Create Watercolor Texture Brushes in Adobe Illustrator

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*This tutorial works with versions of Illustrator CC only*
Here are the links mentioned in the tutorial:
Watercolor Texture Kits
vol 1: gumroad.com/l/...
vol 2: gumroad.com/l/...
vol 3: gumroad.com/l/...
The course for cutting out the backgrounds on your own watercolor textures: skl.sh/2kBuCt2 (video #7)
How to save Illustrator brushes for future use: every-tuesday....
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@franktielemans6624 7 лет назад

I've tried this and I was not satified with the result because the edges of the watercolor texture were to defined. So after I rasterised it, I feathered it a bit via effects > stylize > feather... Just a few pixels were enough to make it better :)

@Moontess 7 лет назад

Love love love this tute! Was just working on a project the other day and found myself thinking, "I wish I had some watercolour brushes in Illustrator..." and here you are with this tute. Can't wait to try this!

@Dani-R10_WIP 7 лет назад

I usually don't comment on youtube videos but I just want to say, thank you sooooooo much. I'm going through portfolio week at school and I was manually painting for a project that I had to redo, and with all the stress I couldn't make anything I was pleased with. You have saved me so much time and have made my packaging project look so much cooler!! I love you lol!

@rezadesign3648 6 лет назад

Daniella Jerez you're welcome :)

@Juhilg1 6 лет назад

Were you able to figure this out?

@UpShtsCreek 4 года назад

Wow! I know I am a little late discovering this (and you), but you have just changed my life! Thank you for this tutorial!

@yvonnewinters6387 5 лет назад

Omg this is so easy... I had an idea to make one - but never really made one so I was a bit clueless and expecting it to be pretty difficult, but it's actually pretty easy...

@Beardlybeloved 7 лет назад

love your videos! thanks for touching on some of the new capabilities in CC I haven't had the chance to really explore. Can't wait to use this!

@ducttapefly 7 лет назад

Love love LOVE your channel! I just stumbled upon it today and I'm so glad I did! Your tutorials are so informative!

@skierAZdude 5 лет назад

Subscribed! Been following tutorial videos since High School lol. Your channel seems chill, easy to follow. At first I thought it was a little fast but then I noticed you revert back for quick reviews over small settings. Thanks for keepin' real and not being all robot like hahaha Looks like a i have a ton of new videos to watch!

@EveryTuesday 5 лет назад

Thanks for the sub + checking the vids out!

@_sommerfrische_romyschulz6567 7 лет назад

Thanks so much teela! I really enjoy your tutorials every time and learn so much! ...i like tuesdays ;) All the best to you! Romy (from Germany)

@tehfear 7 лет назад

You are beautiful and this tutorial was exactly what I was looking for! Thanks Teela!

@zitronenkeks 6 лет назад

Chapeau! Thanks for this wonderful Texture Kit.

@maryannetorok4928 5 лет назад

Ahh so much time saved! Amazing, thank you! The colours are great and work so well. Yep definitely have to vectorise image first

@sashwathisriganesh6751 4 года назад

Does rasterizing the image make this not a vector brush or is it still a vector brush?

@techdude2121 7 лет назад

awesome teela, been learning so much from your tuts. Love.

@cianoreilly6895 5 лет назад

amazing. bought the pack straight away. Perfect for what I needed

@AnitaMatveeva 7 лет назад

That is awsome, thank you for such a great work.

@finefrenzygr 4 года назад

This is veeery helpful. Thank you. Can i change the colour of a coloured brush?

@ugarz 7 лет назад

Very powerful, thanks for the tips !

@agusromero4722 6 лет назад

Me super fue de ayuda este tutorial! Esta muy claro.

@CariiStarr 7 лет назад

Hi Teela, so i've bought these from the link provided... tryyying to use them and do as instructed but it keeps telling me ( The selected art work contains an element that cannot be used in an art brush ) please help lol!

@robayre 3 года назад

hmmm, wondering if there is a way to do this so that I can then make the painted brush stroke a certain color from my swatches? I thought if my watercolor texture was converted to grayscale, that it might work, but that wasn't enough.

@AM1media 7 лет назад

This is awesome. Highly appreciated!

@richardparadise4313 5 лет назад

Hi Teela! Loved your tutorial, and water-colors! I want to use the kit to make a banner background for my website, it is for a my business, but only for design purposes (not putting colors on anything to sell).

@EveryTuesday 5 лет назад

Hey! You'll need to pick up the extended license for any use within a business 👍

@richardparadise4313 5 лет назад

@@EveryTuesday Thanks :) Thinks it's possible to work your brushes and pallet of water colors in Adobe After Affects CC?

@TheNikkiG 4 года назад

This tutorial helped me a bit, but I have a problem of when I go to use the brush, it puts a background as part of the stroke. I have everything set to transparent, and I'm using PNG files, so I'm not sure what I did wrong. It basically looks like a white rectangle with the watercolor inside but that's the "stroke" that is made when I use the brush... any tips and help would be so much appreciated!!

