From the course: Learning Astute Graphics for Illustrator
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Sketch with variable width strokes - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Learning Astute Graphics for Illustrator
Sketch with variable width strokes
- [Josh] In this movie, we'll see how to use variable width strokes with the dynamic sketch tool. In the dynamic sketch panel just below the controls for accuracy and smoothness, our controls for adjusting the stroke width of dynamic paths. Now, if you don't see those controls like I'm not seeing them here right now, you can show them by going to the panel menu and choosing show input graph. From the pop up menu, you can choose options like sketching speed, stylus pressure, stylus wheel, tilt, and so on. The default when you're working with a pen tablet is pressure. And if you're drawing with a mouse or track pad, the only option that really works is speed. And below I have a graph whose curve will vary the stroke width along with my choice in this menu. So in this case, as my sketching speed increases, the stroke width decreases. And I can set a maximum and minimum value for stroke width. So I'll go from zero points…
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