Quick Tip: Option-Erase
Hold down the Option key when erasing, and you’ll get a marquee that you can drag to erase a perfectly rectangular area.
Duplicating a gradient with Gradient Mesh
Let’s say you have a gradient-filled object. For whatever reason, you want to duplicate the look of the gradient, but you want it to be a Gradient Mesh. Do you laboriously start from scratch and fill in every single point on the mesh?
No! Simply rasterize the object (Object>Rasterize), then choose Object>Create Gradient Mesh…
Make sure to choose “Flat” in the Mesh dialog box, and enter the number of rows and columns suitable for your object.
You may have to do a little touch-up around the edges, but it’s way better than doing the whole thing, one point at a time.
Quick Tip : Fun with Distort
You like surprises? Try painting a stroke with a custom Brush, then increase the point size to double-digits, then apply a Distort effect. Here, the venerable “Fude” brush is used. On the left is a one-point stroke, on the right is the same stroke at 50 points, with a -47 Pucker setting (Effect>Distort & Transform>Pucker & Bloat).
It’s a fun and quick way to add dynamic effects to your illustration. Here the brush used is “Marker-Rough” with a 60-point stroke and a Tweak effect applied:
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