Loading and creating brush profiles

The Paintbrush tool allows for a large variety of options. We will first look at how you can find those that are already installed in Illustrator, and then we will discuss how to create new ones.

Loading brush profiles

The default brushes can get you accustomed to using the tool and offer you several options, but eventually, you are going to want more choices for brush options. Knowing where you can find extra installed brushes is a good place to start when expanding your choices for customization:

1. Open the Brushes panel.
2. Access the Brushes Library menu in the upper right or lower left of this panel and choose a library.
3. In the new window, locate the desired brush profile.

In Figure 4.6, you can see what this should look like. When you locate the desired brush profile and click on it, it will be added to the document's current brushes. You should now see it as an option within the Brushes panel:

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