@CandyCat008 7 лет назад

Hi, I was wondering how you control the brush strokes? Every time I use a watercolour texture, and I want a curvy or straight brush stroke, the stroke I get is frenzied, or wild or presented the way I don't want it. do you know how to create brush strokes created in my control? PLEASE HELP!! I have an assignment for school due really soon and it would help me a lot for you to give me instructions if you can.

@catllionare 5 лет назад

is there a way to draw / paint with these brushes but see the results live like when we use the regular brushes? With these brushes you draw first and see the results after you drew. I was wondering if there was a way around that

@jujubajtn 7 лет назад

so beautiful! I loved it!

@RAKESHKUMAR-ec8od 4 года назад

Juliana she so beautiful

@rebeccadennler9075 7 лет назад

Hi and thank you very much for this great tutorial. One question - every time I rasterize it totally looses quality --> it gets pixelated. Can you maybe tell me why and what to do against it?

@zahraattari7093 4 года назад

great video

@emilyharkema1175 7 лет назад

Every time I try to create the brush it tells me "The selected artwork contains an element that cannot be used in an art brush". I have followed all the steps... what am I doing wrong? pls help!

@Sadaf.heidari 7 лет назад

I have the same issue

@Sadaf.heidari 7 лет назад

watch this first cause u have to vectorise your water color image ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a6aWkjNLFYg.html

@MissKatieBrianna 7 лет назад

Amazing! Pls keep doing videos like this! Have you tried any other textures etc.?

@dizzy3156 7 лет назад

Hi Teela, How do you set your document to show only the one black outer line. I have this and two green lines which I find quite annoying. Thank you!

@barefacedquestions 5 лет назад

Hey Teela, would you mind sharing what can we do with watercolor brushes in Ilustrator? I'm more familiar with using watercolor brushes in Photoshop. I've tried painting but it often makes the file too large and I can't think of any way to blend them.

@justkailash 7 лет назад

thank you for thise tutorial . . i have a question . .that strock or brush will be vector or raster?

@hansvats6463 6 лет назад

hey can you do a tutorial on 3d rendered paint strokes? It would be a great help btw great tutorial

@sarfraz6931 3 года назад

Hi I want the water color set 3 but have a question will these work with a calligraphy brush?

@jesslyntan5356 6 лет назад

Where can I get the texture brushes? Did you make it in photoshop before and save as PNG?

@Kinkoyaburi 4 года назад

What if I want a gradient on my watercolor brush and to be able to change the color of the gradient while still keeping the path editable?

@mirzarizwan7860 4 года назад

i love that thanks

@sanchibudhraja3616 7 лет назад

really helpful...but how do we add the gradient effect to the stroke?

@andifoglia1098 6 лет назад

Did you create the watercolor texture kit using watercolor painting techniques and paper, scan them in and clip them in photoshop... I'm looking for the creation of the bushes... the step before this the creation of the textures - Thanks, Andi

@EveryTuesday 6 лет назад

Hey! I made a course that shows all the steps of that process here: skl.sh/2kBuCt2

@salekinpiash6309 7 лет назад

Wow!Thank you so much! :)

@xuanhieulai8731 6 лет назад

thank you that's so useful :D I love it

@MargheritaArrighi 6 лет назад

thank you so much for sharing

@AndreaLynneAdriano2301 5 лет назад

How can you make the end of the stroke with a fading effect? Do you have a tutorial for that? Please?

@begettingit 6 лет назад

Thank you so much for this!

@Poopyface1989 5 лет назад

Is there a way to make 2 different watercolors look like they are bleeding into each other?

@saramk7173 5 лет назад

thank you

@ddplanet 6 лет назад

WOW so preety ♥I think it would be really useful if we used it well.

@sarahmyrant8854 6 лет назад

thanks for saving my life homes

@IndrajaSalunkhe 6 лет назад

Best tutorial..

@paulstevencue518 7 лет назад

hi teela! love the tutorial. one question though. can we change the stroke color?

@paulstevencue518 7 лет назад

nevermind. saw your tutorial about it. these are just awesome. thanks so much teela!

@jorgharg4945 5 лет назад

Hello. I bought the pack. Did everything like in the video. but there is the message , the selected artwork contains an element rhat can not be used in an art brush. Can someone help me?

@EveryTuesday 5 лет назад

Hey! You'll have to be on Illustrator CC 👍

@142vids 7 лет назад

New subscriber here. I just want to thank you, before I knew of your video's I thought I was badly great at Illustrator, now I feel like a noob. Thanks a lot Teela! :P Jk Your videos are awesome!

@avangars5959 5 лет назад

Am I allowed to use one of these for commercial uses?

