: Illustrator: how to reproduce line art I am interested to find a proper way of reproducing the below line art example. What I've tried: -I've created two layers with paralel lines with different

@Yeniel278

The trick is to use shape builder tool (Shift+M). Shape builder allows you to eliminate lines without expanding something that pathfinder is totally unable to do. Do this:


Draw mask
Make your lines.
Duplicate the lines (to different layer perhaps)
(Expand duplicate if you used blend tool)
Select duplicate lines and mask shape, then alt drag a line cutting the outer lines. Apply the remaining lines with a thicker stroke.




Image 1: Time lapse of sequence (mask was drawn after step 4)



Image 2: result with round caps. Time 2 minutes. Now I must sleep.

Now since the ends are lines you can define custom line ends for what kind of transition you want. One can go quite wild with the implementation since it is relatively fast to do. So even complex shapes are viable.



Image 3: A more elaborate effect for fun.

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@Kaufman565

Instead of using a clipping mask, I would simply divide the set of thicker lines with the circle (either using Pathfinder or the shape builder tool) and set your strokes to use round endpoints. That should do the trick!

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@Nimeshi706

Use the circle and clipping path you have as a stencil, but then use the rectangle object tool and trace them over the lines. This way you'll be able to introduce rounded corners to the rectangles and get those exactly as you like.

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