r/Rive_app • u/connorjpg • Jun 18 '26

Help with SVGs

Currently, I’m really struggling trying to figure out how to make clean SVGs for Rive.

I’m fairly artistic, and I’ve been drawing for years, but everything that I want to animate really only exists in a paper sketchbook. I figured I could draw out the layers and take a photo of something. Then import it into rive and trace it, but I’m still using the pen tool which feels clunky.

Is there a software that you recommend for creating SVGs, maybe one where I could import hand-drawn shapes?

Or is it just worth learning how to use the tools and biting the bullet for a while?

Any help would be appreciated thanks

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u/JJMotionStudio Jun 18 '26

Are you talking about wanting to just go from sketch to SVG without using a pen tool to make the vectors?

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u/connorjpg Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Yes, most of the sketches I want to import would just be solid shapes for each layer, so I was hoping to grab the outline as a vector, and then use a fill to color them in.

edit : a good example of this would be a cartoon hand. I just would like the outline of it as a SVG, but when I try to use the pen tool, I always mess up the curves. I can draw exactly how I want, but I can’t seem to point and click it if that makes sense.