LR Tips Three Tips for Using Illustrator’s Pattern Brushes

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If you haven’t delved into making custom pattern brushes in Illustrator, you’re kind of lucky, because they can get a little addictive once you start. Sharon Steuer shared a fun, robot-inspired tutorial here if you need to get up to speed on the entire creation process. I love creating custom designs, but I find the trickiest part is properly creating—then maintaining—the individual elements that make up the pattern. I start with the elements, combine them, then refine them. Here are three of my tips for working with custom pattern brushes. Work Big When I create the designs that will form the basis of my pattern, I work big. I make my elements large-ish (often working on a separate artboard to avoid confusion) so that I can spot any issues in the finished stroke. Once I’ve perfected my pattern, I often go back and adjust the scale. To do that, double-click on your finished brush in the Brushes panel then adjust the Scale slider. The elements used to make the side tiles and the corners Reduce the scale of the elements in relation to the path Add to Swatches Any pattern element you create should first be added to the Swatches [...]
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