Animators pencil "look".

[m8r]

Does anyone have a brush settings configuration that closely resembles a hand drawn pencil line?

[Greenlaw]

If you're looking for a brush preset, I think CK Sketch Sponge M is a pretty good one for a pencil look. In the Brush Settings window, it's at the bottom. Set it to a grayer tone or anything but solid black for a more convincing look.

Also, be sure to enable Minimize Frame-To-Frame Randomness or it may chatter like crazy.

Hope this helps.

[Hoptoad]

Does anyone have a brush settings configuration that closely resembles a hand drawn pencil line?

If your settings are 1920x1080...

CK Ink Clouds Brush
Brush spacing 0
Dark Gray (70,70,70)
Stroke Width: 4
Stroke Effect: Soft Edge > Blur Radius 1

Layer Settings:
General > Noise: 30 In the Layer window, be sure to choose the SAME color as the line.
Vectors > Noisy outlines > Offset (pixels): 3

The blur to the stroke softens the edges of the mark, but the color becomes a little flat for pencil. Setting noise to 30 gives the mark back some sparkle (dark pixels). Setting noise outline keeps the curves from looking computer-ish, and therefore it appears hand-drawn.

This suits me, but maybe not you. You might try different brushes with these settings, and tinker with the settings, until you discover something you like.