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Creating organic texture - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Drawing Vector Graphics Laboratory
Creating organic texture
- [Instructor] Welcome to Drawing Vector Graphics Laboratory. In this movie, we're gonna mix and match multiple methods to achieve an authentic texturized piece of artwork when it's all said and done, and to do so with some artistic flair as well. This is better demonstrated than explained, so let's jump into it. It all started with this rough sketch of this fish, and the artwork, the vector artwork that is, we're gonna create. We're not gonna use the pen tool, we're gonna use another tool in Illustrator called the Blob Brush, and it works very easily. So we're gonna go ahead and go to that, and you can find the Blob Brush under the Pen Tool right here. We'll click on it, and the way the Blob Brush tool works is you want to have a fill color, and we're gonna use this like magenta color because it's not being used in the final design. And right now, you can see some of the Blob Brush drawing I did already. We're gonna zoom in on one corner, and the way the Blob Brush works, let's…
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- 1_Process_Makes_Perfect.zip
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- 8_Creating_with_Live_Paint.zip
- 9_Creating_Conservation_Art.zip
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- 05_Creating_a_Festive_Design.zip
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- 10_Creating_a_Metaphoric_Design.zip
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- 13_Creating_Roughen_Graphics.zip
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- 1_Creating_from_Nature.zip
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- 3_Creating_Geometric_Characters.zip
- 4_Creating_with_Image_Trace.zip
- 5_Creating_Offset_Artwork.zip
- 6_Creating_a_Low_Key_Portrait.zip
- 7_Creating_Rough_Edge_Design.zip
- 8_Creating_a_Positive_Message.zip
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- 2_Creative_Craftsmanship1.zip
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- 6_Creating_a_Mystical_Design.zip
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- 9_Creating_an_Ornate_Insect.zip
- 10_Creating_Freeform_Color.zip
- 11_Creating_with_Pantone_Colors.zip
- 12_Creating_with_Essential_Tools.zip
- 1_Creating_Diffused_Shading.zip
- 2_Cleaning_up_Old_Art.zip
- 3_Creating_Linears_in_Fresco.zip
- 4_Creating_Spot_Texture_Brushes.zip
- 5_Creating_with_Eyedropper_Tool.zip
- 6_Creating_with_Actions.zip
- 7_Creating_Graphic_Pattern_Brushes.zip
- 8_Creating_Random_Organic_Brushwork.zip
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- 10_Creating_a_Brand_Seal.zip
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- 6_Creating_with_Reference_HL.zip
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- 01_Creating_Authentic_Graphic_Styles.zip
- 02_Creating_with_Raster_Effects.zip
- 03_Creating_a_Shape_Based_Tiki.zip
- 04_Creating_a_Tropical_Fish.zip
- 05_Creating_Ladybug_Art.zip
- 06_Creating_a_Weathered_Sign.zip
- 07_Creating_Blended_Graphics.zip
- 1_Creating_Neon_Graphics.zip
- 2_Creating_a_Memorial_Illustration.zip
- 3_Creating_a_Logo_from_a_Photo.zip
- 4_Creating_a_Globe_Motif.zip
- 5_Creating_a_Photo_Collage.zip
- 6_Creating_with_the_Recolor_Tool.zip
- 7_Creating_Good_Fortune.zip
- 1_Creating_a_Looped_Design.zip
- 2_Creating_in_Real_Time.zip
- 3_Creating_Posterized_Vectors.zip
- 4_Creating_a_Rock&Roll_Graphic.zip
- 5_Creating_a_Distressed_Poster.zip
- 6_Creating_Without_Irradiation.zip
- 7_Recoloring_Digitally_Inked_Art.zip
- 1_Creating_Laser_Engraved_Artwork.zip
- 2_Creating_Flat_Vibrant_Art.zip
- 3_Creating_a_Monoline_Design.zip
- 4_Creating_an_Apparel_Graphic.zip
- 5_Creating_Bitmap_Pattern_Brushes.zip
- 6_Creating_Vector_Brushes.zip
- 7_Creating_a_Geometric_Queen.zip
- 1_Creating_a_Tribute.zip
- 2_Creating_Pattern_Brush_Art.zip
- 3_Creating_an_Anthropomorphic_Character.zip
- 4_Creating_a_Custom_Pattern.zip
- 5_Creating_3D_Vector_Art.zip
- 6_Creating_Year_of_the_Tiger.zip
- 7_Improve_Your_Vector_Building.zip
- 1_Creating_Thick_&_Thin_Strokes.zip
- 2_Creating_with_Free_Transform.zip
- 3_Creating_a_Horror_Themed_Logo.zip
- 4_Creating_a_Logo_Mark.zip
- 5_Creating_Custom_Typography.zip
- 6_Creating_a_Painted_Graphic.zip
- 7_Creating_Pinata_Artwork.zip
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Creating hot rod art20m 59s
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Creating an event graphic17m 39s
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Creating from inspired moments16m 10s
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Creating depth of field7m 31s
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Creating a stylized logo9m 19s
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Creating organic texture23m 54s
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Creating illustrative detail19m 31s
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Creating type on a path13m 18s
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Creating clean PDF files11m 50s
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Creating simple grainy shading14m 38s
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Creating iconic hands14m 57s
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Creating chrome surfaces21m 52s
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Creating degraded graphics22m 28s
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