What's the fastest/simplest way to create sea waves along a path in illustrator?

1. How do I make a wavy pattern in Illustrator?
2. How do you make water look real in Illustrator?
3. How do you create a pattern in Illustrator?
4. How do you make a zig zag circle in Illustrator?
5. How do you fill a shape with lines in Illustrator?
6. How do you add water texture?
7. How do you make a splash in Illustrator?

How do I make a wavy pattern in Illustrator?

1 Correct Answer. Draw a straight line, then go to the effect menu, select distort & transform, then choose zig zag. Select smooth and make any other adjustments to create the number of ridges you need, etc.

How do you make water look real in Illustrator?

As real water drops are rarely uniform in shape use the Warp tool (Shift + R) again to make them look more realistic.

How do you create a pattern in Illustrator?

Create your own pattern swatch in 5 easy steps with Illustrator

1. Arrange vector elements into a square. Go to View > Show Grid. ...
2. Position your elements. ...
3. Create an “invisible box” ...
4. Drag it into the swatches panel. ...
5. Voila + save.

How do you make a zig zag circle in Illustrator?

Open Illustrator.

1. Press L .
2. Select the circle shape tool.
3. Hold Shift and click and drag on the canvas. ...
4. Click Effect in the Menu and scroll to 'Distort and Transform' then 'ZigZag'.
5. A new box will open up, check the 'Preview' box and you will see the effect apply to your new circle. ...
6. Click OK when finished.

How do you fill a shape with lines in Illustrator?

Select the drawn object with the Selection tool, and then select the Stroke tool and a color from the swatch. This will color the lines and strokes in the object. Then, select the Fill tool and pick a color from the swatch. Clicking inside the object will fill it with the selected color or pattern.

How do you add water texture?

How To Create Water Surface Texture In Photoshop

1. Create a new document 1500px/1000px. ...
2. Go to Filter>Blur and choose the Gaussian Blur filter. ...
3. Go to the Filter>Sketch and choose the Chalk and Charcoal filter to create an abstract effect like this.
4. Add again a Gaussian Blur smart filter with these settings.

How do you make a splash in Illustrator?

Step 1. Select your red compound path and click the New Brush button from the Brushes panel (Window > Brushes). Check the Scatter Brush box and click OK. Enter all the attributes shown in the following image, click OK, and you've got your paint splatter Illustrator brush.