Sketching shapes
The Sketch LPE simulates a hand-created sketch drawing with multiple attempts to "correct" the line, in a style somewhat resembling the famous blueprints of the inventor and polymath Leonardo Da Vinci. This LPE comes with a number of options that can be used not only to adjust the sketch effect but to also produce some less sketchy patterns. We will explore these options in this recipe.
How to do it...
The following steps will show how to simulate a sketch:
1. Select the Spiral tool (F9 or I) and create a spiral, set the stroke width to 2 and fill it with some color.
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 Sketch and press the Add button. Notice the sketch effect gets applied with the default settings.
4. To make the sketch appear less cluttered set Strokes to 2.
5. Loosen the strokes by increasing the Average Offset to 15.
6. Increase Max. tremble to 15 and Tremble frequency to 7...
