Postby brynn » Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:37 pm
Well, Ragnar has presented the easiest way for the image to look like how you want. However, if you require transparency behind the heart, instead of the white rectangle.....and for it to remain constructed like you have it -- there's no easy way to do it.
I would approach this drawing differently. (As Ragnar said, there are several ways to go about it, and each person will choose the way they know best.)
1 - draw the heart shape as a simple, closed path
2 - duplicate, and save the original, keeping it in place, because it will be hard to re-align later (a new hidden layer works well for that)
3 - draw 6 concentric circles, colored alternately red and white - rather than using Paint Bucket to fill, use a simple fill by clicking the color on the palette (unless you really do want that gap between red fill and black stroke)
4 - duplicate the heart again
5 - with duplicate still selected, hold Shift and click on the largest circle (both circle and heart are selected)
6 - Path menu > Intersection
7 - repeat #4 through #6 for each concentric circle (except the smallest circle in the center)
8 - find the original heart shape that you drew - if it doesn't have any nodes in the center (along the imaginary vertical line that divides the heart in half), you'll need to add them - but it would be hard to draw a heart without having nodes there
9 - with Node tool, select both nodes (yes, hold Shift key for multiple selection)
10 - click "break path at selected nodes" button on Node tool control bar, and then Path menu > Break Apart
11 - apply pattern along path, just like you did in the file you provided
12 - now all that's left is to place each object in the proper z-order, so that the pap is on top, and largest circle object is on bottom (use Alt + click to select objects that are hidden behind larger objects)
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