3 Ways to Add Texture in Illustrator (Tips Included)
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Learn 3 ways to add texture in Adobe Illustrator on your own vector designs and make them stand out. You will get a step-by-step process breakdown on how to apply these textured effects and where you can find them.
The first way to add texture in illustrator is to make a copy of the shape you’re adding this effect on and from the Effect panel open up Texture - then select the Grain option.
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That will show you a preview of what’s happening to the shape you’re using and on the right-hand side, you will have a couple of options you can actually play with to get closer to the texture effect that you like.
For the second way of adding it, you will need a photo to work with. Using Unsplash you can search for paper and you’ll have a couple of options to choose from. Right-click, copy the image and then bring Illustrator back and paste this thing in.
With the image selected, go to the tracing options on the top bar and select the black and white logo option.
Afterward, you can keep only the dark shapes of the vector texture and apply a color that makes it blend in.
The last of the three ways to add texture in Illustrator is through grain or noise brushes.
In the tutorial, I’ll create a new one, as the process is pretty straightforward, try to organize the small vector shapes in a circular shape.
Once you have them selected, go to Window and open up the brushes panel, from there click on the create a new brush and select the scatter option.
Using the paintbrush and the draw inside mode activate, start drawing with the grain brush selected and you will get the texture effect you’re looking for.
Quick access to each step:
0:00 Introduction to the 3 ways to add texture + sketch process
0:30 Add texture using the effects panel
0:51 Using blending modes for the texture overlay
1:34 Adding a vector texture using a photo
2:43 Create a noise and grain brush in Illustrator
3:24 Add texture using a grain brush
4:09 Comparison with the 3 ways to add texture
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Very helpful. Not sure if someone noted this already, but in option #2, when using the trace panel, you can select a check box to "ignore white" so you don't have to select it and delete it afterwards.
Awesome tip, I didn't know that, thanks Jesse!
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I somehow lost my login password. I appreciate any tricks you can give me.
Literally just blew my mind. I love Illustrator to bits, but have always disliked the fact that you can't get the same yummy textures as inside Photoshop. But you're telling me that after all this time, making projects for YEARS, that there's 3 EASY WAYS to get that toothy grit? I am LITERALLY SHOOK 😲 Thank you so much oh my god
Haha that's great to hear that these techniques helped 🥳
Such an amazing tutorial. I love the varied options and detailed explanations without wasting any time.
Definitely method 3. It's more flexible where you could create any type of shapes to customize your own texture, more options such as adjusting the brush's properties and to save it for future reuse . Thank you
Short and to the point. Exactly what interested people need. I hardly give likes to tutorials. yours is really amazing! Thank you!
Thank you! love this style of tutorial! Clear, to the point and friendly. Not wasting viewers time with a bunch of edits and emphasis on trying to be humorous or whatnot.
THis is an excellent tutorial. Short and to the point, I love it! This helped me learn so much that I didn't know I could do in illustrator. Thanks for sharing!
Thank for the tutorial Cosmin! Really appreciate you being fast and to the point. I only used the first method before. Will try two others as well. Separate thank you for showing Drawing mode controls. That should speed up the work flow a lot!
Awesome! Yeah, having the ability to switch between drawing modes is massive once you start using it. Have a great day!
Thank you! Great video! I like all the options.. the grain brush is my favourite.. gives me more freedom😀
Great quick tips! Very useful. Thank you for sharing.
This is so helpful and straightforward! Thanks Cosmin! 👍👍 :)
Thank you so much! This is exactly what I have been looking for ! Thanks for being so concise and to the point. Awesome:)
Top notch man love the texturing I love the brushes that's always my favourite technique.
really appreciate it! have an awesome day!
this is very helpful and really easy to understand! thankyou so much!🥺✨
Hi Cosmin, your tutorial was very nice. It had optimum speed and I could see the video and learn very effectively. Thanks for this amazing artwork. Wish to see more!
Hey Greta, nice to hear back from you, thanks for the support!
wow this is so great! i loved that i got so much info in so little time and it was easy to remember thank you!
Awesome tutorial! Thanks!
Amazing job Cosmin! Great tips on giving some depth to illustration.
Really appreciate the support Bhavesh! Have an awesome day!
This was very helpful, thank you!!
love straight to the point tutorials like this! thank youuu!! lifesaver
My pleasure!
Great tutorial, very useful.
Thanks, that is very helpful
Great video! it was extremely helpful and exactly what i've been looking for!
Glad you enjoyed it! It was a fun video to make as well :)
Simple yet beautiful. Thanks again!
Really appreciate it, thank you for watching!
Thanks! Very helpful!
As usual - great video as always! Learning so much from you. Cheers mate.
Thanks man, everybody seemed to enjoy this kind of video, will do more in the future!
Thank you，your work is brilliant，
Looking forward your next one！
Thank you very much! This Monday I'll release a new tutorial exercise, see you there!
I love all of three! 💙💙💙
nice, me too! 💙
Mulțumesc frumos,Cosmin !
you ar an amazing teacher! Thank you!
This is so useful, thank you so much
#2 is amazing. I'm going to use that one, thank you for the video!!!
My pleasure @Anna 🙏
Really good!
1st & 2nd method i like the most. Its awesome.
It's so easy to add some texture that way, thanks for watching!
Hey man all the 3 ways are great in their own way thanks for sharing this
No problem, awesome that all of them are helpful! Thanks for leaving this comment!
The second one is a 🔥 This video was very helpful for me thank yo very much.
Thanks for this video, man. I'm in a digital illustration class and needed this
Awesome to hear that this video was helpful 🙏
Really straightforward and helpful thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! It was fun to put this tutorial together :)
Thank you, this was useful
Great tutorial! Learning so much from your channel :)
thank you so much !
