Pixels become lines.
Lines become art.
Vexy Lines, Vexy Linestra and Vexy Playlines is a family of tools that turn photos and other bitmap images into expressive, scalable SVG & PDF vector art.
Transform any photo or bitmap into engraving-style line art, halftone dot patterns, spirals, wave textures, scribble effects, wireframes, fractal curves, and text-based fills.
Vexy Playlines
Vexy Playlines (start FREE) is a web tool that turns your photo, drawing or AI image into a monochrome or colorful vector artwork. Free essential pattern styles (including linear engraving and halftone), plus additional premium styles!
Vexy Linestra
Vexy Linestra (€$ 29) is an intuitive plugin for Adobe Illustrator 2024+ that rapidly turns any object or bitmap into vector halftone, engraving, stipple, hatching via a Live Effect. Infinitely scalable, fully editable!
Vexy Lines
Vexy Lines (€$ 99) is a sophisticated desktop app for Mac & Windows that lets you autotrace images or apply Vexy pattern styles from print-inspired Linear engraving & Halftone, all the way to unique Handmade and Flowlines fills, and the Text will with variable font support.
Vexy Lines includes advanced control: Masks, meshes, and groups give you precise control over how fills interact and where they appear. In each fill, you can tweak stroke thickness, color, dashing, caps, emboss effects, and overlap behavior.
Export finished artwork as SVG, PDF, EPS, PNG, JPEG — with options for color separation and layer handling. Batch & automate with MCP & Python.
Vexy Playlines: Web tool that turns your photo, drawing or AI image into a monochrome or colorful vector artwork. Start free in your desktop or mobile browser!
In Vexy Playlines, you can apply one Vexy pattern style to an image. Five styles are free: Linear, Wave, Circular, Spiral, Halftone. Unlock premium pattern styles with Vexy Coins: Stipple. Hex, Contour, Low-Poly, Dither, Wireframe, Fractal, String Art, ASCII.
Choose a static color or use dynamic color sampled from your image. Tweak Thickness, Interval. Angle. Download a vector SVG.
Vexy Lines for Mac & Windows: Desktop app that turns photos, drawings and AI images into engraving-style vector artwork with unlimited stacked fills, masks and meshes.
In Vexy Lines, you build a document from layers and groups, each reading its own source image. Stack pattern fills: Linear, Wave, Radial, Circular, Spiral, Halftone, Trace, Wireframe, Scribble, Text, Fractals, Handmade, Blended, Balanced, Extended, Flowlines. Confine a fill with a mask, bend layers with a mesh.
Choose a static color or use dynamic color sampled from your image. Tweak Thickness, Interval. Angle, dashes, caps, emboss. Export SVG, PDF, EPS, PNG, JPEG.
