About brushes

In Illustrator, you have different types of brushes that let you achieve various effects:

• Bristle Brush: Create natural-looking brushstrokes that resemble traditional paintbrush techniques.
• Brushes (Classic): Explore the original brush libraries, including Arrows, Artistic, Borders, Bristle Brush, Decorative, Image Brush, Vector Packs, and Wacom 6D Brushes.
• Calligraphic Brush: Create smooth, expressive strokes for calligraphy, lettering, and line art.
• Dry media: Create textured strokes that resemble traditional dry drawing materials, such as charcoal, pencils, and pastels.
• Engraving: Create fine, parallel-line strokes and detailed textures inspired by traditional engraving techniques.
• Ink: Create bold, expressive strokes with varied thickness and textures that resemble traditional ink applications.
• Ornamental: Add decorative elements to artwork using arrow-shaped strokes and elegant flourishes.

• Paint: Create strokes with varied thickness, textured edges, and natural brush effects.
• Pressure sensitive: Create strokes with varying widths and shapes that respond to pen pressure when using a compatible drawing tablet.
• Stipple: Create dot-based textures and shading effects using scattered stipple patterns.

You can apply brush strokes to existing paths or use the Paintbrush tool to draw paths and apply brush strokes simultaneously.