Join Russell Viers for an in-depth discussion in this video Introduction to brushes, part of 11 Things Every Beginner Needs to Learn to Love Illustrator.
Sometimes, strokes just are, well, boring. …Yeah, I can create a line that goes from the city to the satellite down to the …radio, but it's just a line. Throw some lines in the sky, and no …matter how thick you make them, they're just lines. …So in this chapter, we're gonna meet the brush. …The brush is a great artistic tool, lets us do some really neat things from, well, …making it look like a paintbrush to artistic borders and lines, and well, …just a lot of really fun stuff. For example, I wanna have exhaust coming …out of the back of this rocket. Well, if I take my pencil tool and just draw.…
Well, it's just a line and even if I make it thicker, you know, it's still kind of …a harsh uniform edge. Yes, I can play with some of the Presets, …you know, and try to give it a different look, but it's still a very clean edge. …It's not exhaust. So, let's delete that and let's go to our Brush. …Now, I'm gonna start in the back and let's just draw the, okay. …So that doesn't look like much, but if I select it, and I go to the Brushes panel, …
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3/22/2011- Creating shapes and lines
- Modifying paths
- Transforming objects
- Using Illustrator's brushes
- Creating your own brushes
- Fun with text
- Understanding layers, groups, and sublayers
- Working with photos and other art
- Placing Illustrator files
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 32s
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1. Introduction to Vector Data
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Vector vs. raster6m 1s
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Strokes and fills6m 40s
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2. What Is Illustrator?
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Why use Illustrator?4m 55s
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Exploring the interface4m 14s
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Using artboards5m 17s
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Saving and exporting5m 24s
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3. Fun with Shapes
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Creating shapes12m 18s
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4. The Humble Line Tool: It's Not as Simple as It Sounds
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Creating lines58s
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Line tools5m 39s
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5. Illustrator Kindergarten
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Drawing tools16m 56s
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6. Modifying Your Paths
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Fun with paths1m 34s
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The Pathfinder panel9m 56s
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Compound paths5m 8s
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Outline stroke4m 36s
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Offset paths3m 36s
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7. You've Made a Path, Now What?
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Duplicating objects3m 41s
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Aligning objects5m 28s
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Grouping objects2m 30s
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Arranging objects3m 55s
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Transform tools3m 23s
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8. This Isn't Your Average Brush Tool
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Introduction to brushes3m 12s
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Using Illustrator brushes5m 25s
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Editing brushes9m 8s
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Making unique borders7m 58s
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9. Time for Some Words
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Fun with text1m 31s
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Point vs. area type7m 40s
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Using glyphs3m 39s
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Creating outlines6m 56s
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10. Working with Your Art Gets Easier with Layers
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Mastering layers2m 2s
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Working with layers7m 12s
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Isolation mode5m 45s
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11. Bringing in Photos and Other Graphics for More Fun
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Placing photos7m 22s
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Placing Illustrator files4m 54s
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