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How to do this very nice sparkle trail

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
April 25, 2023
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Hi, just wondering if anyone may know how to do this nice sparkle trail in illustrator. This looks great as the particles has a nice density fade. And I feel it is hard to archieve this gradual fade while maintaining the random position / form with the spray tool. So maybe this is done somehow else? Thanks in advance for your help!

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kphotopage

Legend

Scatter Brush is definitely the way to go.

For that glitter look, create a Swatch folder of various browns and yellows.

Select your dots, and select your Swatch folder, then run the script RandomSwatchesFill.

Create a Scatter brush.

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Monika Gause

Community Expert

If you manage to control a scatter brush with a graphic tablet, then this would be simple. I never managed to do that, because of coordination issues. with that stylus 🙂

You could set up a brush such as this and apply several of these to your path.

I don't have a graphic tablet connected, so could not even try.

So these are strokes from my iPad:

Brush settings slightly adjusted:

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KA MAN0101Author

Participant

@Monika Gause Thanks for the answer! I am able to create something like this which looks great!
Can I also ask if there's a way to update an existing scatter brush graphics? I want to fine tune the brush circle sizes to make it look better. But it's a bit time consuming to create a new scatter brush each time I change the sizes. Thanks!

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Glad you could get this far!

You can update the scatter brush graphic: just edit the original artwork, then drag it over the existing brush while holding down the ALT key.

Kurt Gold

Community Expert

You may try Scatter brushes.

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