Continuing with our tutorials on how to make attention-getting sticker or badges, this one is very simple to make but it captures the eyes of a browser, which is what you want.
If you do not have Inkscape, download the software, it is free.
Open Inskcape. Go to File, New, Default. Once you have your working area, select the ellipse or circle tool.
Holding the Ctrl key down, draw a circle with the ellipse or circle tool. Fill it with the color Red form the palette at the bottom of the page. Make this circle bigger than you think you will need it for your text. Now click the arrow tool and then click at the top of the page where it says Affect: Make sure the first two symbols there are selected. At the bottom of the page, to the left side you will see two lines of color, one says Fill, the other Stoke. Now, right click on the Stroke.
A little menu will appear, choose Edit Stroke and let the next little menu open. Go to Stroke Paint. Choose White as your color and make sure you select the solid color that is beside the X.
Choose the solid color that is next to the X. Then, go to Wheel and pick the white. Now go to Stroke Style.
Choose the following Options:
Stroke style
Width: 40.000 px
From the little menu, choose Dashes (the style will be the little lines) and 7.00 on the little menu beside Dashes leave rest as is
Now click somewhere on the canvas so that your changes will apply.
Holding the Ctrl key down, make a circle with the ellipse tool that is quite a bit smaller than the first circle. Click a darker red in the palette at the bottom of the page to fill your circle.
Now we want to decorate the edges of this circle like we did with our last one. So right click on the stroke at the bottom of the page and go into Edit Stroke, then Stroke Paint.
Choose the solid color that is next to the X. Then, go to Wheel and pick the white. Now go to Stroke Style.
Choose the following Options:
Width 20.00
Dashes (but for the style this time choose the dots) and on the little menu beside the dashes selection choose 6.40 Now click somewhere on the canvas to see how your
selections apply. Now, move the smaller circle to be inside the larger one. center it well. Click on the arrow tool and draw a selection that will cover both circles. Go to Object, Group. Now you have joined your two circles into one object
With Black, write the words Great Buys! then select the font
Paperback, size 144
Click on the arrow tool and copy the text, paste elsewhere on the canvas. Change it to white by clicking on the color at the bottom palette.
Now, the text will be impossible to see but you can still see the selection where it is contained. click on it and move it so that it will be
on top of the black text, just barely showing the black text. Now click on the canvas to deselect, and choosing the arrow tool again, draw a selection
that covers the text. Then go object, Group. Now your text is one group and you can move it safely.
Move it so that it is inside the inner circle of the badge.
Go to File Export Bitmap and choose a name for it and a place to put it and it will export as a PNG file with a transparent background, ready to be used!
This is another version of the same badge with different settings for the dashes and a different font and message. I also added a little drop shadow to it. Play with the different setting until you get an effect you like!
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A Courageous Attitude
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