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In this video, you'll learn all about outline stroke and how you can use it for various purposes in your designs like creating decorative borders, masking specific elements in your design, or creating shadows. You will also learn how to make new Illustrator brushes that we will then use to create a beautiful winter holiday text effect.

Here's what we'll cover:
00:38 - Set Up a New Document
01:48 - Add Text
02:45 - Expand the Stroke & Text
03:37 - Create Colorful Lines and Mask Them
06:01 - Use Compound Paths to Stylize the Text
07:00 - Create & Save a Pattern Brush
08:09 - Apply & Mask a Pattern Brush
09:30 - Create & Save a More Complex Pattern Brush
15:49 - Apply & Edit a Pattern Brush
16:34 - Create & Save a Scatter Brush
19:01 - Apply & Edit a Scatter Brush
19:54 - Add Subtle Highlights to the Text
21:20 - Create the Background
22:13 - Add Shading to the Text

Assets Used in This Video:
• Comfortaa Font: https://www.dafont.com/comfortaa.font

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