diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index cb63a4d48..85da84981 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ export const ROUNDNESS = {
  * collaboration */
 export const PRECEDING_ELEMENT_KEY = "__precedingElement__";
 
+export const ROUGHNESS = {
+  architect: 0,
+  artist: 1,
+  cartoonist: 2,
+} as const;
+
 export const DEFAULT_ELEMENT_PROPS: {
   strokeColor: ExcalidrawElement["strokeColor"];
   backgroundColor: ExcalidrawElement["backgroundColor"];
@@ -278,7 +284,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_ELEMENT_PROPS: {
   fillStyle: "hachure",
   strokeWidth: 1,
   strokeStyle: "solid",
-  roughness: 1,
+  roughness: ROUGHNESS.artist,
   opacity: 100,
   locked: false,
 };
diff --git a/src/renderer/renderElement.ts b/src/renderer/renderElement.ts
index 77ea14587..215e281c6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/renderElement.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/renderElement.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
   BOUND_TEXT_PADDING,
   MAX_DECIMALS_FOR_SVG_EXPORT,
   MIME_TYPES,
+  ROUGHNESS,
   SVG_NS,
 } from "../constants";
 import { getStroke, StrokeOptions } from "perfect-freehand";
@@ -416,7 +417,8 @@ export const generateRoughOptions = (
     hachureGap: element.strokeWidth * 4,
     roughness: element.roughness,
     stroke: element.strokeColor,
-    preserveVertices: continuousPath,
+    preserveVertices:
+      continuousPath || element.roughness < ROUGHNESS.cartoonist,
   };
 
   switch (element.type) {