How to make a simple striped ball with Inkscape
An easy way to make a simple stripped ball in Inkscape is to make a circle and then make 5 copies, each with an alternate color and 10 percent smaller in width.
What You'll Need
- Inkscape
- striped balls
- Christmas
- graphics
Tips
Select object and group to move and rotate ball or ungroup and select each strip to change the color
Steps
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Step 1
Inkscape is a free professional vector graphics editor that works on Windows, Linux and macOS. You can download it from https://inkscape.org/
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Step 2
Select the circle tool and create a circle. Select the circle and set the width to 60 mm and the height to 60mm .
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Step 3
click on edit - duplicate or use ctrl + d on your keyboard
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Step 4
click on another color
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Step 5
Click on object - transform
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Step 6
select the scale tab change the width to 90 percent
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Step 7
Result
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Step 8
ctrl and d to copy in place change the color again and change the width 80 percent
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Step 9
ctrl and d to copy in place change the color again and change the width 70 percent
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Step 10
ctrl = d to copy in place
change the color again and change the width 60 percent
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Step 11
result
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Step 12
if you want to rotate the ball, click on the rotate tab on the menu and choose an angle
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Step 13
result
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Step 14
You can copy, select stripes to change colors and use the Transform menu to change the size, location and rotation of different balls. Enjoy!
