beginner status here.
I make the drawing with the paintbrush tool. Then when I go to add color it's just not working the way I want it to. what is happening here? I get all these weird shapes when I try to fill in with color.
To fill the areas enclosed by lines, use the live paint tool.
How to create and work with Live Paint groups in Illustrator
Here's how fill works (which is what you did)
How to paint with fills and strokes in Illustrator
Illustrator applies fills to the area enclosed by one path. So to fill the areas you would need to draw them each as areas. This can be simplified with Live paint
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