Need help with eyelash layering in Inkscape

[TimeyMarey007 110]

(Not really sure if it belongs here or not)

 

Alright. When it comes to vectoring... my big bane is...

Eyelash layering, or whatever it's called.

 

Basically, that's when you make eyelashes and put them under the eyes. It's easy, right?

Only if the eye is not under the outline at first.

 

So, this is what happens when I try to layer my eyelashes:

• First, I make the eyelashes.
• Then, I press Page Up/Page Down to layer it.
• The eyelash first appears under the outline.
• Then under the eye.

This frustrates me a lot. The best I can just do is to edit the stroke path of the eyelashes to the point where they may appear properly layered.

 

Please help me on this. A tutorial with images would be greatly appreciated if possible.

[Hazy Skies 1,010]

Hmm.. It's a little harder to tell what could be wrong if you can't visually see the problem..

Posting screenshots will make it much easier for us to help you as we can see what's going on

 

I myself in Inkscape just make multiple layers, 1 for the snout, 1 for the eyes, 1 for the ears, etc.

If there isn't enough room i just make a new layer for it.. and move the layers so they overlay right..

 

Though I'm fairly new to it as well xD

 

Possible solution?:

Make sure you create the curve with the right layer selected before you create it..

If you happen to accidentally do that or don't want to have to recreate the whole curve again, switch to select mode,

right click and click "Move to layer ..." then choose layer behind the eye outlines and they should now be there

 

Hope this helped ⁿ-ⁿ

~AURA

[TimeyMarey007 110]

Hmm.. It's a little harder to tell what could be wrong if you can't visually see the problem..

Posting screenshots will make it much easier for us to help you as we can see what's going on

 

I myself in Inkscape just make multiple layers, 1 for the snout, 1 for the eyes, 1 for the ears, etc.

If there isn't enough room i just make a new layer for it.. and move the layers so they overlay right..

 

Though I'm fairly new to it as well xD

 

Possible solution?:

Make sure you create the curve with the right layer selected before you create it..

If you happen to accidentally do that or don't want to have to recreate the whole curve again, switch to select mode,

right click and click "Move to layer ..." then choose layer behind the eye outlines and they should now be there

 

Hope this helped ⁿ-ⁿ

~AURA

I'm doing everything related to the vectorization within one layer, so it can work.

I'm not really sure what you mean, but I can provide the visuals of what's going on.

 

Visuals coming through:

This is not exactly a pony, but the same thing applies here.

Red is eye, green is outline, blue is eyelash.

 

1: Before pressing Page Up/Page Down:

2: After pressing Page Down, it appears under the outline at first, while it should have been under the eye at first:

[Hazy Skies 1,010]

That seems like you have the eye outline layer over the eyeball layer.. which is fine, that's what most of us do, such as myself..

 

I'd just put the eyelashes under the eyeball layer.. So long as pressing page down twice works, it's just 1 extra key xD

[TimeyMarey007 110]

That seems like you have the eye outline layer over the eyeball layer.. which is fine, that's what most of us do, such as myself..

 

I'd just put the eyelashes under the eyeball layer.. So long as pressing page down twice works, it's just 1 extra key xD

Hmm, I tried that myself. And it appeared that suggested the eyelashes are under both the eye outline and eyeball.

Is it possible that you could make a tutorial with images?