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How can I take the grease pencil drawing I have and apply it to the shape of a mesh I have. In other words, how can I make it follow the surface of a mesh?
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Here's from front

Here's from the side. It tends to change form as you change angle and zoom.

mesh grease-pencil

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How can I take the grease pencil drawing I have and apply it to the shape of a mesh I have. In other words, how can I make it follow the surface of a mesh?
Thx.

follow-up on comments

Here's from front

Here's from the side. It tends to change form as you change angle and zoom.

mesh grease-pencil

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How can I take the grease pencil drawing I have and apply it to the shape of a mesh I have. In other words, how can I make it follow the surface of a mesh?
Thx.

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Here's from front

Here's from the side. It tends to change form as you change angle and zoom.

mesh grease-pencil

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edited 8 hours ago

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You can change the stroke placement option to 'surface' like this:

To increase strokes accuracy you can change these two options, 'input samples' and 'active smooth':

You can also lower the stroke thickness here but will stay some kind of cylinder even if smaller radius:

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  I'm having trouble finding that dropdown. What do you have selected? Can you help me find it?
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  Ope, I figured it out. You have to go to draw mode, and you have to have the object visible in order for this to work. Just curious, do you know how to make it follow the shape of one object when the object isn't visible?
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  After adding a GP object, add a layer, then use 'draw' mode (upper left of the 3D view or ctrl+tab then 'draw') and this option will be available
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  Ahh, got a problem. It appears that since it's right against the mesh, it's causing it to have troulbe deciding which one to display. Know the answer?
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  Consider to upvote @RBlong2us takes a lot of effort making that gifs for you...
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You can change the stroke placement option to 'surface' like this:

To increase strokes accuracy you can change these two options, 'input samples' and 'active smooth':

You can also lower the stroke thickness here but will stay some kind of cylinder even if smaller radius:

share|improve this answer

edited 8 hours ago

answered 9 hours ago

lemonlemon

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  I'm having trouble finding that dropdown. What do you have selected? Can you help me find it?
  $endgroup$
  – RBlong2us
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
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  Ope, I figured it out. You have to go to draw mode, and you have to have the object visible in order for this to work. Just curious, do you know how to make it follow the shape of one object when the object isn't visible?
  $endgroup$
  – RBlong2us
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  After adding a GP object, add a layer, then use 'draw' mode (upper left of the 3D view or ctrl+tab then 'draw') and this option will be available
  $endgroup$
  – lemon
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Ahh, got a problem. It appears that since it's right against the mesh, it's causing it to have troulbe deciding which one to display. Know the answer?
  $endgroup$
  – RBlong2us
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Consider to upvote @RBlong2us takes a lot of effort making that gifs for you...
  $endgroup$
  – brockmann
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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2

$begingroup$

You can change the stroke placement option to 'surface' like this:

To increase strokes accuracy you can change these two options, 'input samples' and 'active smooth':

You can also lower the stroke thickness here but will stay some kind of cylinder even if smaller radius:

share|improve this answer

edited 8 hours ago

answered 9 hours ago

lemonlemon

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$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  I'm having trouble finding that dropdown. What do you have selected? Can you help me find it?
  $endgroup$
  – RBlong2us
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Ope, I figured it out. You have to go to draw mode, and you have to have the object visible in order for this to work. Just curious, do you know how to make it follow the shape of one object when the object isn't visible?
  $endgroup$
  – RBlong2us
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  After adding a GP object, add a layer, then use 'draw' mode (upper left of the 3D view or ctrl+tab then 'draw') and this option will be available
  $endgroup$
  – lemon
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Ahh, got a problem. It appears that since it's right against the mesh, it's causing it to have troulbe deciding which one to display. Know the answer?
  $endgroup$
  – RBlong2us
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Consider to upvote @RBlong2us takes a lot of effort making that gifs for you...
  $endgroup$
  – brockmann
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 12 more comments

$begingroup$

You can change the stroke placement option to 'surface' like this:

To increase strokes accuracy you can change these two options, 'input samples' and 'active smooth':

You can also lower the stroke thickness here but will stay some kind of cylinder even if smaller radius:

share|improve this answer

edited 8 hours ago

answered 9 hours ago

lemonlemon

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share|improve this answer

edited 8 hours ago

answered 9 hours ago

lemonlemon

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answered 9 hours ago

lemonlemon

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answered 9 hours ago

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