Illustrator Lab 2

I learned how to create custom brushes in Illustrator today; this wasn't completely new to me, as I've made brushes in Photoshop and GIMP before, but the way in which I could use the brushes definitely was.  My first attempt vaguely resembled a sunburst, although the results it generated looked more like a solid wall of smashed spiders (which was actually kind of cool).  My second brush was generated from a set of squares - I think I liked that one better than the first.