How to create cool textures for digital creations

Overview

“To conclude this unit, we will show you two different techniques to create a distressed texture to overlay onto your illustration. This will add an organic feeling to your piece and the appearance of aging. ”

In this video lesson Matt McCracken and Ross Proulx addresses the topic: Distressed Overlay Texture 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: How to create cool textures for digital creations. Make your art prints stand out by creating unique and cool textures..

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we'll show you different techniques to get a distressed texture to overlay onto your illustration. This texture will be used to add a vintage feel to the illustration. A bit of grit and dirtiness helps mimic the process of a printed item getting marked or scuffed, creating dirt marks or missing ink from the print. Applying this technique to your illustration gives it a greater feel of harmony and enhances any of the other textures you've previously used. This is something we incorporate into our work very often, when an illustration feels like it requires a little bit more p...”

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Course summary for: How to create cool textures for digital creations

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (25)
• 850 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (2h 38m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Art Direction, Graphic Design, Poster Design