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Vexy Linestra for Adobe Illustrator
Choose an image or vector object, and one of fourteen line-art patterns: the Vexy Linestra plugin fills the object with vector dots or strokes.
These change live with the brightness of the original fill. From classic linear, halftone and stipple to trendy dither, hex, fractal or low-poly.
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Vexy Linestra in 3 simple steps
Any placed photo, embedded image, vector illustration, text, group or compound path becomes the source signal.
Choose Effect → Vexy → Vexy Linestra and pick one of fourteen fills — hatching, dots, hexagons, low-poly facets and more.
Thickness, Spacing, Angle and Organic update with live preview. Add Dynamic Color, keep editing any time, or expand to plain paths when you're done.
The pattern fill parade
Fourteen interpretations of the original image, generated with the Vexy Linestra Live Effect, as real live vector paths inside Adobe Illustrator.
You can colorize each pattern fill with either a static color of your choice (left half), or with dynamic color sampled from the source (right half).
Hover to see just one color variant. Click to enlarge ↓
Original image or object
Parallel hatching that thickens in the shadows — classic engraving.
Flowing lines that bend with the image — organic and painterly.
Concentric rings radiating from the center, like ripples.
One unbroken line spiralling outward — abstract, meditative.
A dot grid sized by darkness — newspaper and comic-book print.
Thousands of seeded dots — hedcut portraits and engraving.
A honeycomb of hexagons that shrink in the shadows.
Tones grouped into bold regions — topographic, poster-ready.
A triangulated mesh of colour facets — technical and sculptural.
An ordered cell texture — graphic, 8-bit nostalgia.
Flowing mesh-like paths guided by the image — blueprint, hologram.
Space-filling zigzags — an intricate maze of tone.
Radiating chords like nail-and-string craft.
Text characters as pixels — retro terminal art.
Vexy Linestra is a plugin for Adobe Illustrator (2024 or newer), running on macOS 12 Monterey (or newer, Intel or Apple M) or Windows 10 (64-bit, v22H2 or newer)
You can buy a lifetime license of Vexy Linestra version 1 for a one-time fee of 29 EUR/USD, or bundled with the Vexy Lines desktop app for a one-time 109 EUR/USD.
No Illustrator?
Vexy Playlines lets you transform your image into vectors with the same vector patterns as Vexy Linestra, starting free.
And if you’re in for sophistication, Vexy Lines is our halftoning powerhouse, for just $99 for Mac & Windows
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.
Select an object, apply Effect → Vexy → Vexy Linestra, and watch it become line art — still fully editable.
Read the Vexy Linestra manual →