Creating hatches (rough)
The Hatches (rough) LPE fills an object's fill with lines that look hand-drawn. It comes with a variety of options to adjust the line properties, which we'll explore in this recipe.
How to do it...
To create rough hatches, carry out the following steps:
1. Select the Star tool (Shift + F9 or *) and create an upright star by clicking and dragging upwards while holding Ctrl. Set the star stroke to Black and width to 8.
2. Open the Path Effect Editor by using Shift + Ctrl + 7 or by going to Path | Path Effect Editor...
3. Under Apply new effect, choose Hatches (rough) and press the Add button. Notice the star shape becomes invisible and is replaced by squiggly lines inside its fill.
4. Set Frequency randomness, Magnitude jitter, and Parallelism jitter to 0 to get a more symmetric pattern.
5. Set Half-turns smoothness 2nd side in and out to 2 to make the top hills more curved.
6. Set Thickness: at 2nd side to 40. This is where it becomes obvious that the lines are actually...
