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This tutorial was done using Adobe Illustrator 10. Artlandia SymmetryWorks is a new filter that. also works with Illustrator 9, and this tutorial will work …

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Celtic Knot Brushes with Artlandia SymmetryWorks
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Celtic Knot Brushes
Using Artlandia SymmetryWorks and simple text you can make brushes reminiscent of Celtic Knots. These brushes work great for borders!
If you don’t have the Artlandia SymmetryWorks plugin for Illustrator, you can download a demo from Artlandia. It will only apply one symmetry of the plugin’s choice per Illustrator session, but it will give you an idea of how the brushes are done.
This tutorial was done using Adobe Illustrator 10. Artlandia SymmetryWorks is a new filter that also works with Illustrator 9, and this tutorial will work with version 9 also.
Open a new document in Illustrator.
Constructing the Tiles
The first thing we need to do is to construct a couple tiles with Artandia SymmetryWorks to use for the brushes.
Click on the text tool in the tools palette or type T to activate it.
Choose a simple non-serif font. A serif font is one that has the decorative lines on the character. Times New Roman and Garamond are serif fonts.
Fonts like Myriad, Helvetica and Arial are non-…