Create Brushes in Adobe Illustrator with Jason Hoppe

After this class you’ll be able to:

• Understand the 5 types of brushes.
• Work with the brush tool and its options.
• Expertly adjust the variation of stroke weight and width profiles.
• Create your own brushes or import existing brushes.
• Use the Brushes Library to explore a host of built-in brush options.

About Jason's class:

Brushes in Illustrator covers the five different types of brushes: Calligraphic, Art, Scatter, Bristle and Pattern brushes. This also covers the Brush Tool as well, which is not needed to create and use Brushes, but can add even more creativity to your creations once you learn how the Brush Tool works.

Brushes can be applied to any shape or line in Illustrator. Shapes can be created with the Brush Tool or the Shape Tools and then have the brush creations applied to the stroke of those creations. Want to explore more brushes? Use the built-in Library of Brushes to access and edit even more creative brushes for your creations.

In addition to creating brushes, this video will cover how to convert an image into a brush and practical applications of brushes in your creations such as adding texture, making your creations a brush and adding expressive qualities to them and being able to reshape the shape and lines that you have created with the Profile menu and the Width Shape Tool.

Brushes are no longer just simple strokes; they can be edited to create stunning and creative patterns, texture and shapes.

Who this class is for:

• Beginners who are learning basic Illustrator brushes.
• Artists and creators who want to explore brushes further.
• Advanced users who want to master brushes, create their own and advance their concepts and designs.

Software used:

Adobe Illustrator CC 2021