: Brush outline and fill I have made a pattern brush to apply for a hand drawn brush. It usually works nicely, but yesterday it went started acting up. When I draw, I have a solid outline
I have made a pattern brush to apply for a hand drawn brush. It usually works nicely, but yesterday it went started acting up.
When I draw, I have a solid outline and invisible fill (which looks like a solid line and has only one stroke when I select it) and then apply the custom pattern brush. This one particular brush stroke (rather complex that I created all my artwork around) is two outline strokes and not a solid line. How do I manage to make it a solid line that I can apply my pattern brush to?
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If I understand your situation correctly, you could use the method I described here:
Technique for finding the centerline of a curved object.
Essentially you use the blend tool with 1 step.
You may need to split your stroke in to more manageable sections before you begin for the blend to work correctly. You can find a more in depth explanation in the linked answer.
Use the Scissors tool (C) to cut each end of you outlined stroke so that you have 2 distinct paths.
Open the blend options (Object → Blend → Blend Options...) and set spacing to "Specified Steps" with a value of 1.
Select both paths and create your blend (Object → Blend → Make).
Expand the blend (Object → Blend → Expand) and delete the original paths.
Apply your brush stroke.
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