<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Technical Illustration on Rachid Youven Zeghlache</title><link>https://youvenz.github.io/tags/technical-illustration/</link><description>Recent content in Technical Illustration on Rachid Youven Zeghlache</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://youvenz.github.io/tags/technical-illustration/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>AI SVG Generator: Create Diagrams in Inkscape with LLMs</title><link>https://youvenz.github.io/blog/2026-03-05-ai-svg-generator-create-diagrams-in-inkscape-with-llms/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://youvenz.github.io/blog/2026-03-05-ai-svg-generator-create-diagrams-in-inkscape-with-llms/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="generate-svg-diagrams-with-an-llm-directly-inside-inkscape"&gt;Generate SVG Diagrams with an LLM Directly Inside Inkscape&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ve spent the last hour manually drawing a neural network architecture in Inkscape—boxes, arrows, labels, grouped elements—only to realize your client wants it restructured. You start over. This is the pain point: &lt;strong&gt;creating complex technical SVGs by hand is repetitive, time-consuming, and fragile to changes.&lt;/strong&gt; What if you could describe the diagram in plain English and have a fully editable SVG appear on your canvas in seconds?&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>LaTeX in Inkscape: The Correct Way (Tutorial)</title><link>https://youvenz.github.io/blog/2026-03-05-latex-in-inkscape-the-correct-way-tutorial/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://youvenz.github.io/blog/2026-03-05-latex-in-inkscape-the-correct-way-tutorial/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="embed-latex-equations-in-inkscape-without-extensions--a-beginners-guide-to-two-methods"&gt;Embed LaTeX Equations in Inkscape Without Extensions — A Beginner&amp;rsquo;s Guide to Two Methods&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ve designed a technical poster in Inkscape and now need to add a complex equation. You&amp;rsquo;ve heard LaTeX is the way to go, but you&amp;rsquo;re stuck: Do you need to install extensions? Will it break your workflow? Can you actually &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; equations after you place them?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is the friction point that stops most beginners from using LaTeX in Inkscape at all.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Mermaid Diagrams in Inkscape: Native Extension Setup</title><link>https://youvenz.github.io/blog/2026-03-05-mermaid-diagrams-in-inkscape-native-extension-setup/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://youvenz.github.io/blog/2026-03-05-mermaid-diagrams-in-inkscape-native-extension-setup/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="generate-mermaid-diagrams-without-leaving-inkscape--for-academic--technical-illustrators"&gt;Generate Mermaid Diagrams Without Leaving Inkscape — For Academic &amp;amp; Technical Illustrators&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You&amp;rsquo;re mid-design in Inkscape, and you need to add a flowchart, sequence diagram, or state machine. Right now, your workflow looks like this: switch to a browser, open Mermaid&amp;rsquo;s online editor, create the diagram, export it as PNG or SVG, come back to Inkscape, import it, and hope the formatting survived the conversion. By the time you&amp;rsquo;ve done this three times, you&amp;rsquo;ve lost 20 minutes and broken your creative flow.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>