3 Ways to Add Texture in Illustrator (Tips Included)

[@jessejones2485]

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.

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Awesome tip, I didn't know that, thanks Jesse!

[@cairokayden6511]

I know im asking the wrong place but does someone know a tool to get back into an Instagram account? I somehow lost my login password. I appreciate any tricks you can give me.

[@MissMisnomer_]

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

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Haha that's great to hear that these techniques helped 🥳

[@yousefalkalidi4975]

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

[@adastra4166]

Short and to the point. Exactly what interested people need. I hardly give likes to tutorials. yours is really amazing! Thank you!

[@pranalijadhav126]

I love the 1st method. It's no bs and less complicated. I like simple things.

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

It takes only a few seconds 👏 thanks for watching!

[@phoemela7199]

Commenting to help the algorithm. This was useful, thanks!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

haha thanks for the help

[@TheBlackPap]

Also pushing it a bit more 🙂 fantastic tutorial.

[@thisisjoy007]

1st & 2nd method i like the most. Its awesome.

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

It's so easy to add some texture that way, thanks for watching!

[@maybesuitable]

I love all of three! 💙💙💙

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

nice, me too! 💙

[@GretaSia]

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!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Hey Greta, nice to hear back from you, thanks for the support!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Check out Jeremy's process to create the vector illustration: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqSQdKGnfZpjhKs

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks brother!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Top notch man love the texturing I love the brushes that's always my favourite technique.

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

really appreciate it! have an awesome day!

[@volodymyrsymchuk6762]

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!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Awesome! Yeah, having the ability to switch between drawing modes is massive once you start using it. Have a great day!

[@masquerobot2844]

Such an amazing tutorial. I love the varied options and detailed explanations without wasting any time.

[@isidrojimenezr]

Awesome! 3 is my favorite

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

I enjoy working with brushes too 👏 thanks for watching ✌

[@jonbaker5436]

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.

[@luciddgtldesignstudio8811]

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.

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Great to hear haha it's crazy how long Illustrator has been around - thank you for watching!

[@getbogged]

Thanks for this video, man. I'm in a digital illustration class and needed this

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Awesome to hear that this video was helpful 🙏

[@TheMulliganGolfers]

Amazing job Cosmin! Great tips on giving some depth to illustration.

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Really appreciate the support Bhavesh! Have an awesome day!

[@meerajbiggie1712]

Hey man all the 3 ways are great in their own way thanks for sharing this

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

No problem, awesome that all of them are helpful! Thanks for leaving this comment!

[@myek_1384]

light pink to the entire ting✨

[@eingelheart6741]

Yay! Loved the third one.

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Brushes are fun because you can modify them to your liking, thank you for watching!

[@ritchiexavier1]

This is so helpful and straightforward! Thanks Cosmin! 👍👍 :)

[@annavanesyan1680]

#2 is amazing. I'm going to use that one, thank you for the video!!!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

My pleasure @Anna 🙏

[@CoolGuyDesigns]

Those grain brushes look nice! And cool illustration to practice on.

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

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!

[@GreekGirl258]

Great video! it was extremely helpful and exactly what i've been looking for!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Glad you enjoyed it! It was a fun video to make as well :)

[@AdiDolan]

number 3 is great!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Great to hear that people like the custom brush, thanks for watching till the end!

[@angelaroa5438]

love straight to the point tutorials like this! thank youuu!! lifesaver

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

My pleasure!

[@zalodias123]

Damn that second option is very smart! Great video.

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Awesome to hear that you like that option, thank you for watching!

[@miriam9230]

genius! thanks a lot

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

💍 my pleasure

[@gabriellemasalunga4802]

This is helpful for a beginner like me. Thank you!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

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 :)

[@thomasc7992]

Thank you，your work is brilliant， Looking forward your next one！

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Thank you very much! This Monday I'll release a new tutorial exercise, see you there!

[@PierreKleinhouse]

Really cool Cosim!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Have a great Sunday!

[@kateturner1475]

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.

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Glad it was helpful! Try to create a compound path before masking it with a complex shape

[@AdiChrisworo]

the last one is cool!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

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!

[@MrJboy713]

This is super helpful and concise! Thanks!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Glad you think so Jonah, have a great weekend!

[@angelakeeler5248]

Really straightforward and helpful thank you!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Glad you enjoyed it! It was fun to put this tutorial together :)

[@balqisismail6965]

Simple yet beautiful. Thanks again!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Really appreciate it, thank you for watching!

[@Farhan879]

As usual - great video as always! Learning so much from you. Cheers mate.

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Thanks man, everybody seemed to enjoy this kind of video, will do more in the future!

[@wejdanalaradi1]

I like method no 1 and 3 thank you for the effort

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Nice, I like those too as well, have a great day!

[@graciabergesi625]

thank you genius

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Nice to hear these tips helped 🥳

[@Chorkaew]

This is wonderful content. Thanks for sharing.

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!

[@corinamisu7440]

This was awesome! Thanks for sharing

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

You are so welcome, have a great day Corina!

[@ashleyarellano1965]

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!

[@virginiacox1353]

you ar an amazing teacher! Thank you!

