With the ellipse selected, drag and drop it into the Brushes panel.Ī New Brush dialog box will pop open. Select the Ellipse Tool (L), with a black Fill, null Stroke, and draw in a small ellipse the size of the brush you want to draw with. Open the Brushes panel: Window > Brushes. How to Draw the Line Workįirst, we need to create a "pressure" Calligraphic art brush. Next, we need to create a layer for our line work.Īfter locking the " Sketch" layer, Create New Layer, on top of the 'Sketch ', and name it 'Linework'.įile > Save ( Command- S), and save your Illustrator file. Drag the image to fill all the artboards, so your sketches fill all the artboards created. Use the Place shortcut ( Command-Shift- P) to place the sketch onto the first Artboard. I personally prefer working on 618 x 618. You have three choices of sticker sizes to create.