: How do I draw a curved 3D line in Inkscape? I want to have a curved 3D line like so: As you can see the behind of the line has a dark yellow/orange color, and the front side has a

@Sarah814

Curves like this can be drawn with the Pen tool. Use only a few nodes to be able keep the shapes easily smoothly curved.



The left shows the paths without fills. The overlap is no harm because it will be hidden. It's actually useful if you export as PNG. Exactly fitting seams in PNG exports become partially transparent.

The snapping helps to make the parts to fit. The node tool is for minor tweaks. Once well practiced, one can draw the fitting shapes on the fly. In the long run it really pays off to learn how the Pen tool works.

NOTE: The hardest part is to invent the needed shapes. This case seems deceptively easy, because I had your screenshot to watch. Explore plenty of existing works to develop a vocabulary for representing the things.

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