OK, so I replicated the design using shapes and was pretty pleased with it, but now I want to apply a tapered line to them to create a calligraphic effect I guess. I've spent about three hours wandering through tutorials and whatnot, trying out ellipses, path effects etc etc but I can't find a way t...

Those look great - thank you. Much appreciated.

Ok - that actually made a bit of sense to me (thanks!) So I'm trying to re-create using shapes instead of lines. Now I just have to figure out how to manipulate them as needed. The main reason I'm using the pencil sketches is because that's how I create the logos - I doodle around until i get someth...

Thank you for the link. Is there one in particular that might help me figure this out - in the future I'd love to learn to use more of IS's capabilities but for now, bearing in mind there's a very specific skill I'm trying to master, is there any one tutorial which would explain stroke vs shape?

Complete beginner to graphics type software (only ever used Photoshop) but got a copy of Inkscape and am slowly figuring it out. What I'm aiming to do is create usable logos from pencil sketches I've made. I was quite happily tracing the outline using the bezier and pen tools, but a friend who uses ...