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murkf81204167
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April 26, 2019
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Creating a simple wavy line in Illustrator

  • April 26, 2019
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Hi,

What's the best way of creating this type of wavy line in Illustrator?

I'm originally an Animate CC user so sorry if this comes across as a stupid question. I originally asked this question over at the Animate forum, but there seems to be no proper way of making the line as beautifully curved as in the image above.

Hoping to have better luck with Illustrator

Thanks!

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      Correct answer meganchi

      Draw a straight line, then go to the effect menu, select distort & transform, then choose zig zag. Select smooth and make any other adjustments to create the number of ridges you need, etc.

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      meganchi
      meganchiCorrect answer
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      April 26, 2019

      Draw a straight line, then go to the effect menu, select distort & transform, then choose zig zag. Select smooth and make any other adjustments to create the number of ridges you need, etc.

        murkf81204167
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        April 26, 2019

        Hi! Thanks for getting back at me. Unfortunately I'm having some difficulties. Despite the curves looking exactly like they should, there's this weird diagonal fill thing going on. I made sure the line was properly straight beforehand, by holding down the shift key while using the Pen Tool.

        Any idea where to go from here? Thanks!

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