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How to Use Outline Stroke in Illustrator

Envato Tuts+ via YouTube

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This tutorial teaches how to use outline strokes, compound paths, masking, and custom pattern and scatter brushes in Adobe Illustrator to create a holiday text effect. It also covers highlights, background creation, and shading.

Syllabus

- Set Up a New Document
- Add Text
- Expand the Stroke & Text
- Create Colorful Lines and Mask Them
- Use Compound Paths to Stylize the Text
- Create & Save a Pattern Brush
- Apply & Mask a Pattern Brush
- Create & Save a More Complex Pattern Brush
- Apply & Edit a Pattern Brush
- Create & Save a Scatter Brush
- Apply & Edit a Scatter Brush
- Add Subtle Highlights to the Text
- Create the Background
- Add Shading to the Text

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Envato Tuts+

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