tried to illustrate my mobile handset, looks good to me with the effort that I put

Here is a basic technique of illustrating 3D looking objects. http://raikardesigns.blogspot.com/2007/09/illustrating-3d-objects-in-inkscape.html grouping these objects & then using transform tools, cool looking images can be designed. http://rockraikar.googlepages.com/3dgroup.jpg

thanks for the reply & particularly the suggestions
& by the way the circle does have a linear gradient(refer to the svg along with tutorial) but yes...the colors of gradient aren't that distinctive....

I tried to insert a PNG image file but it didn't work, the image didn't display.
I assume jpg files can be inserted but not png files...
Given that Inkscape exports only in png format, it would be nice if we could insert png files

Its only three months that I started with Inkscape. This is one of my first tutorials on how to illustrate pile of coins. I'm still in learning phase so if you find something silly in this tutorial then please let me know. This is the resulting image. http://rockraikar.googlepages.com/coin.jpg The t...