# Does krita have a ye olde hatch style line type?

**URL:** <https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-ye-olde-hatch-style-line-type/192443>\
**Category:** General Questions\
**Tags:** brush-identification\
**Created:** [October 18, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-ye-olde-hatch-style-line-type/192443 "2026-10-18T22:46:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Verdant](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/ecae2f/32.png) [@Verdant](https://krita-artists.org/u/Verdant)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-ye-olde-hatch-style-line-type/192443/1 "2026-10-18T22:46:22Z")

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Hi please see the attached image from something I’m working on-

 ![logo-lines-question](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/d/7/d70ff69e3374360733bf5dc2b37013795d2d25df.png)

In the green section I tried to put lots of lines, a bit like in old drawings where they would make a sort of hatch effect for artistic effect, light, shadow etc.

But the lines are quite boring- is there a package in krita which could be used which gives the lines an interesting variation, almost like you see in the old hand drawn hatched lines with pen/pencil?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![sooz](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/sooz/32/93244_2.png) [@sooz](https://krita-artists.org/u/sooz)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-ye-olde-hatch-style-line-type/192443/2 "2026-10-19T01:04:35Z")

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Hi @Verdant

There are several hatching brush bundles in the resources category. Using the search box at upper right I found this one: [Crosshatching brushes (pencil and ink like)](https://krita-artists.org/t/crosshatching-brushes-pencil-and-ink-like/188584)

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**Author:** ![Someonesane](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/someonesane/32/124609_2.png) [@Someonesane](https://krita-artists.org/u/Someonesane)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-ye-olde-hatch-style-line-type/192443/3 "2026-10-19T13:45:19Z")

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Apart from the different brushes that might help, you could also try some methods using Fill Layers and Filters. For example:

Here, I’ve used a Fill Layer to fill my canvas with a hand drawn line pattern I made. I then used a transformation mask to point the line pattern along the trajectory of the space it’s in (for a more pleasing appearance), then used a Transparency Mask to contain the pattern only to the box area I wanted it in.

 ![lines 1](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/5/8/58cd3a380178df29a91e1898d28fdfed8675720a.jpeg)

In the following example, I used a Halftone Filter Masks to apply that same pattern to an image I made (point A) and used a Color Adjustment Filter Mask to tweak the values, as needed. For the second example (point B) I changed the patterns to something more like a crosshatching and tweaked the Color Adjustment Filter to better suit that new pattern.

(Edit: Original example image didn’t upload very well. Hopefully splitting them will work better).

 ![lines 2 org](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/d/0/d09982515214426c66193073f06d3821152ceda9.jpeg)

 ![lines 2a](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/4/8/48e6b25ab2726f82b17f723b2fd8e92f0bf0d775.jpeg)

 ![lines 2b](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/1/6/16e3c617a7d1caad37ef803da60c1863dbf03a2b.jpeg)