![]() ![]() ![]() This enables you to use the live paint bucket tool but we won’t use it just yet. This will expand your brush lines (that are actually stroke lines) in to shapes. Now navigate to object/expand appearance. ![]() This selects all the lines but not the sketch because the layer is locked. When you’ve drawn all the lines navigate to select/all. Also it’s important that all these lines are in the same layer. This is important for coloring the lineart later. We’ll delete those overshot lines later but for now just bare with me. The most important thing to remember here is to overshoot every line. Now simply start drawing over your sketch. To create a new brush navigate to window/brushes and click on the little arrow on the top right of the brushes window and select “new brush.” Below is the image with the settings for the new brush. If you are using a pen tablet you can also create a marker brush that is pressure sensitive and I find works great for me. Select the brush tool and select the brush shape you want to use. ![]() You don’t need to use a sketch since it’s just for refference. Place the sketch on your art board, lock the layer and create a new one. The sketch doesn’t need to be anything concrete since you’ll be deleting it later anyway. Keep in mind that this is the way I do things and you can change it up any way you like.įirst I sketch my illustration on paper and scan it. Along the way I picked up a couple of trick that don’t necessarily rely on the pen tool. I didn’t know how to use it properly but that changed after I started using Illustrator more frequently. I know I stuck with Photoshop for years because I was intimidated by the pen tool. Creating lineart in Adobe Illustrator is fairly easy but can be intimidating for someone that is not familiar with the environment. ![]()
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