How do I draw a thick curved line?

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I keep getting a filled-in half moon.

I am drawing gnomes and I need "emphasis" lines like defined round cheeks and lines within pointed ears.

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Ton FrederiksCorrect answer

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You have a fill and a stroke. When your object is selected (or before you start drawing), click the none button in the toolbar with the Fill as target.

Monika Gause

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You are using the brush tool and they keep getting filled in?

First of all: do you need a calligraphy brush on your stroke?

If so, then what you could do is apply the zigzag effect with a size of 0 and a high value for the ridges, such as 50 or even higher.

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I apologize. This is only my fourth day of using Illustrator and your answer is a little more sophisticated than I can respond to. I am using the curvature tool. I do not know what settings to use to remove the fill and just make it a line. This is what it looks like.

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Ton Frederiks

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You have a fill and a stroke. When your object is selected (or before you start drawing), click the none button in the toolbar with the Fill as target.

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