Mesh Shapes – 2D Vector Art Tools

Create, Generate and Animate 2D Artwork For UI, Characters and Scenes

Mesh Shapes is a powerful Unity tool for creating, editing and animating procedural 2D artwork directly in the Editor. Build everything from simple UI graphics to complete characters, environments and game assets using fully editable shapes.

With AI-assisted artwork generation through Unity MCP, you can create illustrations from descriptions or reference images. The Artwork Markup feature lets you highlight specific parts of a drawing to guide targeted AI refinements. Unlike flattened images, each shape remains individually editable in Unity.

Key Features

AI Artwork Generation with Unity MCP

Use compatible AI agents connected through Unity MCP to generate characters, props, backgrounds, interfaces, game levels and complete illustrations directly in Unity.

Describe your idea or provide reference artwork, and an agent can build it from editable Mesh Shapes using Bezier paths, polygons, gradients, borders, masks and Boolean operations. Change individual parts after generation without recreating the entire image.

Requires a compatible Unity MCP setup and AI agent.

Artwork Markup – Targeted AI Refinement

Draw annotations directly over artwork in the Scene View to show exactly what needs changing. Highlight incorrect proportions, missing details, unwanted geometry or areas requiring simplification.

• Add visual feedback to selected objects or entire compositions
• Identify specific character parts or shapes for improvement
• Guide AI-assisted changes while preserving existing artwork
• Mark annotations as resolved as each refinement is completed

This supports an iterative AI workflow: generate artwork, mark areas to improve and refine the relevant details rather than starting again.

SVG and Image to Mesh Shapes

• SVG to Mesh Shapes: Convert SVG vector artwork into editable shapes
• Image to Mesh Shapes: Use Vectorizer AI to vectorise raster images and convert them into editable Mesh Shapes

Once converted, artwork can be reshaped, recoloured, animated and masked directly in Unity.

Raster conversion requires the third-party Vectorizer AI service.

Create and Edit Shapes Directly in Unity

Create circles, rectangles, polygons, lines, Bezier curves and custom paths directly in the Scene or Canvas. 

Adjust proportions and shape details with dedicated Scene View controls:

• Interactive Bezier point and tangent editing
• Multi-point and area selection
• Edge and vertex snapping
• Geometry, anchor and recentering tools

Boolean Shape Operations

Build complex silhouettes, cutouts, decorative geometry and layered illustrations from simple shapes using:

• Unite: Combine overlapping shapes
• Subtract: Cut geometry from another shape
• Intersect: Keep overlapping areas
• Exclude: Remove overlapping areas

Highly Customisable Appearance

Style every shape with extensive visual controls:

• Solid colours, opacity and HDR colours
• Linear and radial gradients
• Textures, sprites, UV tiling, scaling and rotation
• Alpha, Multiply and Additive blending
• Borders, outlines and variable-width strokes
• Rounded, bevelled and mitred corners
• Open and closed paths
• Progress and partial-shape drawing
• Front, back and double-sided rendering

Create everything from simple flat art to detailed stylised game visuals.

Flexible Borders and Outlines

Fine-tune borders and outlines for everything from clean UI frames to organic illustrations:

• Inside, centred or outside border alignment
• Custom caps, corners and thickness
• Variable-width strokes for organic artwork

Advanced Masking

Build detailed layered artwork with the built-in masking system:

• Nested inclusive and exclusive masks
• Optional mask ignoring for individual shapes
• Clipping, reveals, cutouts and transitions
• Unity UI masking support on Canvas

Characters, Props and Environments

Combine multiple Mesh Shapes to build complete characters, backgrounds, props, scenery and interfaces. Use Bezier paths for organic silhouettes, polygons for structured geometry, gradients for shading and masking or Boolean operations for details. Every element remains editable for ongoing refinement and animation.

Scene and Canvas Support

Use the same procedural artwork across both world-space graphics and Unity UI:

• MeshRenderer artwork for game scenes
• CanvasRenderer artwork for UI and HUDs
• Convert artwork between Scene and Canvas
• Reuse editable illustrations across different contexts

Automated 2D Collider Generation

Generate colliders from shape geometry for platforms, obstacles and other gameplay objects, reducing the need to manually trace collision outlines.

Rapid Prototyping to Final Artwork

Go from quick placeholder art to production-ready game graphics without replacing your original shapes:

• Build art manually with editing tools
• Start with imported SVG or vectorised images
• Generate illustrations through Unity MCP
• Refine the same artwork from prototype to release

Progress and Runtime Animation

Animate shape progress, borders and geometry at runtime with scripts or Unity animation tools. 

Create:

• Health bars, loading indicators and timers
• Cooldowns and circular progress meters
• Animated outlines and drawing effects
• Reactive UI and procedural gameplay effects

Paths and Constraints

Use lines, polygons and Bezier paths to position and move objects by normalised progress or distance, with clamping and repeating options. 

Useful for:

• Object and enemy movement paths
• UI and camera animation
• Procedural placement and route systems

Custom Geometry, Anchors and Layout

Control polygon sides, rotation, shear, Bezier sampling, path closure and sidedness. Use anchors, alignment and recentering tools for precise layout. Canvas artwork integrates with RectTransform pivots and positioning.

Mesh and FBX Export

Export generated geometry as Unity mesh assets or FBX files, with options for organising and combining meshes.

FBX export requires Unity's FBX Exporter package.

Performance-Focused Workflow

Mesh Shapes caches generated data, reuses materials where possible and updates geometry when required. Editor and runtime functionality are separated to keep builds focused on the features they need.

Unity Compatibility

Supports Unity 2021.3 LTS and newer, including Unity 6, with Scene and Canvas workflows and no URP requirement.