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Chick in Easter egg.
Instruction
Information
Easter decorations are of course a must for spring. So here's a little project with a chick.
Instruction
Step1: insert picture of an egg
Insert a picture of an egg, which can be traced in the next step.
Step2: trace the image
To have the egg as a vector graphic, you can have this traced.
Step3: delete excess line
As the egg here has two lines, you can click on a line with the Node Edit and by clicking on the points they can be removed with the delete button.
Step4: add breakout contour
To create a breakout, a contour is added here using the line tool. The contour must be closed before the next step can be taken.
Step5: copy for later use
The egg is copied for a subsequent step.
Step6: substract the contour
The contour of the breakout is subtracted from the egg (Boolean operation substract).
Step7: place the chick
The copied egg is turned over and a circle is added as a head for the chick.
Step8: merge
First, the copied egg and the circle are merged together. Then the resulting chick is merged with the egg.
Step9: add score contours
The vector (pencil) function is used to manually add contours, which are then scored.
Step10: add filling contours
Add 2 more triangles for the beak (arranged mirror-inverted). Circles are used for the eyes, in which smaller circles are subtracted.
Step11: touch up with node edit
Finally, you can use the node editing function again to move the points to achieve a good result.
Step12: Finished project
And here is the finished project. Have fun with it.
