Illustrator: Creating Custom Brushes

MP4 | Video: 720p | Duration: 2:19:19 | English | Subtitles: VTT | 562.0 MB

Create compelling and unique works of art by making custom Adobe Illustrator brushes. By customizing the brushes that you use, your illustrations can become more original, intricate, and complex. The results can include characteristics of real-world brushes, meaning you can achieve similar effects in an easy and fun way. In this course, Emily Kay shows you how to make custom brushes. First, Emily provides an overview of brush types. Then, she takes you through modification options for several brushes: calligraphic, scatter, art, bristle, and pattern. She also shows you how to layer and merge brushes and save brushes for future use.

Topics include:

Working with Illustrator brushes

Loading preset brushes

How brushes respond to variations

Changing colorization options

Adding textures and effects

Segmenting a brush

Creating a watercolor effect

Incorporating shading

Distributing on a path

Adding endcaps

Creating a complex pattern

Using gradients

Combining brushes

Saving custom art brushes