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Summayah5FC7
Inspiring
July 29, 2021
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Curvy zig zag stroke

  • July 29, 2021
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I'd like to make the width of the stroke larger at at peak and trough of the wavy zig zag stroke.

 

When i choose a profile of the stroke. It just changes the width on one side.

 

Please see attached. Image one is uniform stroke. and the other is with a stroke profile applied.

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Correct answer Monika Gause

You need to apply the same effects to the fill in the Appearance panel.

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kphotopage
kphotopage
Legend
July 30, 2021

Summayah, Hi

 

Here I created a pattern brush and applied it to a circle.

 

The pattern brush was created with stroke using a custom variable width.

 

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    Summayah5FC7Author
    Inspiring
    August 5, 2021

    Interesting. Thank you.

    Kurt Gold
    Community Expert
    Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 29, 2021

    The Width tool and width profiles are very useful, without any doubt.

     

    But in this case you may consider to convert the stroked object to a filled compound path (Object menu > Path > Outline Stroke) and edit (probably some added) individual anchor points to get the desired appearance.

     

    Mohammad.Harb
    Community Expert
    Mohammad.HarbCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 29, 2021

    You can use the width tool ( shift + w ) . You can also double click on any point you created with the wodth tool to specify yhe side you want to change.

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    Summayah5FC7Author
    Inspiring
    July 29, 2021

     

    I just want the areas of the line that i have highlighted in yellow to be a bit wider.

     

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