@razellemccarrick6122 7 лет назад

Hi-- thank you! I have been able to create the brushes. I can only afford one program so am using newest version of Illustrator. Any way to change the coloring of these brushes in Illustrator? I bought the watercolor 3 kit but now don't know what to do! Basically I just want to be able to set them to colors that I want and make circular shapes for buttons on my site

@EveryTuesday 7 лет назад

You would have to recolor the textures in Photoshop first (here's a tutorial: every-tuesday.com/change-watercolor-texture-specific-color/) since it's an image instead of a vector (to keep file sizes reasonable). You could convert the brush to vector if you've got a computer that could handle the extra memory it'll require (here's a tutorial: every-tuesday.com/how-to-vectorize-watercolor-textures/) and then use the color guide in Illustrator to change its colors if you wanted another option (though the photoshop option will be easiest to work with)

@lauralauro6871 6 лет назад

I'm using Ai CC 2018 and I'm having problem importing your watercolor kit3 after purchasing. Wether I try with .psd or wether I try with .png file it tells me "unknown format. cannot be used". Is because of my Ai CC version? HELP!!!

@EveryTuesday 6 лет назад

Hey! You should be able to do file > place and since they're image files, they'll work the same as any other image file. Try restarting Illustrator if you're still having trouble - I use them with Ai CC all the time!

@carolinaropi2949 4 года назад

Gracias,eres genia!!

@suemcarthur105 7 лет назад

I have been trying to get this to work for days now, but it keeps telling me that the selected artworks contains an element that cannot be used in an artbrush. I am placing a transparent background small png watercolour onto my document, and that is the error message. can you please help me, as I really want to make this brush, thank you

@smurfette1509 7 лет назад

I'm having the same exact problem. I'm using CS2 and I tried with a PS document and a PNG file, both with a transparent background and after going through the procedure I get that awful message that reads the selected artwork contains an element that cannot be used in an art brush. It only worked when I used Live Trace on the brush stroke which in this tutorial was not used.

@EveryTuesday 7 лет назад

Hey - you'll have to be on CC for it to work. I realized after the vid was already uploaded it was a new feature to CC, so it was too late to add it into the vid - apologies!

@smurfette1509 7 лет назад

Thanks so much, Teela, for solving the confusion for all of us. I love the advancements that Adobe keeps making but it's so hard for me to get access to the newer versions. I love graphics so much but the limitsto my creativity because of money drives me crazy...same goes with photography which I also use in my graphics work. I'd appreciate anything you can do to help us work around these limits with the older versions.

@EveryTuesday 7 лет назад

I understand - literally all of my other tutorials work with other versions, though I still think it's important to point out features that may be game changers for those who are unsure of upgrading :)

@smurfette1509 7 лет назад

Thanks for your understanding and I very much understand your wish to keep up with the latest improvements and share your knowledge about it. Just like you can't stop a clock, you can't stop constant improvements. :)

@ArtbyKhater 7 лет назад

Very nice tip, Thanks! ^_^

@julespayne1743 6 лет назад

Hi, I've bought the texture kit 3 - however when i try to load it into Illustrator i get this message " patterns .pat is an unknown format and cannot be imported - I'm new to Illustrator and are probably doing something wrong

@julespayne1743 6 лет назад

I'm using CC - so should be fine?

@julespayne1743 6 лет назад

I've worked it out

@mahadi9582 7 лет назад

Thanks

@Layeredworld 7 лет назад

Hiya, each time i try this my brush has a white background even though I make sure that I'm using a transparent texture. I follow your instruction making sure that I rasterise with the transparent clicked in the dialogue box. Please can anyone offer some guidance? many thanks.

@EveryTuesday 7 лет назад

Hey - is your original texture a transparent png file? If you don't have an image with a transparent background to begin with, even with transparency settings checked, you'll still get a white background

@Layeredworld 7 лет назад

Teela Cunningham hiya thank you for your reply I really appreciate it. I'm so certain the prepared texture I had done in photoshop was without a background but I could be wrong. Do you have a tutorial for preparing a texture in photoshop first without a background so that it can be opened in illustrator to vectorised? Thanks again I love your tutorials and your positive enthusiasm x

@zainabtariq3359 2 года назад

How to make these colors together

@panktiporecha7969 7 лет назад

where and how can these brushes be used?? ( I am new to illustrator)

@suemcarthur105 7 лет назад

thanks Teela I have the same problem as Morgan Field, I cant afford cc as am retired now

@EveryTuesday 7 лет назад

Hey Sue! I understand - all of my other tutorials are suitable for older versions, though I still think it's important to drop one in from time to time to stay current with new capabilities that become available :)

@nipunwimalarathne2386 6 лет назад

thanks :D

@ErnstHlow 7 лет назад

Thank you for the tutorial. Btw, You sound like America Ferrera. It's uncanny.

@greennature1045 3 года назад

nice :)

@caligraph6828 5 лет назад

so how do I get these watercolor textures, do I need to pay for them ...

@EveryTuesday 5 лет назад

There are a couple free ones in my resource library (every-tuesday.com/resource-library/) and others available for purchase (every-tuesday.com/products/) 👍

@videoelnino10 6 лет назад

add a collors?

@gretchenruppert-allen9656 7 лет назад

Same thing here with "the selected artwork contains an element..." message. I'm on CS5 I wonder why it won't let me make it an art brush? It let's me make it a calligraphy brush but that's no good! Grrrrr

@EveryTuesday 7 лет назад

Hey - you'll have to be on CC in order for it to work, I realized once the vid was already uploaded it was a new feature to CC, so I couldn't add that in - apologize!