Inkscape is capable to make unlimited number of effects for your drawings. They can be achieved through several ways, among others, Opacity; Gradients, and Drop Shadows as we will learn below. On the other hands, Inkscape also providesa lot ofbuilt-in effects under two menus, namely,Filtersa...
1) Create a circle of the desired size with a white Fill; 2) Create a stroked circle at half the size with the same Stroke Weight and apply the desired basic Gradient along the stroke, obviously starting and ending with the same colour; 3) Create a circle like the one in 1), onl...
When cutting away areas of your components, the Pathfinder -> Minus Front tool is your friend. Examples of this above are cutting out the center of the middle gear using a simple circle placed on top and cutting the resulting gear down the center so I don't have to rotate it perfectly ...
I have found basic shapes to be my best friends. Take a rectangle, square, circle, triangle and I already have a few friends. Round their corners, I have more friends. Split the circle into arcs and I get even more friends. Outline them, fill them with colours – even more friends. ...