TUTORIAL | Using the Blob Brush Tool to Apply Color - Adobe Illustrator CC

In todays video I will be talking about the amazing "Blob Brush" tool in Adobe Illustrator CC.
I've used this tool for many of my freelance projects and I have to say its one of my favorite tools to use!
Here are a few examples of the work I've used this amazing tool in:
Kong Skull Island:
dribbble.com/shots/3411453-Il...
Logan:
dribbble.com/shots/3345295-Il...
Stranger Things:
dribbble.com/shots/3239974-Il...
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About Rocky Roark
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Hey there! I'm Rocky Roark. I'm a Creative Entreprenuer and a Freelance Illustrator & Designer, based out of sunny San Diego, CA. I'm the founder of Slaptastick, a monthly sticker subscription service.
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[@RockyRoark]

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[@judithangerman]

you're a wonderful teacher- very relaxed and helpful!

[@majintajin7]

I am in love with your work.

[@Duanekoroye]

I miss your tutorials. I hope you are going to start posting new tutorials. I love what you do.thank you

[@mrzachblk]

Awesome video! I have never used the blob brush before...but I will be using it from now on!! Thanks, Rocky!

[@banglavaai545]

now i know , how blob brush tools work.. not like other video tutorials they didn't even know what is what. but u explain in depth , u deserve some respect ,love and sub sir , keep up the good work . we need more human being like u on the earth , thanks again

[@lovein8bit]

This was such a great tutorial for me! I've just started using illustrator for my illustrations and didn't even know that the blob brush tool existed. Thank you!

[@RockyRoark]

You're so very welcome! Let me know if there are any tutorial videos you'd like to see in the near future! (:

[@lilhobby]

Rocky! Your videos are a treasure! After watching your videos, I was able to land my first freelance work doing a logo, business card, and t shirt! Thank you for sharing, and inspiring :)

[@RockyRoark]

That is so so so great to hear man! I'm glad that I can help you land your first gig and I hope you get many many more to come!!!!

[@Lightlysaltedpotato]

Thank you for the video. Great motivation to keep trying to learn. I'm a beginner and know basically nothing so this helps a lot with the initial questions I had.

[@vickipeters5217]

This was great! Started to use illustrator for my illustrations, you made it very easy to understand!:)

[@NedaDraws]

Great video! Blob brush is my favorite! 😊

[@designtothemack]

THank you for this!! I always wanted to create illustrations but couldn't find the right process to take. Love it!

[@RockyRoark]

No problem what so ever! I hope that you really learn a lot from my videos and you're able to create some amazing work!!!

[@emilyb7859]

Great video, nice mix of speedy and interesting, but also covering everything necessary. Love the shades tip, I always used a tone of the background colour and opacity, so I'll be trying your method out in future. :)

[@InsaneXade]

Thank you! I always did like the blob brush but filling it in was such a pain in the neck. Now I just outline, select the inner, and delete, easy as that! You really helped streamline my production! you're a great teacher but you ramble on and on at the beginning so much that I skipped to the action after a minute.

[@papayabadger]

This was super helpful! Thank you so much!

[@katine]

Great tutorial thank you very much! I was looking for this kind of video :)

[@jekalambert9412]

This was SO helpful! Thanks for posting.

[@phillip0011]

Brilliant tutorial, Rocky, Thank you!

[@nhtl.w]

thank you so much, i love this video

[@ghilessaidani3929]

Thank you man this is exactly what i was searching for

[@marybudd6787]

Thank you. Very helpful!

[@dominacus]

Thanks Rocky for sharing your knowledge on this underappreciated tool. I'll be sure to use this thing from here on out. Btw, your Stranger Things work is awesome. Love the style!

[@RockyRoark]

Thanks Dameon! I'm glad that I could help! (: Hope you create something awesome this weekend!

[@dominacus]

Can do! Working on a series to get better with the brushes. Primarily VectorHero and VectorFuzz. Like you, Dustin and Retrosupply can do no wrong in my book.

[@tiiulausmaa2427]

Really concise, thanks!

[@SpookerMovie]

You EFFIN ROCK Rocky! I've drawn decent stupid cartoons all of my life. And made a career doing "graphic design" CPG packaging. With a little practice, I bet I can actually be a bona fide illustrator. Multiple times as I'm taking notes I catch myself saying "Holy F*CK this kid is brilliant!!!" Hope some of my client's will say the same thing about this old man. Rocky showed me the way - bestest so far. Peace.

[@TheCyclingArtist]

Awesome vid man it was a huge help subbed and liked

[@RockyRoark]

Thank you very much! (:

[@s_natali]

thank you so much! very important tutorial

[@RockyRoark]

No problem, thank you for watching it and I hope it really does help you! (:

[@tanishkabhasi3185]

thank you so much.. huge help!!

[@liorliv3Gaming]

Thank you so much! Very informative :D

[@jenniferjeje3913]

YOURE VERY HELPFUL, THANKYOU SO MUCHHH ❤

[@januzart5152]

Tnx man! Helped a ton. I finally can draw in illustrator.

[@deepikadhiman8502]

Hey, thank for this very useful and informative video 👍🏼

[@RockyRoark]

No problem! Glad it helped! (:

[@imransyah]

i will try it, thanks for a tips

[@RockyRoark]

No problem! (: I hope you create something awesome!

[@NoraEtoile]

Hi thanks for your wonderful video! I have a question regarding the blob brush fill and stroke, which one do you use to change a swatch color? the fill for the background color and the stroke for outline? correct? But how do you do it? Select your swatch color first then, proceed to your selection of fill or stroke depending on what is needed? I always get them confused and would love some clarification. Again, thanks for your video!

[@shirinpitale7789]

Thank you so much!!!

