Line thickness question

[reliablepants]

I just learned about Shape Builder yesterday – it’s now on my Illustrator > GF short list too.

Illustrator: cut outline on vector line art

I’ve been playing around with scoring vector line art and am trying to figure out the best way to add a cut outline to an image mostly made up of open paths. I use Illustrator CS6. [IMG_3039] Because of the way I drew these, pathfinder > unite or a stroke/fill swap doesn’t work to give me a clean outline of the shapes. For the house, it was easy enough to draw an offset cut line and use pathfinder for the hanging loop, but I wanted a more precise cut for the wings. I ended up using live pai…