Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
When you draw with the Blob Brush tool, you create filled, closed shapes. Those
shapes can contain any type of fill, including gradients, solid colors, patterns, and
more. Notice that the Blob Brush pointer has a circle around it before you begin
painting. That circle indicates the size of the brush (70 pt, that you set in the previous
step).
Merging paths with the Blob Brush tool
Besides drawing new shapes with the Blob Brush tool, you can use it to intersect and merge
shapes of the same color. Objects merged with the Blob Brush tool need to have the same
appearance attributes, have no stroke, be on the same layer or group, and be adjacent to each
other in the stacking order.
To learn more about Blob Brush tool guidelines, search for “Painting with fills and strokes”
in Illustrator Help (Help > Illustrator Help). On that Help page, go to the section entitled
“Draw and merge paths with the Blob Brush tool.”
Next, you will merge the cloud you just created with the little cloud to the right of it to create
one big cloud.
1.
Choose Select > Deselect.
2.
With the Blob Brush tool ( ) selected, drag from inside the cloud shape you created
to the inside of the little cloud to the right, connecting the two shapes.
Note
If you find that the shapes are not merging, it may be that they have different
strokes and fills. You can select both the cloud you created and the small
cloud with the Selection tool, and ensure that the Fill color is the light blue
