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Create an Art Brush in Adobe Illustrator CS6

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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to create "Art Brush" in Adobe Illustrator CS6 in Windows 7.

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To begin, you should open Illustrator either from your desktop or by coming down to the bottom-left corner and clicking the Windows icon
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This will reveal a list of your recently used programs where you may find Illustrator. It has a brown-and-orange icon with the letters "Ai".

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If you still can't see Illustrator, use your search bar along the bottom and start typing "Adobe Illustrator"
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Click "Adobe Illustrator CS6"
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It will immediately start loading and will take you directly to your workspace.
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Click "File" in the top left-hand corner
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Click "New..."
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Alternatively, press "Ctrl" + "N" on the keyboard. You can also open an existing document from the menu. You can check the following video tutorials: "How to Create a New Document in Adobe Illustrator CS6" and "How to Open Existing Files in Adobe Illustrator CS6".
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Let's just click "OK"
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Create a small shape with a fill color
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There are other VisiHow tutorials on how to do these.
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With your shape selected, click "Brushes" on the right side of the screen
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The icon looks like brushes in a pot. Clicking the icon with brushes in a pot will open your brushes tab, where you will see Illustrator's default brushes.

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Click the "New Brush" icon at the bottom of the pop-up box
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The icon looks like a square with a folded corner. A dialogue box will appear.
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Click "Art Brush"
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Click "OK"
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You'll see a preview of the shape.
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Now, type a name for the brush in the "Name" box
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It can be something quite descriptive and memorable. Let's type "Round Brush".
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Then, you can adjust the "Width" percentage by clicking and dragging the scroller
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Alternatively, type a percentage in the box.
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Underneath, you can click one of the "Brush Scale Options" radio buttons
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It's recommended to experiment with these settings. You can come back an edit them later.
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You can click one of the "Direction" icons
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You can click the "Method" drop-down menu under "Colorization"
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Then, you can select tints or hues. Let's leave it at "None".
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You can click either icon for "Overlap"
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This options helps to avoid overlapping corners.
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Click "OK" to apply the changes
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Click your new brush
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It's "Round Brush" in this video. You can find your brush in the "Brushes" menu.
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Now, you can start drawing
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As you draw, you will see the blue trail before you release the mouse button. It shows the trail of your stroke.
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To edit your settings, just double-click your brush within the panel
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Let's double-click "Round Brush".
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Continue editing the brush if needed
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Click "OK".
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Click either "Apply to Strokes" or "Leave Strokes"
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Let's leave the existing strokes as they are. "Round Brush 2" will be created.
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Now, you can click "Round Brush 2" in "Brushes" to use the updated brush
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