Unicorn Style Effect Stroke

[RL2492]

Curious if anyone knows how to replicate the rainbow gradient/ombre effect that the stroke has on the unicorn style?

[GarryP]

The Unicorn Style uses a Texture Brush to achieve its effect (I think).

You can alternatively use a Conical Gradient, adding gradient stops manually, via the Gradient Tool to get a similar effect – see attached image.

[RL2492]

On 11/18/2023 at 3:36 AM, GarryP said:

The Unicorn Style uses a Texture Brush to achieve its effect (I think).

You can alternatively use a Conical Gradient, adding gradient stops manually, via the Gradient Tool to get a similar effect – see attached image.

Yes, it seems to be a texture brush, I just can't figure out how all the colors were added. Thanks for the input!

[Zero1]

It is something like this....

 

[G13RL]

On 11/18/2023 at 8:16 AM, RL2492 said:

Curious if anyone knows how to replicate the rainbow gradient/ombre effect that the stroke has on the unicorn style?

 

For my part, I used a conical gradient applied to a donut, with the same color at 0% and 100%. Of course, this also works with a simple circle.

[NotMyFault]

Using the polar to rectangular filter, you can reverse engineer the actual gradient.

Using the channels panel or a channel mixer adjustment, you can deconstruct the RGB channels. The gradient is not uniform, but somehow distorted (intentionally), see RGB waveform.

remaining steps:

1. export the gradient as png
2. create new image brush from png. Set mode to stretch.
3. create ellipse shape using new brush