Adobe Illustrator Using Brushes and Symbols 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which brush type lets you stretch a piece of artwork along the length of a path, scaling it to fit?
- Art Brush (Correct answer)
- Scatter Brush
- Calligraphic Brush
- Bristle Brush
Correct answer: Art Brush
An Art Brush stretches a single piece of artwork evenly along the entire path.
Question 2: What does the Scatter Brush do when applied to a path?
- Smears color like a real brush
- Disperses copies of artwork along and around the path (Correct answer)
- Repeats a pattern tile seamlessly
- Mimics a calligraphic pen angle
Correct answer: Disperses copies of artwork along and around the path
A Scatter Brush scatters multiple copies of an object along the path with adjustable spacing and rotation.
Question 3: Which brush is best for simulating natural media strokes that vary with pressure on a graphics tablet?
- Pattern Brush
- Art Brush
- Bristle Brush (Correct answer)
- Scatter Brush
Correct answer: Bristle Brush
The Bristle Brush simulates painting with a natural bristle brush and responds to tablet pressure and tilt.
Question 4: A Pattern Brush can use separate tiles for which parts of a path?
- Only the middle
- Side, start, end, and corner tiles (Correct answer)
- Only start and end
- Only outer and inner corners
Correct answer: Side, start, end, and corner tiles
Pattern Brushes support side, start, end, outer corner, and inner corner tiles.
Question 5: What happens to existing strokes when you edit a brush definition and choose 'Apply to Strokes'?
- Only new strokes change
- All strokes using that brush update (Correct answer)
- The brush is deleted
- Strokes are expanded to paths
Correct answer: All strokes using that brush update
Choosing 'Apply to Strokes' updates every existing path that uses that brush.
Question 6: Which Calligraphic Brush setting makes stroke width respond to stylus pressure?
- Fixed
- Pressure (Correct answer)
- Random
- Rotation
Correct answer: Pressure
Setting the diameter variation to Pressure ties stroke width to tablet pressure.
Question 7: To turn a brushed path into editable vector shapes you would use which command?
- Object > Expand Appearance (Correct answer)
- Object > Rasterize
- Object > Path > Outline Stroke
- Effect > Distort
Correct answer: Object > Expand Appearance
Object > Expand Appearance converts the applied brush into editable vector objects.
Adobe Illustrator Using Brushes and Symbols 2
Which brush type lets you stretch a piece of artwork along the length of a path, scaling it to fit?