I have plenty of experience drawing perfectly straight lines in CorelDRAW 5... But I want draw... freehand pencil/brush lines instead - as if someone has drawn on a piece of paper with a lead pencil - not all solid, perfectly filled and spaced lines - but like the freehand lines in these images (particularly the second picture):
http://imgur.com/a/pG9aW
I've found the "Artistic Media Tool (I)", but it's not producing lines like in that picture.
Can anyone please help? (If it helps in finding the effect, a tic-tac-toe game like in that second picture, actually is what I want to draw, to put on a coffee mug.)
Thanks for reading.
Artistic Media is probably the best way to do get a vector rough pencil look. If none of the installed strokes work, you could create your own. Open the AM docker and use the save button there and save as a Brushstroke.
I've attached a .cdr file with two examples if you want to try them. For the first one I isolated one of the lines from your example and used Quick Trace to make it. The second one is a stroke I found online, and again I used Quick Trace.You may need to adjust the width to suit you once you apply the stroke.
Patti
8132.pencilstrokes.cdr
RealFamilyMan said:For example, I can draw a 1D treble clef, combine, and convert it into an object. But I would love to know how to turn things into the '3d' effect/shading(!?) seen in these two images: And I can curve/scroll lines like the music staff in this image: http://imgur.com/8Af0jCF - but how to make them thicker in one section only like that, without thickening the entire line - escapes me. What I wind up doing instead, is duplicating the line, making it white, and rotating it slightly to cover the black. There's got to be a better way.
As for 3-D effects, try using the Bevel effect or the Contour tool.
Since you are not wanting/not able to upgrade, you may want to try Inkscape. Similar to CorelDRAW, but it's open source software (free). There are a lots of tutorials and I'm sure user forums where you can ask for help.