This is an easy illustrator tutorial on how to make a simple rainbow brush and make it interesting!
STEP 1 – Form five long thin rectangles and group them.
STEP 2 – Drag the grouped rectangles to your brushes palette, select new pattern brush, name it and click OK. In the pattern brush options box, choose original and click OK.
Step 02 - pic 1
Step 02 - pic 2
STEP 3 – To make some interesting shapes using the rainbow brush, first create a rounded rectangle (While holding the left mouse button, press the up arrow on the keyboard to round the edges)
STEP 4 – Choose the Scissors tool and click on the points shown in the image below. Then delete the end section.
STEP 5 – Pick an end point then move it to make that side shorter that the other one.
STEP 6 – Select the shape, click on your rainbow brush in the Brush palette.
STEP 7 – Copy the shape.
STEP 8 – Reverse one of the shapes and align it with the other. Choose both end points right click your mouse, and in the options, click join.
STEP 9 – Increase your stroke size to 2px, and put it at a 45 degree angle – and your done!
To change the colours of the shape, choose the shape and click Object > Path > Outline path, they will now be a solid shape ready for you to colour!
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