Using Brush Strokes to Create a Design

Design has an extensive library of  brushes that can be used to create artwork. In the spirit of upcoming elections, I created this stars & stripes piece:

Download Design File (33k)

All of the elements you see can be found in Design’s default brush strokes:

To create similar brush effects, simply draw strokes and increase the width until you get the desired effect. Then to manipulate further, select Object/Convert Stroke to Path. For example, I didn’t want as many large stars as the brush gave me so after converting to path I just deleted the extras. This works great for adding abstract elements to a background or creating wallpapers.

Hope you like it, and if you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below!

- Kim

Comments

• Anonymous
  February 09, 2008
  Design has an extensive library of  brushes that can be used to create artwork. In the spirit of

• Anonymous
  February 09, 2008
  Design has an extensive library of  brushes that can be used to create artwork. In the spirit of

• Anonymous
  February 09, 2008
  Design has an extensive library of  brushes that can be used to create artwork. In the spirit of

• Anonymous
  February 10, 2008
  Thank you for sharing this great tip, it's just what I need! Have a great day, Karl

• Anonymous
  February 10, 2008
  The URL link for the download is broken, could you please update it. Thank you, Karl

• Anonymous
  February 14, 2008
  karl - I just reuploaded the file. Please let me know if you are still having issues downloading the files. Cheers! Kirupa

• Anonymous
  February 28, 2008
  Could you please pulish more tutorials about blend? I want  to learn how to work with developers in blend.

• Anonymous
  October 15, 2008
  Interesting post, haven't used it yet but after reading this will give it a try. Thanks.

• Anonymous
  December 09, 2008
  It is a major problem, glad to of found a solution. Thanks.