Vector drawing in illustrator series#
Vector drawing in illustrator free#

With the Scribble effect expanded, we can roughen up the effect by applying another Roughen filter. Select all of the shapes with a Scribble effect and Expand Appearance from the Object menu. Tweak the settings to find a suitable effect, I like to use a thick stroke with minimal spacing, so that the effect is almost solid with a just few gaps in the color. Select all of the shapes and apply a Scribble filter from the Effect > Stylize menu. They can be either slightly wider or thinner, depending on what looks right to the eye.Īs you can see, the changes in stroke width are very subtle but do make a difference:ĭouble click the color version's group this time to enter Isolation Mode again. Grab the Stroke Width tool (SHIFT+W) and make 2-4 random adjustments per section. The line widths are rough, but a little too consistent to be convincingly hand drawn. The pencil should now look something like this: To remedy this, select all of the affected corner point and give then a 1px radius. You may notice that the corners look a little strange when using the Roughen filter.

Vector drawing in illustrator free#

In Isolation mode, select all and apply the Roughen filter from the Effect > Distort and Transform menu to distort the lines slightly and give them a more hand drawn appearance.įeel free to tweak these settings, to find a realistic effect, hand drawn line effect. Now double click the outlined version's group to enter Isolation Mode. Use the Direct Selection tool to highlight the top two points of both the color and outlined layers, and set the corner radius to 10px. Paste the outlined version of the pencil in place, or move back to it's original position if it is off canvas. Remove the strokes from all of the shapes and apply a solid color fill for each section: Group the pencil shape and copy to the clipboard to use later (or move off canvas). Then Paste in Place to restore the smaller triangle. Copy the smaller triangle to the clipboard and use it to subtract from the larger triangle. Similar to the last step, draw two triangles for the tip of the pencil. Finally Paste in Place (CMD+SHIFT+V or CTRL+SHIFT+V) to restore the top rectangle. Copy the top (smaller) rectangle to the clipboard and then use the Subtract Pathfinder operation with both rectangles selected to divide the lower rectangle into two. When you reach the middle section of the pencil, duplicate the main rectangle and reduce the width by about 50%. Use a transparent fill and a 4px #EAE2D3 stroke aligned to the center.

Vector drawing in illustrator series#

The pencil is a very simple shape that is made up of a series of rectangles and triangles. Create a new document in Illustrator and begin to draw the pencil graphic that we will use.