The Book of Inkscape, 2nd Edition

22Tutorial: Drawing a 3D-Correct Cartoon

Inkscape's 3D Box tool (11.3.1) is not intended as a replacement for specialized 3D design applications. Inkscape is a drawing program, and its 3D Box tool is best used as a drawing aid, which is how we’ll use it in this simple tutorial.

A 3D-correct drawing is one that satisfies the rules of perspective that have been known to artists for centuries. It does not need to have perfectly realistic shading and texturing; it just needs the lines and shapes to be approximately correct with regard to angles and dimensions.

Intentional perspective distortions may well have an artistic value of their own, and some drawing styles don’t use perspective at all. When necessary, many artists are capable of drawing ...