Node Editing – Modifying Your Shapes with Nodes and Curves
Up to this point, we’ve learned how to make a few illustrations with the shape tools. This is somewhat limiting, however. Often, we want to make completely custom shapes. This chapter is dedicated to a variety of ways to make and edit shapes to get them just the way we want them to be.
We will cover the following topics in this chapter:
- Editing shapes with the Node tool
- Curve handles and node types
- Breaking and joining lines
- Drawing lines and shapes from scratch
- Line styles (Stroke Style menu)
- Advanced curve and line options
- Making brush strokes with Stroke Shape
