Roughening Effect on Straight Lines (for Sketchy Lines)

[JenDre]

Dear all,

for architecture presentations and documents it is common to use sketches or sketchy looking drawings. You can find bunches of examples by searching for "architecture hand sketches" in the web.

So far I used Illustrator to produce this type of drawings. To create this specific look you can transform straight lines into sketchy lines just by a simple effect (Effect > Distort & Transform > Roughen). Attached you can find an example. This effect works not only for lines but for vector objects in general. The good thing is that this effect doesn't change the object nodes; no additional nodes will be added. This makes it comfortable to use.

Unfortunately, I did not find a similar effect in AF Designer. Even the web didn't give me any tipp how to do so. Instead of that I just found a topic from another guy asking for sketchy lines in general, but his problem seems also not to be solved yet: forum.affinity.serif.com > Topic 146665 > sketchy-lines-in-af-designer/

Is there an similar effect in AF Designer, which I have not found? If not, what is the chance that a solution will be developed in the near future?

Thank you in advanced.

Edited April 1, 2022 by JenDre
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[NotMyFault]

1 hour ago, JenDre said:

Is there an similar effect in AF Designer, which I have not found? If not, what is the chance that a solution will be developed in the near future?

1. Unfortunately no.
2. Affinity follows the golden rules of diplomacy and never comments about future plans. The average time between a feature request and implementation varies between 3 month and more than 5 years with the majority on the upper bound.

 

[Alfred]

2 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

1. The average time between a feature request and implementation varies between 3 month and more than 5 years with the majority on the upper bound.

Guess where this one lies!

 

[NotMyFault]

2 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

1. Unfortunately no.
2. Affinity follows the golden rules of diplomacy and never comments about future plans. The average time between a feature request and implementation varies between 3 month and more than 5 years with the majority on the upper bound.

 

I made a unforgivable mistake and under-estimated the upper bound by at least 2 years.  To my defense, i have included „more than“, but this should be replaced by „at least“ to better reflect the undeniable harsh reality.  

[Alfred]

13 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

i have included „more than“, but this should be replaced by „at least“

Unusually, I disagree with you! The phrase “at least 5 years” indicates that the amount of time may be as little as 5 years, but the phrase “more than 5 years” excludes that lower bound.

[Pšenda]

19 hours ago, JenDre said:

sketchy looking drawings

For these cases I use "non-smooth" vector brushes (for example Wobbling Pen and Jagged Ink).

Alternatively, you can create your own - even more shaky.

Edited April 2, 2022 by Pšenda

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, Pšenda said:

Jagged Ink

What brush pack is Jagged Ink in?

[NotMyFault]

I simply used the screenshot of the OP to create a new intensity brush.

works like a charm.

[NotMyFault]

To generalise the principle. If you need a rough line, draw a rough line with the pencil tool and basic round brush. Add invert adjustment. Select a suitable rectangle covering the rough line, export selection as PNG, and create a new intensity brush from PNG. Use this brush on any curve (stroke).

 

[NotMyFault]

54 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

What brush pack is Jagged Ink in?

Inks, no. 4 from top

 

[Pšenda]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

What brush pack is Jagged Ink in?

I have it part of the "Inks" group, but unfortunately I don't know where I got it.
It is pity, that Affinity brushes do not contain any description / copyright part.

[NotMyFault]

2 hours ago, Pšenda said:

I have it part of the "Inks" group, but unfortunately I don't know where I got it.
It is pity, that Affinity brushes do not contain any description / copyright part.

I think it is out of the box. 
What is really missing in multiple places is

• generating a human readable and searchable tree of any resources or layer
• showing the name of resources in all panels / lists (clickable option).
•  

I know, this is the wrong place, i will go to the feedback WORN section (write once, never read). The best place to offload good ideas under the ultimate guarantee there will kept ignored in plain sight until the end of the world. 

[StuartRc]

You could try these:

 

[2ddpainter]

another possibility would be to export
your design to Inkscape, there is this
feature you would like to have.

Video:

Random wiggle line in Inkscape

[JenDre]

Better late than never: Thank you all.

Your input helped me to understand the "operation method" of AF Designer (1 + 2) and my individual needs when working with sketchy lines.

On 4/2/2022 at 4:33 PM, NotMyFault said:

I simply used the screenshot of the OP to create a new intensity brush.

@NotMyFault Thanks to your method, I am able to create the desired look. Even if it's more time consuming and with less individualisation options than the original function in Illustrator. Thank you!

[dre.]

+1