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In this video, you will learn how to create a smoky brush in Adobe Illustrator, step by step. Jonathan Lam explains how to create realistic smoke, make it into a brush, and use it to create text that looks as if it’s written with smoke!

Key Points:
00:00 – How to Create a New Document
00:23 – How to Create a Background and a Vertical Stroke
01:24 – How to Copy and Move Your Stroke
02:34 – How to Adjust the Transparency
03:04 – How to Draw a Shape With the Pen Tool
03:47 – How to Create the Smoke Base Effect
05:50 – How to Create a Smoke Brush
06:44 – How to Create a Smoke Text Effect

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