Foreword
This time I feel like doing a crazy and useless tutorial, based on the last episode of my webcomic and using a combination of Inkscape and GIMP I will create a space ship jumping into hyperspace (last panel of the comic).
![comic](http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/webcomics/hyperspace.png)
The ship
The first step is to make a panel for the comic. Following the style of my comic, I use for that a rectangle with rounded corners colored in a light blue gradient.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-01.png)
So let's do the ship! For the geeky feel I want to make it look like the Millennium Falcon,
so I start with a circle, made with the ellipses tool while keeping the Ctrl key pressed.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-02.png)
And a second, slightly smaller, circle
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-03.png)
Select both of them (with the Shift key) and using the Align and Distribute dialog align them at the center of the bigger circle.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-04.png)
With both of them still selected, substract the small circle from the big one to get a ring.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-05.png)
Duplicate the ring (Edit > Duplicate.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-06.png)
And resize the copy (keeping the Ctrl key pressed to preserve the aspect ratio) to make it smaller.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-07.png)
And make yet another duplicate and resize it further, for a much smaller ring
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-08.png)
Now select all 3 rings and align them to the same center
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-09.png)
The rings still selected, perform an union operation
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-10.png)
Duplicate the base rectangle pane.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-11.png)
And intersect it with our circles
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-12.png)
Draw a new rectangle, covering a bit more than the upper half of the panel
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-13.png)
Duplicate the base panel once more an substract the top rectangle from it.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-14.png)
Now we have "the floor" at the base of the panel.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-15.png)
Select the floor and the rings and to an union, it starts looking like Millennium Falcon's cockpit.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-16.png)
The rings need a resistance structure, so they need support. Draw a thin rectangle.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-17.png)
Rotate it and Move into position
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-18.png)
Duplicate, Flip, Move and Rotate until we get all the bars into place.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-19.png)
Select the bars and the rings, do an union and the cockpit is ready.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-20.png)
Hyperspace
Drawing the hyperspace is harder, so instead of a lot of work in Inkscape I used a shortcut with GIMP, so start gimp with an empty (white) document.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-gimp-01.png)
Add some RGB Noise (Filters >Noise > RGB Noise)
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-gimp-02.png)
Desaturate the image (Colors > Hue-Saturation) to get an black and white image.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-gimp-03.png)
And apply a Motion Blur filter (Filters > Blur > Motion blur) p select Zoom as type and play with length as you like.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-gimp-04.png)
Too increase the effect, apply a Cartoon filter (filters > Artistic > Cartoon)
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-gimp-05.png)
Now it does look like a starfield seen at high speed, save as PNG and you can close GIMP.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-gimp-06.png)
putting all together
Back to Inkscape, import the PNG made with GIMP.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-21.png)
Trace the imported PNG (Path > Trace Bitmap) by Brightness and then you can delete the PNG.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-22.png)
Move the starfield over the comic panel
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-23.png)
Resize if needed
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-24.png)
And Simplify the path, to decrease the node count
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-25.png)
Make a duplicate of the base panel and intersect it with the starfield.
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-26.png)
Lower the stars behind the cockpit structure
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-27.png)
And make them white
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-28.png)
That's pretty much your spaceship jumping into hyperspace, enjoy it and go forward with the comic!
![inkscape hyperspace](hyperspace-inkscape-29.png)