Watch Tim Van Damme design symbols for keyboard keycaps in the new Figma Draw.

Gary Simon shows how to create your own Figma Draw brushes by scanning physical samples or generating them with AI. He also offers 30 pre-made stretch brushes as a free resource.

Inga Hampton, a Product Designer at Raycast, and Noah McAskill, a Chief Doodler at NBA Paint, are challenged to draw each other’s portraits in Figma Draw. The reveal at 20:00 is my favorite part.

First, that illustration from Miggi is very cute. Second, I have no idea how these talented minds at the Figma Draw team made all of these complex visual effects exportable to SVG. Mad respect!

Miggi shows how to be more experimental and expressive with Figma Draw features like progressive layer blurs, texture, and a custom brush. Learn to pair these with Smart Animate prototyping, and you can come up with some novel effects.

“Welcome to Figma Draw, a way to design precise-yet-playful illustrations, icons, and more. This playground file teaches how to use our new drawing and vector editing tools through interactive examples, and share some inspo created by product and brand designers using the new features.”

I don’t see myself using Draw much, but I’m so happy it’s here for talented artists like Mehak Samaiya.

Joel Miller, Design Manager for the Figma Draw team, shares his five favorite design details of the new mode.

“Figma is for practical business application.” The marketing team has been killing it with recent promo videos!

“Figma Draw pairs faster, simpler vector editing with powerful tools for visual expression — so designers of all stripes can bring their vision to life without breaking focus.” One thing I keep wondering about is how much visual design will change in the coming months. Medium and tools define the end result, and Figma just got way more powerful and artistic.