TIP FOR EVERYONE: change the white color of the gradient to the color of the object you are trying to put the texture on and change the black color of the gradient to a darker version of the same color from the object you are trying to put the texture on. It would look awesome that way! Anyway - cool video :)
thank you for making a point to teach shortcuts - not enough tutorials do that and i feel it's one of the more important things to keep an efficient workflow...i literally change shortcuts for my workflow.
Hey! I've been researching some grain techniques for a while now and this is a simple - but very effective - way to do it, well done! I do have to point out a little detail I usually do that's different from your process: instead of copying the shapes on top of each other, I use a new fill (in the Appearance panel) on each object to do the gradient part. You can select this item and use blending modes, opacity and, most importantly, textures without altering the base-colour fill. This is important to me since I use A LOT of different shapes in the same illustration and if I have to move them around I don't have to worry about the texture or the colour being left behind :) Either way, awesome tutorial, congratulations man!
Hey John! I can't do any tutorials due to time constrains, but I'll try to come up with something in the future. If you're interested in this kind of texture I advise you to search for something like "Art Deco Textures" - there's a pretty good step-by-step somewhere if I recall correctly. I have come to the conclusion that the kind of texture I was looking for is best made with scatter / noise brushes in photoshop, but you'll have to experiment for yourself until you're satisfied :)
Try the pointillize or mezzotint filters under the pixellate menu instead of grain. Grain converts everything to black and white, while pixellate and mezzotint keep the colors (mezzotint introduces black dots also, but setting the blend mode to overlay seems to help). Also, to get a gradient that follows the outline of an irregular shape, add a stroke around the object and apply your gradient to that. As a bonus, you can 1) use the width tool to change the shape of the gradient and 2) convert the stroke into a gradient mesh for more control over the colors.
Awesome, you know why? Because you not only explain it perfectly, you do it with energy, with desire of teaching and you don't waste time on stuff that, in this level, we already know. For example: Start explaining how to create a new file.
listening to tutorials sometimes can be torture when you hear stuff in a monotone voice, thank you for making this funny and enjoyable while also being informative
I was looking for how to do this everywhere and it turns out it's as simple as a texture effect right there on illustrator... you're the best dude, thanks
I've tried this, thanks for the tutorial! But hours of finding how to create this noise/airbrush texture for Illustrator, I felt that creating your own brush with that noise texture in mind is more versatile. It's dosn't play much of the gradient but, I guess it's more of colors.
thanks so much! I was always struggling that my design always comes out flat and too simple somehow, and this tutorial totally gives a good tip on this problem!
hey, this was super helpful. i also found that changing the normal mode to multiply after adding grain helps to blend in better as well. anyway kudos! this was a really simple but great tutorial
I was searching for this technique everywhere!!! I thought it's got something to do with clipping mask but then no i figured out it was a texture... but I didn't know that the catch was to duplicate a layer atop the objects!!! Thankyou Zimry, you're the best! YOu're funny and cool and always have solutions to my problems!
Awesome, that was helpful. thanks! I would add that you can also change the blending mode to multiply or overlay if you want to shade the same color rather than adding black.
The most interesting tutorial I've seen ever. Not because of the lesson, I mean yeah that's cool too, thanks for sharing but it's just the way you talk...so entertaining ;)
Dude I'm very happy I stumbled across this video, excellent tutorial. I've been using Illustrator forever but never really researched texture within it. Thank you sir!
This just saved me a lot of time and effort. Thanks man! (Also, saved me from buying a plug-in that adds stippling, I KNEW there must be a vanilla way to do it in illustrator!)
Dude I love your attitude! You should be doing paid in depth tutorials on Udemy and other platforms. I'd love to have someone break up the monotony of a course with some comedy. You're awesome! Subbed!
Cool non-destructive effect. I usually make a halftone to create a similar effect. But I'm a halftone & print junkie...& it's not editable once created like this. Thumbsup
The effect option is grayed out in CMYK so your image needs to be in RGB mode. Took me a while to figure this out so hopefully this will help somebody.
