Posts Tagged ‘pen’

Illustrator Plugin: Live Pen

Monday, March 16th, 2009

[Editor’s note: This plugin looks useful to illustrators wanting a more free form calligraphic touch for their artwork. Plugin allows variable width strokes along existing artwork objects in Adobe Illustrator. PC-only at present. If you’ve used it, please leave a comment on this post. Screenshots below detail work flow.]

Republished from Zero-one.
Visit their site to get demo version of plugin.

Typography and calligraphy rediscovery!

Simple plug-in help you get rich typography and calligraphy in a few click. Now available for Adobe Illustrator CS, CS2 and CS3. [Editor’s note: will prob. work in CS4, too.]

Live Pen features include:

  • Digital natural drawing
  • Moving Pen Anchor
  • Simple adding or deleting Pen Anchor
  • Pens library
  • Minimal anchor after expanding
  • Smooth integration

Create your first calligraphy stroke with Live Pen

World-New Features

Digital Natural Drawing

Moving Pen Anchor

Simple Adding or Deleting Pen Anchor

Pens Library