From the course: Illustrator: Creating Custom Brushes
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Create a custom calligraphic brush - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator: Creating Custom Brushes
Create a custom calligraphic brush
- [Instructor] You can easily customize the calligraphic brush by augmenting the options and making refinements that will allow you to achieve the perfect results. Generally, calligraphy pens are held at at 45 degree angle, but anything between 30 degrees and 60 degrees should give you the desired results. These settings are easy to create and modify within Illustrator. If I select an existing line and double click on the calligraphic brush that is controlling this line, I'll be greeted with the calligraphic brush options. Here I can augment any of the existing settings. The angle is going to determine the angle of rotation for the brush. I can either drag the slider to change the angle of rotation, or if I grab the arrow in this little preview dialogue box, I can augment the angle. In addition, you could numerically change the angle to a number of your liking. Because I have the preview box checked, any changes that…
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