Feeding tube designs

[TubieMommy17]

Does anybody happen to know how to make designs with feeding tubes? I have searched all over the Internet and cannot find any videos on it. Thanks in advance.

[creative_curiosity1549]

TubieMommy17  schrieb

designs with feeding tubes

What exactly are you referring to?

[TubieMommy17]

If you look up feeding tube awareness, you will find a feeding tube in the shape of a heart. I am wanting to create other shapes.

[SJRiegel]

Looking at those examples, it seems like you could make your design with the pen and a regular stroke, then expand it, change the fill and stroke, and add the ends.

[TubieMommy17]

I am not familiar enough with illustratorto know how to do any of that. I was hoping to see if somebody could make a video or something to get me started.

[SJRiegel]

For a video intro to Illustrator, Lynda.com has a free 10-day trial. 
There are also good video resources on Adobe's web site

Illustrator tutorials | Learn how to use Illustrator CC

[TubieMommy17]

I've not been able to find out how to do what I'm wanting to do.

[Doug A Roberts · Accepted solution]

this thing?

make an art brush. draw your tube flat and then drag it to the brushes palette. choose art brush. pick stretch between guides and exclude the areas you don't want to stretch:

draw any shape you like and apply the brush to it:

[TubieMommy17]

That is perfect! Exactly what I am talking about, thank you so much. I will have to try and figure out how to for sure do it myself now. I've not worked with illustrator before. So I am actually drawing it myself?

[Doug A Roberts]

yeah that's the first step. you can do a fair bit with just rectangles. use the pen tool for anything else.

[TubieMommy17]

I'm pulling it up now, what do I originally click on when opening it?

[Doug A Roberts]

when opening illustrator you mean? you want to start a new document of some sort. what sort depends on what your end product will be.

starting from scratch is a little outside the scope of a forum discussion. start working your way through the manual. come back to the forum for help with specific problems.

Illustrator Help | Illustrator User Guide

[TubieMommy17]

I was just trying to figure out how to make these items before my free trial was up in case I couldn't figure it out, I didn't want to pay for it.