Starfish Web Design and E-commerce, Belfast

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Download the Match (SVG format)

1. Fire up inkscape

ctrl + shift + d and set the document width to 300px and height to 150px

2.Start simple

1. Click on the rectangle icon on the left hand pane or press F4
2. Draw a rectangle on the page
3. Click on the rectangle to select it
4. Set the x coordinate value to 4 and the y to 13, again in the top pane.
5. Resize it to 230x20 by editing the W: and H: values in the top pane.

3. Bring out the crayons

1. Inkscape will remember your previous settings, so if you'll probably want to change this;
2. Press ctrl + shift + F to open the colour dialogue box.
3. Click the Fill tab and set the RGBA value to d6d09bff
4. Also click the Stroke (i.e. outline) tab to make sure that no stroke is set

4. Rinse and repeat

1. Create another rectangle w: 230, h:3 @ x:4, y:30 - fill ffffffff with a master opacity of 15%
2. Create another rectangle w: 230, h:7 @ x:4, y:13 - ffill 000000ff with a master opacity of 15%

5. Now for the head

1. Create an oval like so
2. Change it to path ctrl + shift + c
3. f2 to drag the right most node like so
4. resize it to w:50px h:40px positioned at x:228px, y:4px - fill 4b3006ff

6. A shade of darkness

1. Duplicate the head ctrl + d twice.
2. Drag both match heads away and overlap them as shown
3. Selecting both ovals and press ctrl + - to get this
4. Apply a gradient position it over the match head like so

7. Spark it up

1. F6 to draw free hand flames (remove stoke) fill it f59800ff
2. Position under the match
3. Do another one shaped roughly like this and coloured ce5c00ff. Position above the previous flame

8. Bask in the glow of your good work

1. Rectangle w:30, h:20 - x:202, y:13 - fill ffa100ff
2. Then select the radial gradient and position like so and set opacity to 50%
3. Finally push it under the match head (but above the match stick). You can achieve this by clicking the shown icon of pg dn

download finished match (SVG format)