Hatching in Illustrator

[james]

Hey all, anyone know of a quick way to hatch the shaded areas of the pic below, whilst keeping it as a vector? (AI CS3)



Looking for a result with diagonal lines / cross hatching / etc... I'm sure a while back there used to be a kind of filter in AI that let you do this, but I can't remember what it was called...?

Thanks

[PR Design]

Live Paint? I'm not sure tbh but I'd look at that.

[zumojuice]

Some of the filters might do it but a mask would do it. Make the lines, group them and select the group and this flower (making sure this is behind) and object > clipping mask

[james]

I'll try those out later, thanks guys!

[jeffross]

What about doing a custom fill pattern? Just create something that seamlessly repeats, drag it to your swatch pallet, and use it as a fill.

[jamesgoss]

i was thinking the same thing as jeff.

i think a problem you're going to run into no matter which "quick" way you do it is that it will look too uniform.

[james]

Jeff's way worked as well, but i think i preferred the clipping mask method. The hatched flower thing was to be part of a logo, but it didn't really work too well! Good to know these techniques for the future though

[Cwilk]

You should be able to create that look with some of the custom brushes already available in Illy. It may take some layering, but I can picture how to do it in my mind fairly easy.