Illustrator Texture Fill
This is a guide to how to add texture in illustrator.
Illustrator texture fill. Illustrator may be a vector program but that doesn t mean you re limited to solid colors and gradients when it comes to shape fills. Using texture to fill objects can add visual interest and a. The last swatch in the panel is a pattern named pink cactus click on that swatch to fill the selected shape with the pattern. Here we discuss an example of adding texture in artwork by using a simple and easy manner.
Import your watercolor texture into a new adobe illustrator document and open the image trace panel. The upper rectangle with gray fill can be used as a texture. If you don t want to photograph textures on your own i have gathered a number of seamless and free illustrator textures illustrator textures are usually used for typography or as backgrounds for web and illustration projects. Adobe illustrator provides several dozens of raster effects which can be used for texture creation.
For mode select color and for palette select full tone. Adding texture in illustrator is an interesting task and you will have command in this work after having practiced on it. Use the selection tool and click on the pink cactus shape in the illustration to select it. Choose a texture image that is light in color and save it on your computer.
I created two rectangles to demonstrate this method. Download or search for a texture on the internet. This illustrator cs5 cs6 tutorial describes how to take live editable type and fill it with a photographic texture. Make vectors from the textures step 1.
Now that your watercolor textures are bright and clean save your file as a high resolution jpg and let s import it into adobe illustrator. We re going to take this t shirt graphic and apply a wrinkled texture to give the design that vintage worn by a few generations look. Applying textures in photoshop is similar to the process in illustrator. There are many free textures available by simply searching illustrator texture commonly used textures include wood grain mosaic patchwork stained glass and craquelure texture which is similar to a patina on plaster.
Illustrator textures are usually used for typography or as backgrounds for web and illustration projects.