Can't get custom brushes and Illustrator brushes to merge

Question

I created some custom brushes and I drew some lines. I am trying to merge those lines with some lines from the original illustrator brushes. I am pretty sure they won't merge because they are not the same color but no matter how hard I try, I cannot get them to be the same color. I have gone in and made sure they have the same color number(when I did that they did not look close to the same color and I did expand appearance)

This is making me really mad because I want to use both the original brushes and brushes I make in one drawing. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Monika Gause · Accepted Answer

If I use unite, any negative space areas get filled in and I don't want that.

I can't figure out how to delete the appearance.

How do I set it up so new brushes don't have a special appearance? I have only been working with Illustrator for a week so please reply accordingly.

When you unite after expanding the brush, then negative space shouldn't be filled.

I haven't figured out what kind of special appearance it is. Might need to look at your file when I have plenty of time (which will take some weeks)

In order to delete that, just delete the appearance in the appearance panel (there's a button for that, please read the doumentation). Then apply just a standard black fill as the other object have and then also Merge will work.

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/appearance-attributes.html#appearance_panel_overview

michelew83603738 · Answer

Maybe I am misunderstanding the problem, but I did not have any problem with your file. I could easily merge and change the color of your brush strokes. One did have a stroke around it and the other did not, but that didn't impact anything. Do you have a problem when you are trying to merge other all Illustrator brush strokes for example? I also don't understand why that would stop you from using both brushes in one drawing.

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