ai illustration texture-how to make texture in Illustrator

How to create the texture of AI illustrations

To prepare the drawn flat illustration, open the appearance, transparency, and gradient windows in AI;

2. Select the yellow background, CTRL+C to copy, CTRL+F to paste, and change the fill color to a black and white gradient

3. Select fx-texture-grain at the bottom of the appearance window

4 .In the transparency panel, select Overlay for the blending mode and change the transparency value

5. Select the character's top, copy and paste the same steps, change it to radial gradient, and set the blending mode to Multiply

< p>6. Add noise to other parts at once, and the whole picture will be very textured. How to make texture in Illustrator

1. Open the Illustrator software and enter the operation interface, as shown in the figure.

2. After opening the software, find the rectangle tool on the left side, as shown in the picture.

3. Use the rectangle tool to draw a rectangle in the workspace, as shown in the figure.

4. Select the rectangle and find the fill option above, as shown in the picture.

5. Click the fill option to find the color palette library menu, as shown in the figure.

6. Click the color palette library menu and find the pattern option in its sub-menu, as shown in the figure.

7. Click the pattern option to find the basic graphics option within it. Click the basic graphics option to find the basic graphics texture option in its sub-menu, as shown in the figure.

8. Click the Basic Graphics Texture option and select the texture graphic we need in the pop-up dialog box, as shown in the figure.

9. Click on the selected texture graphic to get the texture pattern, as shown in the picture.

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Usage tips

When using basic drawing tools, click in the workspace to pop up the corresponding dialog box, in which you can modify the tool. Properties can be set precisely.

1. Cut tool: Use this tool to click out the starting point and end point on the selected path to cut a path into two or more open paths.

2. Cutter tool: It can cut a path or graphic into two closed paths.

3. Brush options: Fill new brush strokes: Automatically fill the path with the set fill color. If it is not selected, the path will not be automatically filled.

4. Reflection tool: Click the positioning axis, click the mouse to drag, and the axis can be the rotation center to rotate the mirror result. Click twice on the rich transformation axis to perform symmetrical transformation.

5. Twist tool: Rotate graphics to create an effect similar to a vortex. Twist ratio: direction of twist.

6. Blending tool: To blend one object from shape\color gradient to another object, first click on the first graphic to be mixed, and then click on the second graphic to be mixed to get the blending effect.

Reference source:

-AdobeIllustratorPS, AI skillfully turns photos into illustrations

Written before: This tutorial requires a foundation of AI and PS

1. Analyze the characteristics of illustrations

Flat illustrations are a very popular illustration style. To make flat illustrations, you must first understand and analyze its characteristics.

In terms of styling: concise, simplifying complex shapes.

In terms of light and shadow: remove light and shadow gradients and texture effects, and use more solid colors.

2. Illustration Drawing Tools

Styling is what AI is good at, so we use AI to draw the shape of objects, and AI for color. The two softwares cooperate with each other and can almost Meet all our needs.

3. Composition

Use a photo as the main subject. The objects in the photo can be deleted and modified appropriately. For example, the shape and position of the bamboo raft are not so ideal, we can use Replace the bamboo raft in the picture on the right.

We can divide the picture into three levels. The close shot is the bamboo raft, the middle shot is the mountain, and the distant view is the sky.

V-shaped composition with high sides and low middle.

Four. Drawing steps

Step 1:

Use the spot brush in ai to draw the close, middle and distant views layer by layer. Just To draw a rough outline, you can lock the photo and copy it directly on the photo. You only need to draw the outline, and then delete the path inside to get a surface.

Step 2:

Use the plug-in to convert the drawn ai into layered psd, and draw colors in the psd. The shape of each layer is mainly monochrome. The choice of color can refer to the color of the photo, for example, in the morning, afternoon, or evening, just absorb the color.

Step 3:

Add water reflection and detail texture, use Boolean operations to add ripples and details to the reflection. It does not need to be complicated, it can be abstract.

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