Weekly Reflection

This reflection is for the week of March 21st. I'm not sure if I needed to do a reflection over spring break. Knowing that instructors are sometimes out to get you... I made sure I did one anyway!

This reflection goes through the steps required to make a pattern brush in Illustrator.

I drew a cute little bee! Anatomically incorrect, but it is trying really hard to be a bee.

I then selected the bee and all of its components.

With the bee selected, I clicked on the new brush icon in the brush window.

Select the radio button for "new pattern brush."

Play with settings until you get the desired result. Also, don't forget to name it. Mine is called Bee Brush!

I then drew a wavy line with the brush tool. The brush that I last had selected got applied (charcoal brush).

Make sure the path for the wavy line is selected. Then go to the brush window and click on the new bee brush pattern. Ta da! Bees are now magically on your wavy path!


You can now do fun things with your new brush. Think of all the possibilities!