haha yes… sounds like it… so one last idea: if i use a brush in illustrator and then import the path into AE (importing Illustrator file and so on) and then animate it? Is there a way to make that work? so far when I have tried I had two problems: either I could just see a path that had no filling and no stroke and I could not change that or, when I converted the path into n outline in Illustrator it nearly worked, but unfortunately not only the outline was animated but also the inside of the object became filled and empty again in the course of the animation. Why could that be and how do I avoid that?