I needed to draw some rope, so it seemed easier to make an Illustrator rope brush. I created it in CS5.5 but back-saved to CS1, so more people could use it. It’s nowhere near perfect (especially for short lines and squares) because I didn’t spend time perfecting it, but it should work for a lot of uses, and if you want to tweak it, go ahead, it’s all yours…
http://www.jeffco.ca/blog-content/rope.ai
If you find the rope brush useful, feel free to add a comment letting us know. Always good to know if people are using these things. Might motivate me to add more.
And if you found this one useful, be sure to check out some of our other free brushes: