Graphic designer Von Glitschka appreciates the endless brush stroke freedom that real-world brushes offer, and he knows how to replicate this offering in the digital world. In this course, he shows how to create your own custom, handmade brush strokes and import them into Adobe Illustrator. Von demonstrates how to compile and use custom brush strokes to achieve both a hand-painted aesthetic and a personal touch. Whether you're a painter, a designer, or just a fan of Illustrator, this course offers instructions on how to expand your use of Illustrator.

Topics include:

• Painting real brush strokes
• Transforming real brush strokes into digital brush strokes
• Importing brush strokes
• Creating bitmap surface textures
• Modifying vectors
• Compiling patterns, shapes, and strokes
• Working with layers and blend modes
• Using vector brushes

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