Roadmap new inkscape filters
One advantage of using the new version of inkscape is that this includes a wide variety of filters that can be applied any desired shape.
This guide shows each filter and its effect on application. If you have never used the inkscape filters see this guide is a good start.
Seen on C-quel deviantart
[...] Has a number of predefined filters that allow us to create different textures, some are real good but other than [...]