Inkscape: From Beginner to Pro In Inkscape & Graphic Design (Udemy.com)
Master Inkscape, the free Illustrator alternative for graphic design, with project-based learning from a 10-year expert.
Created by: Michael Davies
Last updated February 2025
What you will learn
- How to Master Inkscape.
- How to use all the tools in the Inkscape toolbox.
- The Inkscape layout and its most important features
- Important graphic design and vector design concepts like color and font pairing.
- The popular Shape Builder tool for combining simple shapes to create complex graphics.
- The Inkscape shape tools like the Rectangle, Ellipse, and Polygon tools.
- How to master the Pen and Node tools to create vector illustrations.
- How to create a professional business logo and business card design in Inkscape.
- How to create professional vector designs for the web and social media.
- How to save, export, and autosave your Inkscape compositions.
How it compares
Against the other 413 rated Udemy courses in Graphic Design on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.8 out of 5higher than 91% of them
- Reviews308#156 of 414 by number of reviews
- Length7.4 hourslonger than 67% of them
- Last updatedFebruary 2025earlier than 52% of them
Course Description
Learn Inkscape, the FREE vector-based graphic design application!
In this course, you'll learn everything you need to know to go from a BEGINNER to a PRO in Inkscape and vector design. With my step-by-step instructional videos, you'll finally gain mastery of the various features and tools found in this amazing free Adobe Illustrator alternative while learning applicable skills to help you get paid for your designs.
I'm Michael Davies, a 10+ year professional designer and instructor for free and open source creative software. I'm also a certified Google UX Designer and YouTuber with over 150,000 subscribers on my channel, Davies Media Design. Over my career, I've taught millions of students and viewers just like you how to use free software to obtain valuable skills and create stunning works.
This course will teach you important fundamental concepts while also taking a deeper dive into more advanced features to help you succeed in Inkscape. You'll learn how to create logos, work with text, design vector icons, draw shapes, customize settings, and more!
I've included class projects throughout the course to help you directly apply what you learn, while also including quizzes in each section to help you test your knowledge.
Together we will learn:
Drawing with simple shapes using Inkscape's shape tools
Mastering the pen and node tools to create lines, curves, and custom illustrations
Working with text in Inkscape to make custom designs like logos and social media posts
Installing custom fonts to take your designs to the next level
Using color features like palettes and gradients to make designs pop
Using the mesh tool to create more photorealistic vector designs
Importing raster-based images to integrate into your designs or use as a reference
Applying Live Path Effects to objects for non-destructive effects
Designing digital icons to display properly on the web
Customizing your Inkscape document
Customizing the Inkscape User Interface
Using the Shape Builder tool and Boolean Operations to combine multiple shapes
Working with layers, objects, symbols, and clones
Using the Pages tool to create multi-page compositions (a.k.a. add multiple Artboards)
How to design a business card
Learn with the latest version of Inkscape, Inkscape 1.4
And more!
Even if you're a total beginner when it comes to Inkscape or graphic design, I'll help you finally understand Inkscape and its many tools and features so you can create real-world-ready projects. By the end of this course, you will have the skills and confidence to tackle any design project using Inkscape.
Here's what students are saying about the course so far:
"Fantastic course!.. the quality is top-notch. Clear explanations and practical insights make this the best Inkscape course I’ve taken... Highly recommend!"
- D. Yadav
"Very good teacher. Easy too follow."
- Ove. C
Though the course is brand new, students have rated it 4.9/5 stars overall!
So what are you waiting for? If you've always been confused or lost using Inkscape, it's time to finally go from a beginner to a pro with Inkscape and graphic design!
Instructor Details
- 4.8 Rating
308 Reviews
Michael Davies
I'm a GIMP, WordPress, Inkscape, and Darktable expert and owner of Davies Media Design, one of the largest FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) educators in the world!
My goal is to help beginners master free and open source software so they can create beautiful creative projects of their own without needing to purchase expensive software. Whether you're looking to build a professional and eye-catching WordPress website that ranks high on Google, or simply want to take your photography to the next level, I've got the courses to help you master the skills you've always wanted to learn.
My GIMP Masterclass is a best-selling course on Udemy. I also have a course on WordPress and Darktable, with more subjects to come!
I have a Marketing Degree from the University of Central Florida, a UX Certificate from Google, and am the owner of Davies Media Design - an educational company that designs courses, video tutorials, and eBooks for GIMP, WordPress, Inkscape, and Darktable. In addition to teaching online, I have also taught various in-person workshops in the US.
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Reviews
By Mark Travis on 7/4/2026
With all of its features, Inkscape can be a little intimidating. This course really gave me a strong foundation to build on (and even helped me with some of the other graphics software that I use). I'm doing things with this software that I didn't know were possible. I really enjoyed the class projects, too. Great instructor!
By Mohammed Almalki on 5/19/2026
This course is more than perfect, I am really glad that I found it. I really recommend it to anyone want to learn Inkscape or move from Adobe Illustrator to a free open source design software. Thank you for this great course.
By Gerry Brewer on 1/3/2026
Very informative so far. I have used inkscape before without training and kind of stumbled through it. This course is giving me some much needed background on the tools and options available to make vector drawings easily.
By Lucas Alberto da Cunha on 10/21/2025
Like the other's couse of Michael, the must of this caracterist is the gimp course, have a lot of deep explanation about tools what we have in the program. But a miss a talk about alignment, pean and caligraf. I have some time used the inkscape and was a very nice refresh of nowledge. The update in 2025 was awesome.
By Perry Martin on 9/20/2025
This is the third Inkscape course I've taken on Udemy, and it is the best. Very complete coverage of features. Very good explanations and examples of the functions. Definitely moved me from a beginner to an intermediate user of Inkscape. Time to practice what I've learned.
By Saurabh Sharma on 9/13/2025
Michael Davies is a skilled Inkscape instructor who explains everything simply. He has years of experience and makes it easy for beginners to learn professional graphic design with Inkscape, using clear examples and real projects. His teaching style feels friendly and practical.
By Tony Herd on 7/17/2025
Yes, a very good match for what I was looking for. David is VERY knowledgeable (maybe sometimes just a little fast but that's OK, that's what the pause and rewind buttons are for!). I've been able to follow along to create all the examples very easily. Looking forward to the upcoming exercises and learning more about circles, degrees in the circles for a specific project I need to create. Thoroughly recommend this course.
By Doruk Tunaoglu on 3/26/2025
A nice introduction to Inkscape details, but it can be much better. My two suggestions: 1) Tool tutorials can benefit from practical examples. For instance you can show us how different tools will help us in drawing a cloud, house, car, tree, etc. 2) In line with that, there can be challenges along the way. Where we'll try the tools to draw something, fail at some parts, look at your hints, struggle for some time and then finally check your solution to make parts click. (There are some class projects but blindly following the instructions doesn't teach much)
By Pat Chell on 1/31/2025
This was a great course! I have also done the GIMP course with Michael Davies and it was also very good. Lots of information for sure and I will need to practice but I feel I have the information and skills I need to work with Inkscape. Just finished the tutorials on the snapping!!! Thanks so much!!! Lovely to have the short explanation with example! So much to work with there!
By Dhirendra Singh Yadav on 9/19/2024
Fantastic course! Though it has less content, the quality is top-notch. Clear explanations and practical insights make this the best Inkscape course I’ve taken. I wish the instructor adds more content and projects to the course material. Highly recommend!
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Overall Score : 96 / 100







