How to Ink a Drawing in Adobe Illustrator-Blob Brush Tool

[a7madk666]

really usefull but there is some dots left around everything you did can we get rid of that or the pen tool get rid of it ??

[luzzemily]

I really like your video, but I keep trying and searching in internet and I can't find a way to do what you did, paint inside de lines like de area was selected, I try what you did and with the blob brush tool the lines doesn't stay inside de area that I want to paint, just like you did... I don't understand why..

sorry for my english!

[Ferrari465]

did you use a tablet?

[Tech4U247]

@Ferrari465 yeh he did

[drawnbydoug]

Thanks a lot for posting! Very helpful.

[BetaStationX]

I have my Wacom tablet connected to my computer and so far it responds great but Illustrator won't let me choose the "pressure" option on "size" anything i may have to do before hand so that i can adjust it? currently it's just gray and i cannot select it.

[fhkd]

@BetaStationX make sure youve installed your driver for your tablet properly, you could check it out by going to the control panel and clicking on the tablet properties icon

[BetaStationX]

@fhkd it turned out to be exactly that thanks! i was sure the drivers were already installed from the CD that came with the tablet but apparently they weren't. Now they are and everything is working great.

[MrWatchafoz]

Thanks a lot!

[lykkebianca]

is it possible to use mesh or gradients on illustrations drawed with the blob tool ? i have a lot of figures drawed with blob tool and i want to colour them nicely and also keep them seperate so they can be moved around - possible ???

[bclarkanim8r]

@lykkebianca You can use the blob tool and then switch to the Gradient Mesh tool (Keyboard Shortcut U) and start adding lines in to create a gradient mesh on your paint blobs. Keep in mind though that it may be quite difficult depending on the shape, that's why a lot of tutors will recommend starting out with a square and adding lines and moving the mesh points till you shape the object how you need it.