objects

Make a pattered image like a brick wall look like text is popping out of it.
Tip:
Instead of popping out, you can make the text look like it's going inside the wall by by making the shadow thicker on top than on bottom.

Combine elipses to create the outline of a bowling pin, then use gradients to create the shadowing effect for that new object.
A good explanation on snapping(connecting) nodes is also introduced in this tutorial.

When you want your artistic logo's to be perfect, symmentry matters. Here you can see a tip on making your designs more symmetrical.

Use rotation and duplicates to easily make designs like snowflakes and nuclear symbols. To get the degrees measurement for a snowflake with 6 points, you divide 360 by 6 (which equals 60). You divide into 360 because there are 360 degrees in a circle.

Take a small shape and easily duplicate it as lace trim around another larger shape. This is done in Path Effect Editor using "Interpolate Sub-Paths".

See how to put layers in a straight line on your canvas. If you have small layer shapes like circles, you will need to make sure the layer border is reduced to the edges of the shapes (using autocrop).

Simply see how to combine a triangle and rectangle, to form an upward pointing arrow.

Give your animation characters the effect of having bones.

Encapsulation allows you to group object layers. You can then apply gradients and other effects to them.

A few simple examples of using Bezier lines.