How to Create a Lightning Effect in Illustrator

Learn how to create a lightning text effect in Illustrator. To start off, you will learn how to create an art brush, the background, and the main compound path. Moving on, you will learn how to make a lightning bolt in Illustrator and how to use it to decorate your electric text effect. 00:00 - Intro 00:59 - Set up a new document 02:09 - Create an art brush 03:26 - Create the background 04:06 - Create the text compound path 07:51 - Create the lightning text effect 13:43 - Save the lightning graphic style 14:00 - Create the lightning bolts 15:52 - Outro