AD: create my own brush

[Peterkaosa]

Hi,

 

I've not been into vector design for ages, but AD forces me… so, question is: how does creating your own brush really work, from scratch.

 

I'd like to make something like a drinking straw as in the picture below. I imagine it must be possible to have a brush that draws both the yellow straw itself and the blueish banderole around it. Would be even better if this brush generated drinking straw "ends" with a shadow or so.

 

So, folks, let me participate in your unreal skills!

[Lee D]

Hi Peterkaosa,

 

Check out Ronnie McBrides tutorial on creating custom brushes, the first part of the video is creating the image to use as a brush. If you skip to around the 8 Min mark, he shows how to use that image to create a image brush you could even use the image you attached as a test.

 

Hope this helps.

 

L