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How to Use Pixlr to Make a Glossy Heart

 
Did you know Pixlr makes it easy to make a glossy heart? You don't need any drawing training for it. A little bit of brainstorming and looking for shortcuts create the result. It can take less than 5 minutes.

The best part is that you can use the shape for any other colorful hearts you want to make. Scroll down to get to tutorial.

Things to Keep in Mind:
You can use any red color.
You can shade your heart with darker shade of red instead of black we used in the tutorial.
When shaping the top portion of the half heart make sure you get it to look curvy.
The end result of the tutorial is this:

How to Use Pixlr to Make a Banner

 
Banners are favorites of online marketers. You can convey your most important message through them for attention grabbing and get immediate results. Needless to say they look awesome.

But you cannot just grab one from Google image. They are just highly protected. But what if you could make one? What if you didn't need any photoshop or inkscape for it?

Yes, it is possible to make one without downloading any software for it.

The right one happens to be Internet's hot favorite Pixlr. People often think you can only edit images through it. Most tutorials cater to that idea.

The truth is that Pixlr's tools can be used to make all sorts of graphics. The following is an example.

Here is the trick to making this banner. Try it out. Use any color of your choice. You can have any width and height.

Make a Pitcher With Inkscape

Pitchers usually have curves. When we were kids drawing them on papers some of us probably had trouble with that. You may think that curves might make it difficult to create the Pitcher using software like Inkscape. But no, fortunately, that is not the case. Literally anyone can make one on Inkscape. Below is the guide on how to do it. What you will be making looks like this:
Note that you really don't need to have the same color I chose for the pitcher. You can go for anything you desire.

Make 3 Different Sparkles Quicker in Inkscape (Part 4)

Who doesn't like convenience? Even in art, it is heaven sent. So here we have three different sparkles which you can make almost under a few minutes.

If you just practice you will be able to bring the time to under seconds.

Make Soft Thin Sparkles in Inkscape (Part 3)

Here is another sparkle, but this time, it is soft and thin. Once again, it is done using Inkscape in the same way we made the other two.

We are again using the star feature. As you can see, our star will have 4 corners with a spoke ratio of 0.050. Rounded is 0.020. There is nothing to randomize. Keep it at 0.000. Feel free to copy these digits. When you past it to their boxes hit enter each time to get the shape we will be having here.

This is how you make the thin sparkles:

Make Diamond Sparkles in Inkscape (Part 2)

What makes diamond sparkles different from the flower like ones is that they have balls in the middle. They look better in tiny shapes. Inkscape is a great tool for making them.