How to Make an Illustrator Smoke Brush

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In this video, you will learn how to create a smoky brush in Adobe Illustrator, step by step. Jonathan Lam explains how to create realistic smoke, make it into a brush, and use it to create text that looks as if it's written with smoke!

Key Points:
00:00 - How to Create a New Document
00:23 - How to Create a Background and a Vertical Stroke
01:24 - How to Copy and Move Your Stroke
02:34 - How to Adjust the Transparency
03:04 - How to Draw a Shape With the Pen Tool
03:47 - How to Create the Smoke Base Effect
05:50 - How to Create a Smoke Brush
06:44 - How to Create a Smoke Text Effect

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