Visual Principles

Inkscape UI Setup, Dialogs and Navigation

Inkscape Page Layout Options

Design Layout

Creating and Modifying Primitive SVG Objects

SVG Object Size and Rotation

Fill and Stroke Color Basics

Copy, Paste, Duplicate and Clone

Working with Paths

Working with Strokes

Summary to SVG objects

Shape Builder Tool Functions

Project Overview

Creating Synaptic Vesicles

Creating Neuro Transmitters

Introduction to Color in Design

Picking Colors in Inkscape

Creating Palettes from Nature

Inkscapes Color Swatches

Color Gradients

3D Effects via Gradients

Adding Schematic Synaptic Receptors

Creating Zoomed View Insets

The Protein Data Base (PDB)

Importing External Icons

Create a Double-Lipid Membrane

Importing and Modifying Images (PDB protein Structure)

Bitmap Tracing - Convert Images to SVG Paths

Adding Ligands

Introduction to Text and Font

Arrows and more in Inkscape

Adding Labels and Finetuning

File Saving

Saving / Exporting our Synapse Design

Create a 3D Lipid Membrane in 2D

Scientific Illustration