Quick Tip : Fun with Distort
May 26th, 2008 | by Cheryl |You like surprises? Try painting a stroke with a custom Brush, then increase the point size to double-digits, then apply a Distort effect. Here, the venerable “Fude” brush is used. On the left is a one-point stroke, on the right is the same stroke at 50 points, with a -47 Pucker setting (Effect>Distort & Transform>Pucker & Bloat).
It’s a fun and quick way to add dynamic effects to your illustration. Here the brush used is “Marker-Rough” with a 60-point stroke and a Tweak effect applied:
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One Response to “Quick Tip : Fun with Distort”
By garrick on May 29, 2008 | Reply
That’s a cool technique. You need to take it a step further, however.
Before you finish the art and send it to print, make sure you expand it. Not expanding could yield wildy unexpected results!