In this tutorial we are going to show how to create a simple brush that will create a starry sky for a night time illustration. This tutorial will focus on scatter brushes.
Adobe did such a great job of thinking of everything in the entire Creative Suite, they even thought of ways to let us think of our own ways to improve upon it, if you can follow this twisted logic. In this article, I'll share some Illustrator tweaks and customizations that you may find useful.
Illustrator profiles contain lots of information regarding documents including; pattern swatches, brushes, symbols, graphic styles, and much more. In this brief video tutorial, we will show you how to make a set of pattern swatches into a persistent swatch as well as how to customize your default settings for Illustrator pattern swatches.
In this 5 minute video tutorial we will demonstrate how to customize your default Illustrator brush palette to only display the brushes that you actually use. In addition, we will show you how to make custom Illustrator brush sets, like the ones available on this site persistent; to display at startup every time you open Illustrator.
Learn how to work with Workspaces in Adobe Illustrator. Workspaces allow you to arrange the Panels and other interface elements in Illustrator. Learn to work with the built-in default Workspaces Illustrator CS4 comes with, as well as how to customize your own workspaces to suit the type of job you’re working on.