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Use gradients

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Here I'll share with you a few workarounds for getting gradients into brushes. There are a few different solutions for this problem. You can expand the gradient, you can create a blend, or you can rasterize your artwork. Let's look at how we can accomplish this. I currently have some art that I've already created on my Artboard. I have a flat version of my bamboo. I've taken that art and I've converted it into a gradient using traditional gradient fills. If I take this artwork and I try to turn it into a pattern brush, when I drag it into the library and select Pattern Brush, I'm going to get a warning letting me know that Illustrator does not want to turn this into a brush. It actually can't use this type of artwork. The reason why is because you can't use gradients within an Illustrator brush. We do have several workarounds. The first one is that we can rasterize the artwork. So if I make a copy of this artwork,…

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