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JACKMORE
Lisa Jackmore
To make interesting brushstrokes, Lisa Jackmore used variations of a few
calligraphic and bristle brushes, painted using a Wacom Intuos4 tablet and Art Pen.
In creating the variations for the brushes, Jackmore changed the parameters for
Pressure, Rotation, and Tilt. When she wanted to customize a brush, she double-
clicked the brush, and made changes to the options. For the tree outline, she used
a 3-pt Flat calligraphic brush, set the Diameter to Pressure (with a 2-pt variation),
Roundness to Tilt (34°, with a variation of 15°), and set the Angle to Rotation (with a
125° variation). For the long sweeping lines of the tree, she found the combination
of using Rotation and a chisel tip of the Art Pen worked the best to vary the
brushstroke. As she drew, she slightly rotated and tilted the pen and created
variations in her stroke. To create an irregular ink-like appearance in the words, she
used a 1-pt Round calligraphic brush, and set the Angle to 30° (fixed), Roundness
to Tilt (60°, with a 29% variation). Jackmore used several other variations of
calligraphic brushes to draw the suitcases and background pattern. To make the
pattern, she drew several paths with a customized calligraphic brush, grouped the
brushstrokes, and dragged the pattern tile to the Swatches panel. After she drew all
of the black brushstrokes, she colored the illustration with a gradient mesh object
for the background, and used variations of the Fan, Round Blunt, and Round Point
bristle brushes for other areas, such as the bird, suitcases, and shadows. Finally,
Jackmore used the Rectangle tool to make a frame, then applied a Charcoal brush
to the stroke.
