I will give you a detailed analysis of the illustrator software and share with you the tutorial on creating a pencil pattern brush.
Tutorial sharing:
1. Create a new file and set the grid
Step 1
Ctrl-N create a new document and select pixels from the unit drop-down menu. The width and height are 600 × 400. Click the Advanced button. Select RGB as the color mode, and remove the check box "align the new object with the Pixel mesh" on the screen (72ppi ".
Step 2
Use a grid (View> display grid) and an alignment grid (View> align grid ). Set the interval of each gridline to 5 px. Just click edit> Preference> reference line and grid.
Step 3
You can open the information panel (window> information) to preview the size and shape position in real time. Do not forget to set Unit to pixel. Edit> Preference> unit. These options greatly increase your productivity.
2. Main shape created
Step 1
Select the rectangle tool (M), set the stroke to "none", select the fill and set its color to black (R = 0G = 0, B = 0 ). Draw a rectangle of 15x35 pixels.
Step 2
Set the fill color to white (R = 255G = 255, B = 255 ). Create a 5*25 pixel rectangle, as shown in the following figure.
Step 3
Change the fill to black and create a rectangle of 5x25 pixels, as shown in the following figure.
Step 4
Use the rectangle tool (M) to draw four 5-pixel squares, make sure the fill color is black, and place them as shown in the following figure.
Step 5
Use the rectangle tool (M) to make sure that the fill color is white, draw three 5-pixel squares, and place them as shown below.
Step 6
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 30 × 35 PX rectangle, as shown in the following figure, and keep it in the selected state, you can open the appearance for observation. (Window> appearance ).
Set the fill color to white, and the stroke to black. Click the stroke to display the settings panel. The width is set to 5 pixels, and the alignment stroke is used to align the inside of the stroke.
Step 7
Select the rectangle and select Add anchor tool, as shown in the following figure.
Use the direct selection tool (A) to select the anchor in Figure 1 and drag 15px. The final shape is shown in figure 2.
Step 8
Use the rectangle tool (M) to create a 5*15 pixel shape, as shown in the following figure. The color is filled with black and the stroke is none.
3. Create a paint brush pattern
Step 1
Select the following three rectangles, open the color palette (window> color palette), drag them into the color palette, and store the new pattern. Click in the blank space, double-click the new pattern, rename it as "starttile" (set as shown in the following figure), and then click "cancel ".
Step 2
Select the following two shapes to create the second pattern in the same way (as shown in the following figure ). Double-click the new pattern and rename it "endtile ".
Step 3
Select the seven rectangles shown in the following figure. Open the paint brush (window> paint brush), drag the rectangle into the paint panel, and select "New paint brush". The paint type is "pattern paint brush ".
Name it "penpencil Brush", drag the slider to 40%, color: color, as shown in the following figure to create a new paint Brush. Click OK to find your paint brush in the paint panel.
(Note: If you have any questions, you can take a look at what I have done by myself. Click
And then select the name of the pattern to be added.
The effect is as follows:
4. Use the new paint brush to create some simple patterns.
Step 1
Select the font tool (T), click on the canvas, and add the gray text. Select them to open the character panel.
The font is Mistral, and the font size is set to 170pt (or set according to the pattern you have painted ). Open the layers panel and lock the selected text to avoid accidental movement when you add a paint effect to it.
Step 2
Select the paint Brush tool (B), and select the pen Brush to draw the first letter. Select this path, open the appearance panel, and change the stroke color to R = 28G = 117 B = 188.
Step 3
Use the same tool and brush to draw a red pattern path. The color is R = 239G = 65 B = 54. after drawing the remaining pattern, you can unlock and hide or delete the previously locked layers.
Step 4
Select all paths, effect> style> projection. Set properties as shown in the following figure. Click OK!
I hope you will like this little tutorial and apply it to other patterns you want to draw.
All right, the above information is the detailed tutorial for creating a pencil pattern brush for all the users of illustrator's software, you can see that the user here, Xiaobian believes that everyone is very clear about the production method, then you can follow the tutorials provided by the editor to create the pencil pattern brush you want.
