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Title of script: Warli art for Textile design

Author: Arthi.A, Shital & Saurabh

Keywords: Inkscape, Patterns in Inkscape, Repeat patterns using cloning


Visual cue
Narration
Opening Slide Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on “Warli art for Textile design” using Inkscape.
Learning Objectives (Slide) In this tutorial we will learn to create a
  • Warli pattern design for borders
  • Repeat patterns using cloning
System requirement (Slide) To record this tutorial, I am using
  • Ubuntu Linux 12.04 OS
  • Inkscape version 0.91
Open Inkscape Let us open Inkscape.

First let us design the warli pattern.

File>>Orientation to Landscape
  • Go to File.
  • Click on Document Properties.
  • Change the Orientation to Landscape.
  • Close the dialog box.
Select the Rectangle tool >>Draw a rectangle >> Color it orange Select the Rectangle tool.


Draw a rectangle covering the whole canvas and color it orange.

Click on the Ellipse tool >> Draw a circle >> Change its color to yellow >> Click on Selector tool
  • Click on the Ellipse tool.
  • Draw a circle outside the canvas.
  • Change its color to yellow.
  • Then, click on the Selector tool.
Change the width and height to 15 >> Move it inside the canvas >> change its color to white. On the Tool controls bar, change the width and height to 15.


Move it inside the canvas as shown.


Now, change its color to white.

Press Ctrl + D Press Ctrl + D to duplicate the circle.
Tool controls bar change the width and height to 7 On the Tool controls bar change the width and height to 7.


Move the duplicated circle to the bottom left of the original circle.


This is the head of the warli figure.

Object menu >> Symbols >> Symbol set drop down menu >> Flow Chart Shapes Next,
  • Go to Object menu.
  • Click on Symbols options.
  • Click on Symbol set drop-down menu.
  • Select Flow Chart Shapes.
Drag the triangle to the canvas >> Change the color to white >> Remove the Stroke A list of geometrical shapes appears.
  • Click the triangle shape and drag it to the canvas.
  • Change the color to white.
  • And remove the Stroke.
Tool controls bar >>Change the width and height to 20 On the Tool controls bar, change the width and height to 20.
Press Ctrl + D >> Press V >> Keep the duplicated flipped triangle exactly below the original PressCtrl + D to duplicate the triangle. Press V to flip it.


Arrange the triangles below the head, as shown.


This is the body of the warli figure.

Rectangle tool >> Draw a line Select the Rectangle tool and draw a line in between the head and the body.


Now the neck of the figure is drawn.

Select Bezier tool Next let us draw the hands and legs.


For this, we will select the Bezier tool.

Draw hands and legs >> Press Ctrl + G and Ctrl + D >> Press H


Draw one hand and leg as demonstrated. Change the stroke color to white.


Select the hand and leg and

  • press Ctrl + G to first group them
  • then press Ctrl + D to duplicate them
  • and lastly, press H to flip them.
Move the hand and leg Move the duplicated hand and leg to the other side of the body.
Press Ctrl + G Now select all the elements and press Ctrl + G to them all together.
Point to the warli figure Now the warli figure is ready.

Let us now create a round pattern with this warli figure.


Make a copy of the warli figure Let me make a copy of this figure and keep it to one side, before proceeding further.
Select the warli figure >> Click once more Make sure the warli figure is selected.


Now click once more to make the anchor point visible.

Move the anchor point Click on the anchor point and move it down as demonstrated.
Go to Edit>>Clones>>Create Tiled Clones Now go to Edit.


Click on Clone and then on Create Tiled Clones.

Symmetry tab >>Simple translation In the dialog box, under Symmetry tab, the option in the drop-down should be Simple translation.
Shift tab >>Per Column >>change value to -100 Then go to Shift tab.

Under Per column option, change the X value to -100.

Rotation tab >>Change Per row and Per column to 30 Next go to Rotation tab.


Change the Per row and Per column parameters of the angle to 30.

Change rows to 1 and columns to 12 >> click on Create button >> close the dialog box. Let the number of rows be 1. Change the number of columns to 12.

Then click on Create button and close the dialog box.

Point to the round pattern Observe the round pattern that is created on the canvas.
Press Ctrl + G >> Press Ctrl + D Select the round pattern and press Ctrl + G to group them all together.


Now press Ctrl + D twice to duplicate the pattern twice.

Move the duplicated patterns Move the duplicated patterns next to the original as demonstrated here.


Show added art work Now, we have a lovely warli art on our canvas.
Group and move to left side of the canvas. Let's group all of these together and move it to one side, like this.
Select the single warli figure. Let's try some other options.

