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SILHOUETTE SKETCHING & SKETCH PENS 101

I made the video below to explain the basics of sketching with your Silhouette machine. In the video, I use both my Cameo 3 and Cameo 4 machines, but the basic principles discussed will apply to any Silhouette machine. For more detailed info, just keep on scrolling.



Sketch designs in the Silhouette Design Store.

In addition to creating your own sketch designs in the Silhouette Studio software, there are several places online to find ready made single line designs. Here are a couple of my faves. The Silhouette Design Store is a great place to find lots of sketch fonts and designs. You can search by keyword and then filter to sketch only designs to find something that will work for your project. So Fontsy is another great site for finding cute single line fonts and SVGs. I am also working on getting more sketch designs up in my cut file shop.

HOW TO FILL IN FONTS AND DESIGNS WHEN SKETCHING

One common question about sketching with your Silhouette is how to fill in fonts (or other designs) when sketching. Maybe you have a design you love and want to sketch, but you want to avoid that hollow look I mentioned earlier. It’s actually pretty easy to fill in sketch designs in the Silhouette Studio software.



A few years ago I wrote a post on how to fill in fonts with the Curio, and the process I am going to outline below is similar, but the method below is what I prefer now. The trick to easily filling in fonts and shapes is the Line Effects panel (previously called the Sketch Effects panel). You do need the Designer Edition software or higher in order to use this trick.

Filling in text or shapes for sketching just takes a few steps:

1. 
   Open the Line Effects panel. The icon looks like a little zig zag scribble.
   
2. 
   Make sure the shape you are filling is selected, and then choose one of the fill effects. I usually go with the concentric circles.
   
3. 
   If nothing changes right after selecting a fill effect it may be because the spacing is too small or too large to see the pattern.
   
4. 
   Next, adjust the spacing until the shape is nicely filled with your chosen pattern. When filling fonts or shapes for sketching, I usually have the spacing down around .010 inches. However, the perfect spacing will depend on your design, the fill effect you have chosen, and the width of the pen you are sketching with.
   
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   Finally, you can add an edge effect. To get a crisp edge to your sketched design, I recommend the plain edge effect.