Format Painter, makes copying styles easier

Here is a link from Powerpoint's how to site on how to use format painter to apply formating you've done on a text or image to another text box or image http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA010548921033.aspx

Vector Brushes

Vector Brushes for Illustrator, also remember to edit and pull points and you
can also create in Photoshop, Live trace/paint and then edit points in
Illustrator

http://speckyboy.com/2008/09/29/80-of-the-best-vector-and-illustrator-free-resources/

http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/35-free-abstract-illus...trator-brushes

http://...vector-art.blogspot.com/search/label/Brushes

http://vectips.com/tutorials/free-watercolor-brushes-and-tutorial/If

you look through them there is a lot of good stuff

http://www.aivault.com/?p=405http://thinkdesignblog.com/free-vectors-230-marker-illustrator-brushes.htm

http://thinkdesignblog.com/free-vectors-15-paint-brushstroke-illustrator-brushes.htm

http://www.vecteezy.com/