For better results along paths, make sure that the crosshair icon in the center of your brush is on the path that you want to reshape when clicking on the object. This will ensure that the brush selects the actual path, rather than having more of a pushing effect against the path. All of the tools have the same basic brush dimension options, which include width, height, angle and intensity. The angle option adjusts the angle of the brush. The intensity option, of course, adjusts how much of a change each stroke makes.
If you want more control, select a lower number. If you want a dramatic change, select a higher number. Keep in mind that the best way to learn each Warp tool is to play around with the options yourself.
The Warp, Twirl and Wrinkle tools do an amazing job of creating wood grain and branch or vine shapes. The easiest way to do this is to create a brown rectangle and then fill it with lines. You can either use the Line Segment tool to create and duplicate line patterns in a slightly darker brown than the rectangle background, or follow the easy tutorial on creating a wood grain texture from VecTips.
This is the basic and most well-known of the Liquify tools, but maybe only because it is first in the menu. With this tool, you have to move the mouse to make changes; simply clicking in one spot does not reshape an object.
To get a glimpse of how this particular tool works, drag the Warp tool across the top of the rectangle, while ever so slightly shaking it up and down. Keep sweeping the Warp tool across the rectangle in small sections until you have created lines that look like wood grain:. Now for the fun part: creating a vine to save as a symbol.
Double-click on the Twirl tool to see its settings. This affect how fast or slow, as well as which direction, the tool turns in a circular motion. A negative number will twirl the tool clockwise; a positive number will turn it counter-clockwise.
Use the settings in the image above, and then click on each corner of the rectangle. Make sure the crosshairs stay on the outside of the rectangle. Make sure, though, to click first and then hit the hot key, or else Illustrator will think that you are trying to change the brush size rather than the direction of the twirl.
The best part of the Twirl tool is its ability to produce many unique shapes. If you want, you could go crazy twirling the tool across the entire page. Then start in the upper-left corner of the wood, and drag the tool up and down the graphic; then swipe it once briefly horizontally across the center. Results will vary depending on your motions. Or you could be more controlled with your movements using Twirl and create vine-like branches, like the ones below. Change the size to create different-sized branches.
Now click along the edges wherever you think a small branch should be. Vines are not perfectly circular, though, so add some character to each one by clicking it with the Twirl tool, again changing the brush size as needed. The Warp tool is excellent for molding shapes, which is exactly what this ornamental branch needs at this stage of the process. Then, start pushing the brush against any sharp or straight edges.
You can also pull out some of the edges or pull on a few twirled vines. For the brush size, enter a starting value of pt for both the Width and Height. It did for me. Then click-and-drag the Twirl tool up and to the left. The twirl will start the moment you click and will change as you drag. Try this a few times to get a feel for it. As I said, it may take some practice. To reverse the direction, simply click to start the twirl and then immediately hold down the Option key PC: Alt key.
Continue to randomly twirl different areas around the shape, varying the directions as you go. You can also vary the size of the brush by pressing-and-holding the Option key PC: Alt key and clicking-and-dragging. Depending on the shape and size of your swirls, the shadow settings will vary. Select the front shape. Final Result. Here's a handy reference of all the keyboard shortcuts to get your work done faster.
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