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PaintedStuff
PaintedStuff
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August 18, 2022
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Looking for a particular brush or stroke

  • August 18, 2022
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There is a stroke (see the red one) that has a scissor in the corner.  For this example, I added dashes.  I believe there once was a stroke or brush like the one I created in this mock-up in Photoshop that had scissors all around.  Useful for creating a coupon or something else to indicate the item should be cut out. 

Anyone know if it's still in Adobe Illustrator or available as an Adobe download?

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Correct answer chrisg11235813

The option is in the Stroke pallet, under Arrowheads

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August 19, 2022

The option is in the Stroke pallet, under Arrowheads

    chrisg11235813
    chrisg11235813
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    August 19, 2022

    *break up your stroke. each line you dra will have the scissors.

    PaintedStuff
    PaintedStuffAuthor
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    August 20, 2022

    Not optimal but doable, thanks 😊 

    "Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training."-Anna Freud
    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    August 18, 2022

    The scissor is available in the Zapf Dingbats (and probably other) font.

    It is easy to outline it and make it into a brush.

    PaintedStuff
    PaintedStuffAuthor
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    August 19, 2022

    Thanks, but it would sure be easier to find the brush or stroke! 😉

    "Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training."-Anna Freud
    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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    August 19, 2022

    That brush is not so straightforward to create. What you need to make these, is a double approach. You need a dashed line for the dashes and then a scatter brush as a second stroke for the scissors. Your dashed line will have to be fairly ugly and not aligned on the corners for this to work.

     

    In your example it looks like the scissors have been placed manually (they are different on the sides of the rectangle.

     

    demo file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k2x4px03p936ja8/scissors.ai?dl=0

    Check out the brush in the brushes panel and everything else in the Appearance panel

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