: Creating rough sketched shapes I am not a professional designer however I need to make a few shapes like the ones shown above for my college presentation. I would like to ask how I can create

@Eichhorn212

You could probably even just draw them freehand in any drawing program on your computer. Here's what I managed with Inkscape:



This despite the fact that drawing freehand lines with the mouse is really frustrating. (Ctrl+Z is your friend.) A tablet and a stylus would probably work even better.

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@Cofer715

The terms you are looking for are polygon, path, and stroke. You will make a shape, which is usually a path. You then apply a stroke to it, and--if the software supports it--instead of a standard line style (aka a rule), the stroke uses a brush or other tool to stroke the path.

In GIMP, there is a stroke path feature. you want to use the option to "use a paint tool" (see: docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-path-stroke.html ). The exact tool and brush style(s) you apply is a matter of taste, so you will need to experiment a little.

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@Cooney243

Draw the shapes on paper
Scan the drawings into whatever image editor you have


If you were a designer, you'd probably next go into Illustrator and live trace the shapes to give you scalable vector objects. Since you're just creating a presentation, scans are likely to be good enough.

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