Introduction

Inkscape is an open source vector drawing tool which uses svg as its file format, you can download inkscape here and follow step by step tutorial given below:

Step 1:

Start Inkscape and draw a rectangle of 580px width and 400px height, give it a radial gradient of colors #f9f9f9ff and #e6e6e6ff.

Step 2

draw a rectangle of 580px width and 60px height, add linear gradients of color #784421ff and #502d16ff

Step 3

Duplicate the rectangle we made on step 2 by pressing Ctrl+D and add texture to it by going to Filters > Textures > Barks, reduce the textured rectangle to 5%, this will give the calender a bit natural look

Step 4

Draw a rectangle of 580px width and 20px height right above the previous rectangle we made on step 2, add linear gradient colors of #784421ff and #502d16ff

Step 5

The rectangle we made on step 4 looks dull so we’ll add some perspective to it, in order give it some perspective select the rectangle and go to Path > Object to path or press Shift+Ctrl+C. This is going to get a bit tricky here, press F2 button to activate the nodes of the shape and select the top right node and move it a bit left, do this same to top left node but to the right side.

Step 6

Now we are going to add some tear affect to paper to make it look realistic, grab pen tool by pressing B and draw a straight zip-zag line show below and add color of #e6e6e6ff

note: I activated the stroke so you can get the idea of the design, you can disable the stroke by clicking Shift+Ctrl+F and selecting the X button at right side of a fill & stroke windows when it appears.

Step 7

Duplicate the shape made in step 6 and give it a color of dark black/gray, after giving it the color press Shift+Ctrl+F to open the fill and stroke panel and blur the shape by 2% and reduce the opacity to 45%. Now you have to place the blurred shape below the shape we created in step 6 by going to Object > Lower .

Step 8

Now we are going to add some turn effect to the edge of the shape created in step 1, in order to achieve this we will draw a triangle with the help of curve tool by clicking B and drawing the shape. After the shape is made we will add the liner gradient of colors #f4f4f4ff and #ccccccff tot the triangle.

Note: I’ve added the stroke on purpose just to show you the shape clearly.

Step 9

Now we will duplicate the triangle created in step 8 and tilt the duplicated triangle below the above triangle by going to to Object > flip horizontal and Object > Rotate 90° cw. Add dark gray color to the shape and drop the opacity to 15%.

Duplicate the triangle from step 8 again and add dark gray color to it and blur the shape to 2% and drop the opacity to 45%. After that go to Object > Lower.

Step 10

We are almost there! Be patient. Activate the type by pressing T and choose any type of font you like and write any date of month you wish to. I wrote 18 September cause it was the day I was born.

This was my first tutorial on Inkscape and I hope you understood my tutorial and enjoyed. If you found anything confusing about it feel free to comment and I’ll try my best to respond.

I will also add some tutorials on Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and open source design tools in near future Inshallah(God Willing). You can download the source file here.