Working with Brushes - Adobe Illustrator CC - page 487

button ( ) to create a pattern out of the rope.
Notice that Pattern brushes in Thumbnail view are segmented in the Brushes panel.
Each segment corresponds to a pattern tile. The side tile is repeated in the Brushes
panel thumbnail preview.
4. In the New Brush dialog box, select Pattern Brush. Click OK.
A new Pattern brush can be made regardless of whether artwork is selected. If you create a
Pattern brush without artwork selected, it is assumed that you will add artwork by dragging it
into the Brushes panel later or by selecting the artwork from a pattern swatch you create as
you edit the brush. You will see the latter method later in this section.
5. In the Pattern Brush Options dialog box, name the brush Border.
Tip
Some brushes have no corner tiles because they are designed for curved
paths.
Pattern brushes can have up to five tiles—the side, start, and end tiles, plus an outer corner
tile and an inner corner tile to paint sharp corners on a path.
You can see all five tiles as buttons below the Spacing option in the dialog box. The tile
buttons let you apply different artwork to different parts of the path. You can click a tile
button for the tile you want to define, and then you select an auto-generated selection (if
available) or a pattern swatch from the menu that appears.
6. Under the Spacing option, click the Side Tile box (the second tile from the left). The
artwork that was originally selected is in the menu that appears, along with None and
any pattern swatches found in the Swatches panel. Choose Pompadour from the menu.