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November 9, 2019
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Any idea how I can create this effect in Illustrator or what it would be called?

  • November 9, 2019
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I know the effect was created in Illustrator and have researched all types of cross hatching but have yet to come up with anything remotely close.

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Correct answer tromboniator

A very quick and inaccurate rendition using the Widthscribe plug-in from Astute Graphics:

 

Peter

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November 20, 2019

 Thanks tromboniator! Looked into Widthscribe a little bit and looks pretty legit. Was there a tutorial you learned this technique from or just from your knowledge of the software?

tromboniator
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November 21, 2019

Sebastian Bleak, who shows up here in the forum fairly often, has a series of YouTube videos covering this plug-in and others. You can search for him there. That's where I got my basic understanding.

 

Peter

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November 22, 2019

Thanks again Peter

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November 9, 2019

A very quick and inaccurate rendition using the Widthscribe plug-in from Astute Graphics:

 

Peter

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November 9, 2019

I would call it 'cross-hatching'. Because of the curves in the lines, that makes it more difficult to achieve.

You could try using one of the cross-hatch patterns that comes with Illustrator, In the Swatches panel, choose Open Swatch Library > Patterns > Basic Graphics > Basic Graphics Lines, and pick something like Grid 1 Pica Lines. Fill a large rectangle with the pattern. Draw the shape of the glass. Select both and choose Object > Envelope Distort > Make with Top Object. 

It will be close to your sample image, but not exactly like it.

Puppet Warp would be a possibility, but not easy to control for precise lines.

 
Monika Gause
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November 9, 2019

This is what Vectoraster can do:

 

I have version 6. And I don't use it often enough to tell how to achieve the crossed lines. Maybe newer versions can do that on their own. Otherwise I guess I would just apply it 2x to the same image with different settings.

Ton Frederiks
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November 9, 2019

The closest I can come is with Photoshop, but that does not give the curved crossed lines effect.

 Convert to grayscale, then to bitmap with halftone screen dotshape Cross.

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November 9, 2019

Hi, Eurofinsmarketing

I think it's a kind of line screen.
If it is a straight line, it is possible in Photoshop.
If you do it with Illustrator, is it a halftone pattern effect? But it is quite different from the sample.

 

There seems to be vectoraster7 though it is only Mac.

https://www.lostminds.com/vectoraster7/

I have never used it.