How to remove extended lines from shapes?

[Guest]

I was trying to make a vector portrait, but sometimes i found that when I draw shapes with pen tool, sometimes it extends the line beyond the anchor point that I close the shape with. No matter what I do, the pen tool just keeps giving me those protruding lines. In Illustrator I don't see them, but when I export it, all the lines are visible. How do I get rid of these lines?

In Illustrator:

In exported PNG:

[Monika Gause]

How do you apply color to this?

Live paint?

[Guest]

I used eydropper tool and then fill to colour the shapes

[Monika Gause]

Those don't look like shapes, but open paths.

[John Mensinger]

klee0609  wrote

when I draw shapes with pen tool, sometimes it extends the line beyond the anchor point that I close the shape with. No matter what I do, the pen tool just keeps giving me those protruding lines. In Illustrator I don't see them, but when I export it, all the lines are visible.

Your screenshot would have to be zoomed in much closer on one (selected) offending path to see whether you're getting some sort of bezier-reversal. What you're showing us there is not a common result of logical Pen-tool work.

[Guest]

Not sure if this helps but here are a few screenshots of one of the shapes. It is not an open path as far as I'm aware. I can delete the anchor point and the line disappears, but then I don't get the shape I want.

[Kurt Gold]

Can you share a sample .ai file?

[Guest]

Dropbox link to the Illustrator file I was working on:

Dropbox - Annie.ai

[John Mensinger]

Okay thanks for the file. Every instance of that is the result of two anchor points on exactly the same spot, one of them with extended handles. Here's how it looks after I move the top one off...

I'm not sure how your method is producing this, but you should look for a way to prevent it systemically.

[Lukas Engqvist]

The extended strokes do they have a "Fill"? Sometimes a fill can spook things… assuming no stoke.

[Guest]

There's no fill for the stroke/outline of the shapes. If I set the stroke colour, it will also include those handles/lines.

[John Mensinger]

Yes, the arrangement is producing a stray "hairline" of fill...

Again, when I move the top anchor point away...

[Ares Hovhannesyan]

Hi , it looks like this isn't line. They indicate handles

[Kurt Gold · Accepted solution]

John is right.

But instead of using the Convert Anchor Point tool (that will alter the actual shape), I'd recommend to click inside the paths with the Shape Builder tool. This way they won't be altered.

[John Mensinger]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Kurt+Gold  wrote

But instead of using the Convert Anchor Point tool (that will alter the actual shape)

Yes, I realized that afterward and edited my post to exclude it. Thanks Kurt.

[Guest]

Ah yeah that actually works.

[meganchi]

Are the two points "joined" to close the path?

[Guest]

Yes, it's joined/closed I believe. I drew it like a normal shape but then I get this extra line as well.

[avid_body16B8]

Some of your points are not joined. this is why you get these.

[avid_body16B8]

I moved the second point to show that they were not joined. They were on top of each other.

[avid_body16B8]

Actually this was another place. So it the top skirt you have actually 2 points there too. I got this corrected by moving the top handle carefully  down to zero and then deleted the extra point. The point for the curve has 2 handles and the top one needs to be moved down.