The Stroke weight can also be used to adjust the size of the brush marks. A graphics tablet can make the illustration process easier, but since the pressure and tapering effects are built into each brush, the same results can be achieved with a mouse. Use the Brush tool to draw your illustrations and select a brush style from the library. Alternatively, opening the file directly will give you a series of paths with each brush already applied, which can be copied into another document to automatically transfer the brushes into the Brushes panel. The Linocut Illustrator Brushes Ai file in the download package can be opened as a brush library from the Brushes panel in Adobe Illustrator. How to use the Linocut Illustrator Brushes
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