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
pencilstrokes_v10.cdr
Okay, I opened the file in version 5 and was able to Save As in version 10. See if it works. There are only two objects on the page. Open the AM docker, select one of the objects and save it as a brush stroke.
Was not able to attach file here in this forum this morning. Apparently there a glitch going on with the forums. I uploaded the file to a folder on my own website, hope it works.These are images of the 2 objects in the file:
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.