Designers often need to use arrows in their projects to indicate a certain action or flow. An arrow is a simple and effective way to direct the user’s attention and create a visual hierarchy. Curved arrows are especially useful when trying to convey more complex relationships between objects, and they can help make your design look more elegant and professional.
Figma is an incredibly powerful vector-based design tool that allows designers to easily create complex shapes and graphics. Fortunately, it also makes it easy to draw curved arrows with its built-in tools. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the process of drawing a curved arrow in Figma.
Step 1: Select the Arrow Tool
The first step is selecting the arrow tool from the top menu bar. Once selected, you will see a few options appear on the right side of your screen including “Arrow Type”, “Start Point”, “End Point”, and “Curvature”.
Step 2: Select Your Arrow Type
Once you have selected the arrow tool, you can choose which type of arrow you want to draw from the drop down menu. The options are line, curve, arc, or freehand.
For this tutorial we will be selecting “Curve” as we want our arrow to have some curvature.
Step 3: Set Up Your Start and End Points
Once you have chosen your arrow type, you will need to set up your start point and end point for the arrow. To do this click on one of the points on your canvas where you want your arrow to start or end. Then move your mouse along the canvas until you reach where you want it to finish.
Step 4: Adjust Curvature
The next step is adjusting the curvature of your curved arrow. This can be done by adjusting the slider located next to “Curvature” in the right side menu. You can adjust this slider until you get just the right amount of curvature for your design.
Conclusion:
Drawing a curved arrow in Figma is easy with its built-in tools! All you need to do is select the Arrow Tool from the top menu bar, choose an Arrow Type (we chose Curve), set up Start and End Points for your Arrow by clicking on points on your canvas where it should begin or end, and finally adjust Curvature using a slider in order to get just the right amount of curvature for your design.