Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In the last mini tutorial, I used a single contoured and combined curve to act as a clipping mask. A kind user approached me with a problem with this workflow in v2. It's simply not working!
When clipping content to a shape, the clipping mask is usually the easiest and fastest approach, but in v2, dividing a complex curve loses the content inside the mask.
The Gradient Fill Tool's Bitmap option offers a working alternative.
Check out these three prior mini videos:
youtu.be/1tgTPk6Nvz4
youtu.be/T34ixWNUeCM
youtu.be/cdAUMwEWTZI
See more Affinity Designer and Inkscape tutorials on the website at http://2dgameartguru.com.
In the last mini tutorial, I used a single contoured and combined curve to act as a clipping mask. A kind user approached me with a problem with this workflow in v2. It's simply not working!
When clipping content to a shape, the clipping mask is usually the easiest and fastest approach, but in v2, dividing a complex curve loses the content inside the mask.
The Gradient Fill Tool's Bitmap option offers a working alternative.
Check out these three prior mini videos:
youtu.be/1tgTPk6Nvz4
youtu.be/T34ixWNUeCM
youtu.be/cdAUMwEWTZI
See more Affinity Designer and Inkscape tutorials on the website at http://2dgameartguru.com.
![Inkscape Tutorial - Animate in Spine - Caveman Game Character idle and walk cycle [part 3]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qI3YBAs3iVY/mqdefault.jpg "Inkscape Tutorial - Animate in Spine - Caveman Game Character idle and walk cycle [part 3]
This tutorial from 2Dgameartguru.com continues the redesign of the caveman game character from the two earlier videos.
The video shows how to arrange and export the parts in Inkscape and take them into the animation tool. In Spine, I set the key pose, add the bones and create a simple idle and walk animation.
[Spine can be found here: http://esotericsoftware.com/ ]
The same can be done in similar software to Spine. Spriter or Dragon Bones come to mind [skeletal-based animation and editors are also implemented in some game engines].
See more Inkscape and Affinity Designer tutorials on the website at http://2dgameartguru.com.
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