Stroke does not completely surround shape

[iamthecrave]

Apologies if this is not the correct forum. I have noticed that this problem is a recurring one: 

 

I've noticed that many brushes do not extend all the way around a shape. There is a break. Is there a way to correct this?

 

Edited March 22, 2023 by iamthecrave
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[BlueLiner]

Try setting the stroke to align to the outside

[BlueLiner]

Hmmm, that did not work on all brushes. I could fudge some by playing with the align and trying all 3.

[firstdefence]

There is no simple way to get a wraparound.

One way is to duplicate the shape and rotate it 180º and overlay it on top of the original shape. Even then if you change the brush style you may have to fiddle with the brush cap settings to get a decent look.

Another thing I do, is to group both layers, duplicate the group and flip it horizontally, then the upper most group in the layers panel I change the blend mode, it can give you some nice effects.

[firstdefence]

Yet another method is to add nodes, break curves and reposition added nodes...

 This will work for a lot of brushstrokes but not all of them, in the video I've shown yet another workaround to this problem.

 

 

[iconoclast]

This behavior is caused by the images the brush heads are based on. Texturized brush heads are based on pixel images (white on black). The edges of those images on the left and the right will always define the look of the ends of the brushstrokes. If you create brushes on your own, you could create two versions: one with those edges and another one with cutted edges. The last ones can be drawn seamless, but the first ones will always have this gaps at the ends of the brushstrokes. Hope that the developers will solve this problem in the future, but at the moment there doesn't seem to be another solution. At least in my experiences.

[Pšenda]

3 hours ago, iconoclast said:

Hope that the developers will solve this problem in the future

Personally, I don't really understand why a brush is applied to a closed shape including Head and Tail. It would be so easy to use Head and Tail only on open curves - where the start and end of the brush stroke makes some sense (it's visible), whereas on a closed curve the start and end of the stroke are obviously not visible. And if someone were to require the existing behavior, they would simply break the closed shape.

[iconoclast]

1 hour ago, Pšenda said:

Personally, I don't really understand why a brush is applied to a closed shape including Head and Tail. It would be so easy to use Head and Tail only on open curves - where the start and end of the brush stroke makes some sense (it's visible), whereas on a closed curve the start and end of the stroke are obviously not visible. And if someone were to require the existing behavior, they would simply break the closed shape.

I'm sure, it wouldn't be too difficult to solve this with an additional feature in the Brushes Editor. Hope this will come in the future. I think, Designer's brushes are a bit limited at the moment anyway.

[iamthecrave]

12 hours ago, firstdefence said:

There is no simple way to get a wraparound.

One way is to duplicate the shape and rotate it 180º and overlay it on top of the original shape. Even then if you change the brush style you may have to fiddle with the brush cap settings to get a decent look.

Another thing I do, is to group both layers, duplicate the group and flip it horizontally, then the upper most group in the layers panel I change the blend mode, it can give you some nice effects.

 

[iamthecrave]

Very interesting work-around! It works. Thanks for the idea. 

[iamthecrave]

Thanks everyone for the responses. I guess even Illustrator does this, albeit not very often! I appreciate your help.