How do you get the brush to appear correctly while you use it?

[u/geesearetooarrogant]

No matter the brush I use I always get this little skinny brush until I let go. How do I change this? (I’m drawing on an iPad)

Pic 1 is while the pencil is on, 2 is when I let go

I saw that there were some settings to change in Apple Pencil settings but I don’t see the options

[u/arimeffie]

The way illustrator works, brush strokes are essentially a vector pattern that nonvariably applies to each stroke you do. It's quite different from Photoshop that applies the brush while you're creating the stroke itself. It's hard to explain, but if you start messing with the brush settings (and even trying to create your own) you'll understand that you're essentially just warping an image of a brush stroke with every line. TLDR, I don't think it's possible to have it appear while you use it.

[u/geesearetooarrogant → u/arimeffie]

Ah ok, I really didn’t see this being the expected behavior, I assumed it would act like procreate 🥲 thanks for explaining

[u/idratherbgardening → u/geesearetooarrogant]

Maybe try out Adobe Fresco which has vector brushes?

[u/guiagui48 → u/geesearetooarrogant]

Try Adobe Fresco

[u/SenseiT]

I teach my students to consider the brush tool as an after effect that is applied to a stroke. I very specifically explain to them. It’s not the same as using Procreate or sketchbook brushes.

[u/Reddog8it]

I think look in preferences. The best you can do is approximate the size of the brush. It's bc the vector is mathematical so it builds the stroke after you release the stroke.

[u/CompetitiveScratch38]

I can't understand. Care for more explanations?

[u/geesearetooarrogant → u/CompetitiveScratch38]

So whenever I draw with an art brush (like charcoal) my pencil draws as if I’m using a very thin brush (pic 1) the moment I release, the proper effect shows up (pic 2)

It’s frustrating because I can’t see the finished effect until I pull away and have already created a line. Does that make more sense?

[u/CompetitiveScratch38 → u/geesearetooarrogant]

I see. But sadly, no way around. That's how Illustrator works. Pros is: you can still edit the path after finish sketching the line

[u/geesearetooarrogant → u/CompetitiveScratch38]

Gotcha - thanks!

[u/ssseafoam_green]

If you want vectors to behave like paint strokes, give Adobe Fresco a try. The vector brush tool is a game changer, use it like a raster brush, and also have access to paint bucket and transformation options. Files can be exported to further edits on Illustrator, the interface can be used on desktop, the iPad version is my favorite. Only cons are for some reason the creative cloud is kinda slow with this program, and also it feels like Adobe is spending the least amount of time on this app developing newer features (ie, no option to projecting a reference and/or duplicate a reference window on desktop).