And the best way to fill it with nodes is Add Nodes… extension ( Extensions > Modify Path > Add Nodes…). Easiest way, again, is to draw the basic oval and then just populate it with nodes and drag them into position. Next step is to create a shape like on the illustration below. The objects don’t have to be geometrically perfect, but you might just like to make them so. Then use the Pen tool to create highlights objects and fill them with 20,10,0,10 color (CMYK). Now use Fill and Stroke dialog to fill the pupil with 80,50,0,75 color (CMYK), and the iris - with a radial gradient going from 100,35,0,35 (CMYK) to 70,35,0,55 (CMYK again). for iris you want thickening the left arc of the outlined ellipse which you can do by selecting and shifting nodes on the outside to the left. Easiest way to do this is to draw two ellipses, outline their strokes ( Path > Stroke to Path) and tweak the resulted shapes. Fill the result with black color.ĭraw the white of the eye and place it under the eyelid (use PgDown on the selected object), then fill it with 0,0,0,12 color (CMYK). Be careful, however - it’s too easy to create too many nodes in this mode, Force=25 should do. The fuzzy part on top can be created using Tweak tool in Roughen mode. It might take a while, so please be patient.

Start with drawing eyelids using Pen tool. The tutorial itself will improve your skills using the Pen (Bezier curve) tool in Inkscape. I’m assuming that you already have a grasp of vector graphics.

Add nodes to vector inkscape