Really really helpful content💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
This is super helpful and concise! Thanks!
Glad you think so Jonah, have a great weekend!
Keep up the good work, love these design videos!
Glad you like them!
Thank you to the point.
I love the 1st method. It's no bs and less complicated. I like simple things.
It takes only a few seconds 👏 thanks for watching!
Amazing and to the point. Thanks a lot!
Nice to hear it was helpful, have a great day!
Awesome! 3 is my favorite
I enjoy working with brushes too 👏 thanks for watching ✌
This was awesome! Thanks for sharing
You are so welcome, have a great day Corina!
keep up the good work, love the design videos!
Thanks Ankit, really appreciate it!
Thank you very much for the tips, and thanks for the way you explain: straight to the point but simple to understand, very informative! Just subscribed to your channel now :)
Thank you Laura, really appreciate it :) Have a great Sunday!
This is wonderful content. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!
great video!
Yay! Loved the third one.
Brushes are fun because you can modify them to your liking, thank you for watching!
Those grain brushes look nice! And cool illustration to practice on.
Nice to hear that you like the last look, the thing is you can't really match the versatility of brushes over just a noise effect, thanks for sharing your thoughts!
This is exactly what I needed! Thank you so much :)))
Nice to hear that! My pleasure!
Wow! Thank you so much for these tips, I was suffering to get the right textures in AI, You saved my day! :D
thnkas mate you help me a lot
Glad to hear that Reza! Have a great day!
Thank u
Amazing
This is helpful for a beginner like me. Thank you!
Nice to hear that Gabrielle, these videos are fun to make and it's awesome to see they are helping people that are just starting out :)
Very useful tips!! I really enjoy your channel videos. Thank you so much~~
Glad you like them, thank you for watching!
This is good stuff!
Commenting to help the algorithm. This was useful, thanks!
haha thanks for the help
Also pushing it a bit more 🙂 fantastic tutorial.
Great ❤️
Thank youuuuuuu!
Really cool Cosim!
Have a great Sunday!
Great Video Thank for sharing
As always, thank you for watching and see you in the next video!
genius! thanks a lot
💍 my pleasure
Thank you so much! ☺️
No problem 😊 Anytime!
Great Stuff, thanks!
You bet, thank you for watching!
thanks for the tips bro👍
My pleasure, as always! Thanks for watching!
thank you so much i learned a lot
Glad I could help, take care!
I like method no 1 and 3 thank you for the effort
Nice, I like those too as well, have a great day!
number 3 is great!
Great to hear that people like the custom brush, thanks for watching till the end!
Thanks so much!!! 🙏
My pleasure 😊
very useful, thanks!
Glad to hear that - thank you!
This is amazing. Thank you! Now I'm just stuck on how to use technique 2 and then get it to fit my squashed hexagon shape of a logo. It was too complex for a clipping mask and for shape builder.
Glad it was helpful! Try to create a compound path before masking it with a complex shape
Thanks! very useful
Glad it was helpful Andrea, thanks for stopping by!
Thank you for video
Hope it was helpful!
Damn that second option is very smart! Great video.
Awesome to hear that you like that option, thank you for watching!
Hey Cosmin, Very good job my friend ..
Really appreciate it, thanks for watching these tips!
GREAT STUFF! I've been working with illustrator since 1993. HAHAHA, I've wasted so much time.🙄 This technique will expedite so many projects. THX for sharing.
Great to hear haha it's crazy how long Illustrator has been around - thank you for watching!
the last one is cool!
Thanks Adi, I also tend to enjoy working with texture brushes more than just apply some noise on top of an illustration. Have a great day!
thank you genius
Nice to hear these tips helped 🥳
mindblownnnn🔥
🙌 awesome - thanks for leaving this comment
light pink
to the entire ting✨
The third one seems the best, but damn the process feels a wee bit complicated. I'll practice the steps though. Thanks for this video!
no bullshit. easy to follow. very useful. subscribed!
really appreciate it.
that's nice
Thank you!
multumesc
Could you suggest some free brushes for making textures as i am not good at pen tool. And also please link in the files of these illustrations. GREAT VIDEO
this is what I was looking for
Thanks for leaving this comment, happy the tutorial helped :)
@@CosminSerbanDesign I created some great illustration because of your tutorial. I have a question though. When I use brushes my file gets really big and the software is getting really slow, is there a way to compress layers into a single layer like in photoshop? Thank you
@@Monika-tv8np hey, I usually just load up 1 or two brushes at a time that tends to help with the speed, but since they are vectors Illustrator will render each shape in the texture, have you tried expanding them?
geat job...aren't textures heavy to load in after effects animations?
Amazing one ... (y)
Thank you Jason, really appreciate it!
@CosminSerban Welcome..
Hi thanks for the video, one question on the 1st method.
When I’m doing this it alters the shape is there a way around this?
Hey, could you give me more details?
Awesome tutorial! The 3rd method went by much too fast for me though.
Hi! This tutorial is game changing for me, thank you so much! I have one problem though - I can't click on draw inside mode, it's greyed out. Two first modes work fine. It doesn't change when I click on an object - still can't choose it. Help!
Hey Karolina, try to ungroup it and it should work or if it's made out of multiple elements, create a compound path out of all of them and try again - let me know it that helped
Have a nice day 🛎❤👍👌
You too, thanks for stopping by!
I'm learning illustration on an Android tablet. I use Adobe Illustrator Draw. Any tips on how can I add texture to it? I have tried other apps but I'm not very good at making the use of the texture brushes. My illustrations look very solid due to plain colors. I don't like them eventually. Please help me with textures
Install Adobe Fresco and you can add photoshop brushes there, so you can add texture more easily, hope this help!
more!
Will try hehe