Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for modifying drawing characteristics of digital raster images utilizing stroke properties. Specifically, the disclosed system receives a stroke input to draw a stroke within a raster layer of a digital raster image. The disclosed system determines drawing data by capturing stroke points and properties of the stroke and then store the drawing data within a metadata file associated with the digital raster image. The disclosed system receives a request to change at least one drawing attribute of the stroke to a different drawing attribute. In response to the request, the disclosed system modifies the digital raster image by updating the drawing data for the stroke according to the request and then re-generate the raster layer including the stroke utilizing the updated drawing data.