Illustrator Created Line Art, but can't live paint as "Make" is greyed out

I do a lot of Expanding of Lines and then Making Live Paint.

Example:

Kenneth Shinabery - Not Your Average Princess Digital Vol. 1

What I do is expand each type of line that I created.  As you can see in the example I expand a lot of different kinds.  If I try to do them all at once, sometimes not all will expand and/or they suddenly all revert into the default line.  So I do each type (as well as the same size) in groups.

Then I duplicate the main layer with all the lines.  Just in case... better to have a back up of everything I expanded before I go into Live Paint and realize that I did something wrong.

Then on the layer I copied I select all and then Make Live Paint.

If I do not do this then sometimes I run into the same problem.

If you take a peak at my portfolio.... you will see several examples using this method.

Also make sure you back up your steps.

When I create an object I save and rename a few times, so if I need to go back and fix something I can.  Kind of like creating 'checkpoints' in video games.

Example:

Character_1.ai

Character_2.ai

Character_3.ai

and so on....

This is my fail safe so that way I can always go back and fix things if need be.

Hi leximoor,

Live Paint creates a Live Paint Group. Don't group first, and I'm not sure what you have that needs to be expanded. Maybe you need to expand some objects, maybe not.

Try:

• Select the objects you want
• Object > Live Paint > Make (the shortcut for the tool is "K")

Since you have a tutorial, you might watch it one more time to see if you misses a step.

Please show your artwork.

Make sure to select at least one of the strokes and show us the appearance panel as well.