A nice collection of tutorials related to Inkscape (out of the glare of the "discussion thread" - please post Inkscape related love and hate and ambivolence over there!)
Making cool looking pacman baddies [video]:
http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2008/02/pa ... ipart.html
About: shows off some nice tips that would apply to the kind of style used to draw Egoboo characters, especially with the shading and rapid creation of shapes starting from circles
Creating a cartoon dragon [video]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRz5zRR-tzo
About: shows off how to create shapes from scratch by using the node tool, to create a basic cartoon character with nothing more than a bit of imagination.
Creating a simple axe:
http://kalaalog.com/2007/09/02/how-to-c ... rt-of-axe/
About: shows how to use basic shapes to create non-standard shapes using the cut-out tools, and use shading as well.
View more cartoon-related tutorials here:
http://inkscapetutorials.wordpress.com/ ... y/cartoon/
Don't forget that you don't have to start with a blank sheet. Tracing over scanned hand drawn pictures like this with this pirate (Illustrator tutorial but technique applies to Inkscape) can be a great way to turn your best pictures into professional looking images.
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