So, first select the single warli figure that we had kept aside earlier.

Bring single warli to centre of canvas on the RHS Let's bring it down here towards the centre of the canvas.
Click on Object >> Raise to top Now click on Object menu and then on Raise to top option.
Create Spirals tool >> draw a large spiral Next, using the Create Spirals tool, draw a fairly large spiral on the canvas, as shown.
Place the single warli at the centre of the spiral. Select the single warli figure and place it at the centre of the spiral, like this.
Select spiral >> Select single warli figure. Then, select the spiral and the single warli figure.
Click on Extensions >> choose Generate from path >> select Scatter Click on Extensions menu and choose Generate from path option.

In the sub-menu that appears, select Scatter.

Check the Follow path orientation" checkbox A dialog box opens on the screen.

Here, check the Follow path orientation" checkbox.

Space between copies = 5 In Space between copies, we will say 5.
Point to Original pattern will be >> click on Moved

Point to Duplicate the pattern before deformation >> check

Ensure that -
  • Original pattern will be is set to Moved
  • and Duplicate the pattern before deformation is also checked.
Click on Apply button Click on Apply button and close the dialog box.
Move spiral warli pattern aside >> select the exposed spiral path >> delete it >> move the spiral warli pattern back onto the canvas. Let's move it aside a little to expose the spiral.

Now, select the spiral path and delete it.

Move the spiral warli pattern back onto the canvas.

Point to the spiral warli pattern. We have a beautiful spiral warli pattern on our canvas.


Likewise, we can create many lovely warli patterns.

Point to the canvas Next, let us learn how to create a border.
Object menu >> Symbols >> Drag the triangle shape Go to Object menu and click on Symbols.


Click on the triangle shape and drag it to the canvas.

Change the color to white >> Remove the stroke. Change the color of the triangle to white and remove the Stroke.
Selector tool>>Change the width and height to 30 On the Tool controls bar, change the width and height to 30.


Move the triangle to the top >>Change the color to white Now move the triangle to to top left of the canvas.
Point to the triangle I want to create a row pattern using the triangle.
Go to Edit >>Clone>>Create Tiled Clones To do so, go to Edit menu.

Click on Clone, then on Create Tiled Clones.

Shift tab >> change Per Column to 10 All the previous settings are visible here.

In the Shift tab, change Per Column parameter to 10.

Rotation tab >> Change Per Row to 0 and Per column to 0 In the Rotation tab, change the Angle parameter of Per Row and Per Column to 0.
Change Row to 1 and Column to 35 >> click on Create. Lastly, change Row to 1 and Column to 32, as shown here.

Then click on Create button.

Point to the pattern >>Press Ctrl + G Observe the row pattern that is created on the canvas.


Select all the triangles and press Ctrl + G to group them all together.


<<PAUSE>>

Press Ctrl + D >>PressV >>Point to

Tool controls bar

Now press Ctrl + D to duplicate the triangle pattern.

Press V to flip it. You can also use the option on the Tool controls bar to flip.

Now, move the flipped row pattern a little down as shown.

Select the Rectangle tool >>Draw a rectangle Then select the Rectangle tool.

Draw a line in between the 2 triangle patterns as demonstrated.

Select the 2 triangle patterns and the line >>Press Ctrl + G Select the 2 triangle patterns and the line.


Press Ctrl + G to group them all together.

Press Ctrl + D >>Move the pattern to the bottom Press Ctrl + D to duplicate them.


Now move the pattern to the bottom of the canvas.


<<PAUSE>>

Point to the warli art Our warli pattern is now ready. We can use this pattern as border in various textiles design assignments.
Point to warli art on a kurti This is how it looks on a kurti.
Choose 2-3 different color options one after another. Let's change the colour of kurti and see how the warli design looks on each hue.


Point to warli art on a pillow cover We can use this as a pillow cover design also.
Point to warli art on a cloth bag. And this warli art looks great on a cloth bag, too.
Point to the warli art So, in a similar way, you can create various textile patterns using the warli art form.
Summary (Slide) This brings us to the end of this tutorial.

Let us summarize.

In this tutorial we have learnt to create

  • Warli pattern for textiles
  • Repeat patterns using cloning
Completed assignment Here is an assignment for you.
  • Create a peacock pattern design
Completed assignment Your completed assignment should look like this.
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Acknowledgment This is Arthi, Shital and Saurabh from IIT Bombay, signing off.

Thanks for joining.

Contributors and Content Editors

Arthi, Nancyvarkey