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Rive adds a Brush tool for hand-drawn lines you can animate

By Steven Van ·

Sketch freehand on the stage, reshape strokes with Shape Bend, erase and fill, then rig your drawings with bones to animate them.

Rive added a new Brush tool on October 19 that brings hand-drawn lines straight into its editor. You can draw, animate and ship an illustration without leaving Rive.

Official Brush tool announcement demo.

You sketch freehand right on the stage, then reshape strokes with Shape Bend. You can erase and fill as you go, and rig your drawings with bones so they can be animated like any other Rive asset.

Rive pitched the tool for illustration projects. The announcement does not say which plans include the Brush tool.

Sources: Rive’s announcement and demo.

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