape. It’s funny to see what it started from — you can see that on the right. I knew in my head that it needed to be something simpler, but I didn’t realize I could redraw it until I wanted to put the logo on a car.

I drew this incomplete skeleton because we came up with a game where you had to match the names of bones and organs with species names — for example, liver — liver mushroom, kidney — cute little kidney, bone — bone roller.

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