Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
COGHILL
George Coghill
When employing a brush-and-ink style for a cartoon character illustration,
artist George Coghill likes to enhance the organic look of his brush lines by
using the new Path Segment Reshape feature. In order to be able to quickly
access this feature while working with the Paintbrush tool, Coghill first
presses the A key to activate the Direct Selection tool (so it is the last used
selection tool, accessed by /Ctrl key from other tools) and then presses
the B key to activate the Paintbrush tool. This way, Coghill can quickly
create a brushstroke with the Paint-brush tool using a Calligraphic brush,
then temporarily activate the Direct Selection tool by pressing the /Ctrl key
and clicking on the segment of a path to show the anchor points. Then he
can hover his cursor over the brushed path he just created and fine-tune his
brushstroke with the Path Segment Reshape feature. As he works, he is able
to make subtle adjustments along the way (see the
Expressive Brushstrokes
chapter for more on working with brushes).