[@simisanoo5382]

Hey cool tut. Just a question since it's my 2nd day with the tablet and illustrator. For the black outlines of your character, is that just the default pressure sensitive pencil or is it a specific brush preset? Thanks, Looks really cool!

[@adiwasibhai8574]

Great tutorial man I really learned , can you make video about environment painting.

[@jesuslimbertclarosclaros8842]

Thank you

[@Artist77osi]

Great, its a wonderful tech nick to fill bigger area with Blob brush, the most important is I don't want to redraw the shape once I draw

[@is20206]

TY for a great video. Do you have a tutorial on how to best combine eraser and blob brush?

[@eelettricblue]

Hello! Thank you for this video. How did you the drawing? With pencil tool or pen tool, maybe? Thank you for the answer!

[@RockyRoark]

I actually did it with the brush tool (:

[@luisegrice9039]

I'm wondering what program are you using to record and zoom into what you're explaining Rocky?

[@jayjayjaythebrand]

Awesome video man. Do you think you could ink a tad bit more complex character in real time? Maybe link Wind Waker Link or a chibi Spider-Man?

[@RockyRoark]

Hey first off! Thanks for watching! I think I could definitely do that in a future video! (:

[@jayjayjaythebrand]

wow thanks for the quick reply lol, and awesome! Looking forward too it!

[@diahlarasati6683]

thank you so much!!! i didn't realize AI brush can be pressure sensitive lol

[@massimehrkhah607]

thanks

[@liliyaspencer6220]

There are more ways to colour the illustration to save time, but I agree..its so therapeutic)..

[@bgmariano2003]

Thank you for the tutorial, but I have problem, its not working when I tried to color inside a shape(circle) the color its not automatically filling inside , I mean it should just fill the color inside once you brushed on it right? It should go on the back of the circle, mine its overlapping when I tried to brush color inside the circle. Please help..thank you in advance.

[@yoitsjust773]

Can i use a different kind of brush (like with texture) using blob brush? Will it still do the same just like what the calligraphy brush do?

[@benpics]

Hi there. You mention in your intro that you use an iPad pro with Apple Pencil to do your illustrations. But you seem to be using an Mac version of illustrator to demonstrate the blob brush. I'm a bit confused. Are you using your Apple Pencil, on an iMac?

[@RockyRoark]

Hey there! So I'm using my iMac paired with my iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. In order to do this I use Astropad Studio which basically mirrors my iMac onto the iPad Pro. (:

[@benpics]

Interesting. I'll look into that. Thanks!

[@funforvictoria4229]

Hi! I can't make it to work with a mouse. Is there anything I can do to make it work?

[@keil8560]

Mine keeps going back to a fill and stroke and it's not saving the varying size and pressure

[@julieflynn4540]

How do you use your iPad with illustrator? I have a pc not a Mac and an iPad Pro

[@tanjinnaem5257]

why you used #A6307f color for shade? you can use other one for shade but why this. any specific reasons?

[@FrancescaCostyea]

It looks like sometimes you colour outside of the lines, but it still manages to end up all within the lines, I saw this happening a bit with the eyes. How did you do that? Apologies if already answered.

[@RockyRoark]

So what you're seeing there is the brush is getting super close to the edge of the stroke but not going all the way to the edge. Since the stroke is above it its not showing the white, but if we probably zoomed in really close there would be a little bit of white showing. Sometimes we have to go back through and clean up the illustration a bit when we're finished depending on what the illustration is going to be used in. (: Does that make sense?

[@FrancescaCostyea]

yes thankyou :)

[@NimMortensen]

Hov often do you make new layer. I am new in this

[@RockyRoark]

Not often believe it or not, I don't use a ton of layers in Adobe Illustrator.

[@irenebirgita]

When you add fill colour, did you do in new layer ?

[@marygartner5195]

irene birgita I noted that he did not use a separate layer when he filled color in using the “color behind mode”. Once he finished his base color he locked that layer, then created a separate layer to add his shadows using the multiply blend mode with an opacity of 35%. I’m learning too. Correct me if I missed something.

[@erickamante7579]

I cant click the Pressure,

[@gebbygeb3547]

To my lost comrades (who need a quick search result)! Shift + E for an eraser that is not restricted to strokes, paths or fill shapes. Works just like a classic eraser brush! (Remember to select the thing you're trying to clean up, otherwise it will affect the rest of the drawing) Shift + B for the blob brush tool, B for regular paintbrush!

[@VipulSodhi]

how to change the brush colour? with keyboard shortcut

[@RockyRoark]

What I'm doing in there is pressing the "X" key which just allows me to toggle between my stroke color and fill colors. (:

[@mimib1583]

draw behind....omg!

[@RockyRoark]

Haha Its always great to see my tips blow people's minds! (:

[@is20206]

@@RockyRoark thank you so much:) i have been trying to figure this out.

[@jesuslimbertclarosclaros8842]

Gracias subi mas video tutoriales de adobe illustrador

[@RockyRoark]

Gracias por ver mis videos! ¡Estoy planeando más tutoriales de Adobe Illustrator e incluso seminarios web a partir del próximo año! ¡Así que estad atentos! (:

[@jenwu636]

thanks for the tutorial! I am having a hard time using the bold tool for inking because it leaves lots little lines for clean up... is this normal? or if there is anyway I can improve this? I took a screen shot in the outline mode : imgur.com/a/tKWz2px

[@marygartner5195]

Jennifer Wu he used the pencil and smooth tool to clean up the blob messes. He said he often uses the pencil to go back in and edit areas where needed, like gaps in the blob brush lines.

[@TheCyclingArtist]

Pause...squeee, squeee, squeee, blink I spit on the camera XD lol

[@splunge743]

A brush used for calligraphy or calligraphic, is pronounced --- Kali-grafic.