When layered at different Opacities, it can give a realistic touch to a silhouette design. This specific version will help you create a textured shine on the hair. The hair shine brush can be used for multiple things, depending on how you tailor the brush. Finally, good old Colorization Method to Tints.The Rotation relative to: Path as I want the brush to stay perpendicular to the direction of the path you're drawing.This is so the brush alters its placement above and below where the line is placed.

The Scatter to Random and then 25%/0%.This is so the brush will overlap on itself. With the shape still selected, in the Brushes panel, click on Create New Brush and then select Scatter Brush. Let's rotate the shape by 90 degrees and click on OK. Select your duplicate and go to Object > Transform > Rotate. So for now, Copy and Paste it and hide the original. You should still have your tapered shape. So instead of drawing one stroke per hair, you're only creating one stroke for the entire hairline! Step 1 However, by creating a scatter brush, you can create a near-realistic hairline effect. This is mainly because it's time-consuming and difficult to perfect. The hairline of any portrait is often neglected and often missing in vector portraits. I've named this brush Tapered Brush and then I click on OK. Therefore, whatever your stroke colour will be, your brush will take on this colour. As your shape is black, it means it will take on the 100% saturation of the colour you select. The key setting you'll need to change is the Colorization Method to Tints. Select Art Brush from the popup, and you'll be presented with the Art Brush Options window. With the shape selected, in the Brushes panel click on the button Create New Brush. Then click on the Convert selected anchor points to corner button to turn the curve into a point. Using the Direct Selection Tool (A), select the rightmost point on the shape. Using the Ellipse Tool (L), click once on your canvas, and in the popup, set the Width to 30 px and the Height to 2 px. This is the base shape for this set of brushes but also a handy brush for drawing individual hairs.

Let's start by creating a basic tapered brush.

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