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Web key 1
The core connecting brush: a round-capped line that blooms into a soft, sketchy web.
What it does
The Web brush draws a continuous round line under your cursor, and - as it goes - connects each point to nearby points in the memory map. With its default Shaded art style (dense, distance-faded lines, no core line), scribbling builds smooth, soft pencil tone; switch to Sketchy in the Brush settings' Web tab (press c) for the hairy, pencil-sketch look Harmony's sketchy brush is known for. In the Brush combo the connection styles nest under it, so choosing a style also picks this brush.
How to use
- Pick it from the brush menu or press 1.
- Selecting it applies the last-chosen connection art style (Shaded out of the box) and matches the stroke opacity automatically.
- Draw slowly for dense shading; flick for sparse threads.
- Scribble back over an area to layer more connections and darken it.
Settings
- Dash
- Solid, dashed or dotted line for the stroke itself.
- Connection & Connection art style
- The two groups that control the web - see Memory maps & connecting.
- Pen
- With a stylus, pressure and tilt can drive the line's width and opacity - and even the web's density and reach - per point. See Pen & pressure.
Try this
Sketch a loose shape, then go back over the same area in a few light
passes - each pass adds threads and deepens the tone, the way a pencil
builds value. Lost track of what it's reaching toward? Flash the
memory (m) to see.
Want a cleaner spider web instead of soft shading? Switch the
Connecting style to Web in the Brush
settings' Web tab (press c).