lab21 paintbrush tool

Adding parts made of brushes can also improve the appearance of your figure. There are five main types of brushes available in Illustrator including calligraphic brushes, scatter brushes, art brushes which splits the object evenly from the path, the bristle brushes and the pattern brushes which can include up to five tiles. The brushes panel displays a variety of brushes that vary within a group of sizes or styles. To add more brushes just go to the panel menu and click on the ones you wish to add, it will automatically appear to your list. You can also specify different options for the different types of brushes chosen by double clicking on them, the bristle brush options panel will show off there you can change the length, density, opacity and thickness.