Working with lines and shapes
How is vector drawing handled in this month’s Roundup candidates?
All of the packages offer the basics when it comes to using predefined shapes such as rectangles and ovals, along with lines and curves. You might, for example, use these tools to draw a cartoon character with a perfectly circular head and eyes by using the Ellipse tool, or you might add a straight horizon by using the Line tool. As we’ve already mentioned, Krita features some fairly decent vector drawing tools, and these exist on a specialised layer and continue to be editable after they’re drawn. However, the two dedicated vector drawing packages (Inkscape and Karbon) are, naturally, more suited to images that are principally constructed from elements of that sort.