The Paintbrush Tool in Illustrator. Basically, the paint brush in Illustrator functions like the Pencil Tool, allowing you to click and drag to create a path. The difference is that Illustrator's Paintbrush Tool (B) applies predefined vector art to the paths you create. This might seem like a simple distinction, but using brushes will greatly improve your Illustrator. Download 13,301 paint brush free vectors. Choose from over a million free vectors, clipart graphics, vector art images, design templates, and illustrations created by artists worldwide! Nastasia Peters. Nastasia Peters (aka Nas) is an Illustrator and Writer who recently moved from France to England. Her illustrations are a way to translate the imaginary worlds and characters that roam in her mind. She has been using vector for ten years.

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Learn how to draw and paint with vector brushes in Adobe Fresco.

With Adobe Fresco, you get a large collection of brushes, both raster and vector. And you can use them on the same canvas.

When you want to create an artwork that must scale well to different sizes, use vector brushes. You can even export the artwork from Adobe Fresco and work in Adobe Illustrator, which is one of the most sophisticated tools for vector graphics design.

Vector brushes in Adobe Fresco give you a natural drawing and painting experience and outcome.

Create infinitely scalable artwork with vector brushes
Live-preview changes as you fine-tune brush settings
Brush

Follow these steps to choose a vector brush and customize the brush settings to get the brush you want:

  1. Double-tap the Vector Brushes icon.
  2. From the list of brushes, choose the brush you like.
  3. Change the brush size and smoothing property if required.
  4. Tap the Brush Settings icon and tune the brush settings.

When you start drawing with the vector brush, you will notice that the icon on the layer thumbnail will indicate that it's a vector layer.

The brush you choose from the list of brushes, the brush size, the level of smoothing, and the settings in the Brush Settings panel - all these help you make the brush right for you.

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Brush typeUse this to...
Basic RoundCreate natural and fluid brush strokes.
Basic TaperControl the thickness of the brush stroke with tapered edges.
Basic FlatCover large areas of the canvas quickly.
Basic ChiselGet a sharp chisel effect while drawing mountains or stones.
Basic TerminalGet precision in machine and equipment drawings.

Use the Smoothing option to get smooth strokes with your brush.

As you change a setting, you will be able to draw and preview the effect live in the Brush Settings panel.

Use the slider to set the shape of your brush tip. If you take the slider to 100%, you will get a fully round brush tip. At 0%, your brush tip is sharp and linear.

Use the slider to tweak the angle of your brush so you can draw chiseled strokes. The roundness of your brush tip should be a smaller value for getting brush strokes with sharper angles.

Use the slider to adjust the thickness of the ends of your brush strokes. Use the begin and end taper controls to taper the beginning or the end of your stroke. Maximum taper is achieved by moving the slider to 100%. At 0% taper the stroke remains at its default thickness.

Begin Taper

Use the Begin Taper to adjust thickness at the beginning of the brush stroke.

End Taper

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Use the End Taper to adjust thickness at the end of the brush stroke.

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Use the slider to control the pressure sensitivity of your stylus.

Use the slider to control the speed sensitivity of your stylus.

You can now get a tapered effect at both ends of a stroke by using velocity and pressure control simultaneously. To get a sharp stroke ending, customize your brush settings, then draw a quick stroke.

Brush

Use the vector trimmer to quickly remove intersecting vector strokes.

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Brush

To trim your vector strokes, activate the secondary state in Touch shortcut, then swipe once over the vector segment you want to remove. To completely remove a stroke, swipe three times over the stroke. When you lift your finger or stylus off the canvas, the entire stroke is removed.

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We've got you started with vector brushes in Adobe Fresco. The interface of Adobe Fresco is intuitive; we hope you will find it easy to unleash your creativity with vector brushes, pixel brushes, mixer brushes, live brushes, colors, and more.

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