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    5 digital illustration techniques you should try in 2026
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    5 digital illustration techniques you should try in 2026

    Digital illustration is evolving. By 2026, certain techniques will be consolidated as essential. Incorporate these 5 trends to your portfolio. Digital illustration continues to transform at an accelerated pace. Every year new tools, styles and approaches emerge that expand the creative possibilities for artists of all levels. In 2026, visual trends point to a balanced combination of digital, analog and narrative experimentation. Mastering new techniques not only broadens your skills, but also allows you to stand out in an increasingly competitive industry. Exploring trends is a way to stay current, nurture your style and discover unexpected ways to tell visual stories. Here are 5 key techniques that will shape digital illustration in 2026, ideal to start integrating into your creative workflow today. 1. Analog textures applied digitally. The fusion between manual and digital will continue to grow. Illustrators are increasingly incorporating brushes that simulate graphite, charcoal, ink, oil or watercolor, achieving a handmade finish without giving up digital flexibility. It is also becoming common to digitize real textures rough paper, watercolor stains, handmade strokes to integrate them in layers and enrich the composition. This technique adds depth, imperfection and humanity, highly valued in editorial illustration, children, posters and personal art.

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jmcneely0319

jmcneely0319

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  • Designing for Kids: Create Playful Patterns. Design & Illustration course by Tati Abaurre

    Designing for Kids: Create Playful Patterns

    A course by Tati Abaurre

    Design & Illustration

  • Lettering and Illustration in Procreate: Create ornamental compositions step by step. Illustration, Calligraphy, and Typography course by Macarena Chomik

    Lettering and Illustration in Procreate: Create ornamental compositions step by step

    A course by Macarena Chomik

    Illustration, Calligraphy, and Typography

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  • Portrait Drawings . Colored Pencil Drawing, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, and Sketchbook project by jmcneely0319 - 06.28.2025
  • Monarch Butterflies of Central Mexico. Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Pattern Design, and Vector Illustration project by jmcneely0319 - 05.12.2025
  • My project for course: Creative Poster Design for Events. Creativit, Design, Digital Design, Graphic Design, Poster Design, T, pograph, Vector Illustration, and Lettering project by jmcneely0319 - 09.30.2024
  • My project for course: Experimental Watercolor Techniques for Beginners. Traditional illustration, Fine Arts, Watercolor Painting, and Naturalistic Illustration project by jmcneely0319 - 08.11.2024
  • My project for course: Dynamic 3D Lettering Script with Illustrator. T, pograph, Calligraph, Lettering, Digital Lettering, T, pograph, and Design project by jmcneely0319 - 06.25.2024

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