Draw and merge paths with the blob brush tool, Blob brush tool guidelines – Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 User Manual
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Select a fill color by doing one of the following:
• Click a color in the Control panel, Color panel, Swatches panel, Gradient panel, or a swatch library.
• Double-click the Fill box and select a color from the Color Picker.
• Select the Eyedropper tool and Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) an object to apply the current
attributes, including the current fill and stroke.
• Click the None button
to remove the object’s current fill.
You can quickly apply color to an unselected object by dragging a color from the Fill box, Color panel, Gradient
panel, or Swatches panel onto the object. Dragging does not work on Live Paint groups.
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Draw and merge paths with the Blob Brush tool
Use the Blob Brush tool to paint filled shapes that you can intersect and merge with other shapes of the same color.
The Blob Brush tool uses the same default brush options as calligraphic brushes. (See
To see a video on using the Blob Brush tool, see
To see an example of using the Blob
Brush to create a complex drawing, see
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Blob Brush tool guidelines
When using the Blob Brush tool, keep the following guidelines in mind:
• To merge paths, they must be adjacent in stacking order.
• The Blob Brush tool creates paths with a fill and no stroke. If you want your Blob Brush paths to merge with existing
artwork, make sure that the artwork has the same fill color and no stroke.
• When drawing paths with the Blob Brush tool, new paths merge with the topmost matching path encountered. If
the new path touches more than one matching path within the same group or layer, all of the intersecting paths are
merged together.
• To apply paint attributes (such as effects or transparency) to the Blob Brush tool, select the brush and set the
attributes in the Appearances panel before you start drawing.