[@leonatsiara]

Thank you! Great video! I like all the options.. the grain brush is my favourite.. gives me more freedom😀

[@JosephMitchell-hl7xr]

Keep up the good work, love these design videos!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Glad you like them!

[@silvicuclic]

Mulțumesc frumos,Cosmin !

[@Monika-tv8np]

this is what I was looking for

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Thanks for leaving this comment, happy the tutorial helped :)

[@Monika-tv8np]

@@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

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

@@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?

[@archiveofreza6828]

thnkas mate you help me a lot

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Glad to hear that Reza! Have a great day!

[@livcolomar]

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 :)

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Thank you Laura, really appreciate it :) Have a great Sunday!

[@narehakobyan6620]

The second one is a 🔥 This video was very helpful for me thank yo very much.

[@shaolibiswas3364]

Great quick tips! Very useful. Thank you for sharing.

[@jordanreyes603]

great tutorial! Thank you

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Glad you enjoyed it, always fun coming up with new ways to add texture :)

[@crazymalani]

Amazing and to the point. Thanks a lot!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Nice to hear it was helpful, have a great day!

[@frim8524]

Thank you so much! This is exactly what I have been looking for ! Thanks for being so concise and to the point. Awesome:)

[@iamnoem]

This was very helpful, thank you!!

[@ankitbiswas101]

keep up the good work, love the design videos!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Thanks Ankit, really appreciate it!

[@alexua3920]

Thank you for video

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Hope it was helpful!

[@rutheirene8063]

this is very helpful and really easy to understand! thankyou so much!🥺✨

[@skylarlaurey7240]

Very useful tips!! I really enjoy your channel videos. Thank you so much~~

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Glad you like them, thank you for watching!

[@EvgeniyaIgnatova]

Thanks so much!!! 🙏

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

My pleasure 😊

[@jpdhara]

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!

[@JC_rusher_arts]

Wow! Thank you so much for these tips, I was suffering to get the right textures in AI, You saved my day! :D

[@choxxi]

Thanks! very useful

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Glad it was helpful Andrea, thanks for stopping by!

[@raksmeyartdraw]

Great Video Thank for sharing

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

As always, thank you for watching and see you in the next video!

[@lyhong1]

Really helpful! THANKS!

[@alexandrugrecov8964]

Great tutorial, very useful.

[@jaysalvadoriiisalvosa1625]

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!

[@thehanadi7681]

thank you so much i learned a lot

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Glad I could help, take care!

[@Al.Productions]

thanks for the tips bro👍

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

My pleasure, as always! Thanks for watching!

[@TheCronPlayer]

Great Stuff, thanks!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

You bet, thank you for watching!

[@samiryasirchowdhury1914]

thank you so much !

[@gaogamesh]

great video!

[@akankshasahni5695]

Thank you, this was useful

[@garinn__yt]

Hey Cosmin, Very good job my friend ..

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Really appreciate it, thanks for watching these tips!

[@dejanasveistrup7867]

This is exactly what I needed! Thank you so much :)))

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Nice to hear that! My pleasure!

[@Jak_powiedziec_po_niemiecku]

Really really helpful content💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@MaryCreativeCo]

Great tutorial! Learning so much from your channel :)

[@yanerps]

This is so useful, thank you so much

[@afnanmoustafa9739]

Thanks, that is very helpful

[@Jukpo96]

Really good!

[@paulamongelos5117]

Thank youuuuuuu!

[@julie5721]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

No problem 😊 Anytime!

[@anouaramb4017]

Thank you to the point.

[@ga7741]

mindblownnnn🔥

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

🙌 awesome - thanks for leaving this comment

[@inesdc8756]

very useful, thanks!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Glad to hear that - thank you!

[@sobhas94]

This is good stuff!

[@ShowKimMagic]

Have a nice day 🛎❤👍👌

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

You too, thanks for stopping by!

[@fontenele9771]

Thank u Amazing

[@willillustration]

Great ❤️

[@user-oh3ke5id8i]

no bullshit. easy to follow. very useful. subscribed!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

really appreciate it.

[@alexandrasuruceanu1891]

multumesc

[@yamakuzzi]

that's nice

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Thank you!

[@Spindonesia]

more!

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Will try hehe

[@jasonjacob402]

Amazing one ... (y)

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Thank you Jason, really appreciate it!

[@jasonjacob402]

@CosminSerban Welcome..

[@TaiTai-bn1ye]

[@bhanx23]

Awesome tutorial! The 3rd method went by much too fast for me though.

[@sanjith7848]

hey i have a doubt in third method when i select the shape and choose the brush color it affects the shape color,what should i do

[@CosminSerbanDesign]

Make sure to have the draw inside mode enabled and for the path that you are applying the brush have an empty fill and a color applied only to the stroke

[@sanjith7848]

Thanks for the quick response man nice tutorial 😊😃😃

[@anuoluwapopopoola5892]

@@CosminSerbanDesign Hi! Please, how do I enable the 'draw inside mode'?

[@TeenTechz]

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

[@arbazbagwan3715]

I always prefer a vector based