how to fill spaces between paths

[kriii123]

hi !

i have a little question for illustrator cc, i dont find a solution to this on my own.

i am doing geometric drawings and mandala like stuff and draw lines for in different stroke sizes

and afterwards i wanna brush out the spaces i generate between the lines.

i dont wanna use the live paint bucket because i dont wanna just fill the spaces,

i wanna paint them out with a dots brush in a special way.

what i did till now was to redraw the spaces with the pen tool on a new layer, which

is sooo much work and i thought there must be a simpler way.

i tried with the outline stroke, but then the outline stroke is not at the edge of for example

a 7 pt stroke, but the outline stroke then is much smaller and not on the edge of the thick stroke.

please excuse my poor english by the way, i do my best !

so i checked out the pathfinder, didnt really work.

i uploaded an example here:

https://ibb.co/b4eane

i wanna brush out the empty spaces in the drawing with a brush..

i hope i made myself clear and would be thankful for any help,

all the best

cris

[Monika Gause]

Please show what kind of end result you expect. I don't think I understood what you have written.

[kriii123]

https://ibb.co/gbP5Lz

like in this picture..

thats how i did it till now, its just a lot of work.

i redraw the spaces on a new layer with the pen tool, then

use the draw within option and paint it out with a brush.

thanks!

[Monika Gause]

I woud do that in 2 steps:

First step would be live paint or pathfinder - whichever is more efficient for the task.

Then add the grunge structure using an opacity mask, brushes or whatever is appropriate.

[kriii123]

sorry, but thats not really an answer to my question.

could you be more precise please?

the live paint bucket tool doesent do the job because it just fills the space with a sokid colour and the pathfinder options didnt work too.

how would you use the pathfinder exactly step by step ?

thanks alot !

[Doug A Roberts]

You can fill spaces with no fill using live paint. This will create blank areas.

[Monika Gause]

kriii123  schrieb

how would you use the pathfinder exactly step by step ?

thanks alot !

As for the live paint bucket: as I said: first step: fill with solid color. Add structure afterwards.

Pathfinder:

fist expand all strokes and arrange the objects like this:

then use the pathfinder "Merge" from the panel.

Afterwards delete what you don't need.

Then add your structure.

[kriii123]

thanks alot, that sounds great.

will try immediatly when i m home in the evening.

all the best,

cris