Need help joining / grouping multiple lines!

Question

Hi!

I'm relatively new to illustrator and am designing a logo for a local restaurant. I have the outline of my logo done, but need help joining / grouping the lines so I can color the entire graphic.

I've tried CMD+J but it creates closed path loops that look horrendous. (see photo 2)

I've tried CMD+G to group them so I can use the shape builder but since the paths aren't properly closed, it doesn't really do anything.

Do I need to go through each of my paths to close each of them off? Seems like such a painstakingly long and arduous process so I'm looking for an easier way.

Please help!!

Thanks

Ton Frederiks · Accepted Answer

You could try Live Paint.If there are areas that are not closed and you do not want to close them with a visible line, you can draw with a no fill no stroke path to define where the paint should stop before you select all to make Object > Live Paint  > Make. (you can also draw these lines later and merge them with the Live Paint Group.https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/live-paint-groups.html

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