Grain and noise texture for illustrations tutorial

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Guys make sure the document is in RGB not CMYK color mode.

[@markbryantveranga1728]

Okay thanks

[@timventura]

@@markbryantveranga1728 Thanks for that bit of info. I was in CMYK and it was driving me nuts.

[@randolphthomasii7040]

Is there a similar way to achieve this effect in Clip Studio Paint?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

@@randolphthomasii7040 Not sure don't use that program

[@nopasanadabrasil]

Solved my problem. THanks

[@marcelaquintanilla]

thanks. never thought how easy it was to add that texture. It makes the illustratons look x10000 times better.

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thank you it makes it look great!

[@jenniferwade8528]

Thank you! This was super helpful. I haven't had much luck finding any videos on adding grain/noise that were easy to understand until now. Thank you for clearly explaining everything! MUCH appreciated!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Awesome Jennifer I'm glad it was helpful to you and easy to understand with my Aussie accent haha! Thank you!

[@celestecelestial90]

I’m finishing one of my digital illustrations and this will be helpful in adding that extra oomph! Thanks!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Amazing love it

[@fadeintou]

thank you so much for this! i'm starting to digitalize my illustrations and found it really hard... this was very helpful!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

You're so welcome Camila!

[@AB-ks3gn]

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. Genius, thank you

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Awesome thanks for watching!!

[@nguyenoanminhkhue4756]

Thank you. I'm doing my homework and this is indeed helpful. 😁

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks you Nguyễn Hope you smahs out that homework!

[@obst5228]

I really like this tutorial. I would appreciate if you made more of this vintage style tutorials.

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks for the feedback :)

[@aryamsthapak7095]

Thanks Man ! explained all the points neatly. Good Work !

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Aryam appreciate the comment!

[@danielterra4773]

Thank you! Finally someone's made this clear and simple to me. And it really works.

[@JeremyMuradesign]

You're welcome Daniel!

[@Hataway77]

Hi mate ! Amazing tuto, very helpful ! Thx a lot ! Cheers from france !

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Glad it helped! Thanks brother!

[@chubbybunny8520]

Thank you for this! i especially loved how you used simple terms to explain everything, very helpful!!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Gabriela!! Thanks a lot

[@Aminista_]

Love this, was to the point and extremely helpful as I scanned the internet to find this style and couldn't find the precise one! Keep it up, your way was very soothing as I tend to stress myself out when designing or trying new things in various programs

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Wow thanks so much Amina glad it was soothing and simple :)

[@vasu9760]

Really helpful, didn't know much about grains but now i do 😃

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Glad it was helpful! Vasu!!

[@XojiAkaVlogs]

Awesome tutorial. Thank you Jeremy!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

My pleasure!

[@ZenTheCat-t6j]

This tutorial is so useful... THANKYOU ❤️☮️🙏🏻

[@JeremyMuradesign]

thank you!!

[@ZenTheCat-t6j]

@@JeremyMuradesign Please create a video on how to join Freepik contributor. Freepik constantly rejecting people's work without any explanation. And there is no helpful videos on this topic. Thankyou You explain everything very clearly ❤️☮️🙏🏻

[@JeremyMuradesign]

@@ZenTheCat-t6j I will see maybe no promises

[@Dania3101]

ahh great tutorial!! so helpful thanksssss

[@JeremyMuradesign]

You're so welcome!!

[@antihistamean]

For anyone dealing with pixelated grain: Go to your effects window, hit "Document Raster Effects Settings" and set it to "High (300pp)i"

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Yes!

[@jamilmustafazade]

Thanks for the detailed explanation !

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@roddy9878]

Marvelous! Thanks Bro! Greetings from Brazil

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Bro!, Greetings From Australia!

[@minnn2506]

Thank you for this clear and informative, and actually showing you how to do it. The other tutorials were meh, subbed!! Keep making videos like these!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Appreciate the feedback man! will do

[@salomeerard9512]

Thank you Jeremy ! It helps a lot and you're explaining super simple ! Great video !

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks so much for the comment and feedback I appreciate it. Glad it was simple :)

[@JeremyMuradesign]

I can't see your other question but make sure your colour mode is on RGB also make sue you use the right colour either white or black or the same colour of the colour below it. when you use those other belnding modes.

[@maxgoldin3584]

Thanks for sharing, how do i adjust my grain sizes to make it a lot finer?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

When you apply it with the photoshop effect change the settinng to stippling or fine grain isntead of the other ones

[@JSone4Design]

Grain, then Stippled. Got it, thanks! Great vid!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Yes thanks so much!

[@ania5078]

Thanks! Great tutorial with super useful tips. This is very helpful!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Ania glad you enjoyed it!

[@Mykulbreen]

Thanks for the video! Subscribed!!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Mike!

[@muhammadrafay1206]

Wow this trick is awesome

[@JeremyMuradesign]

thanks so much!

[@ayushiagarwal8247]

Thank you so much for this awesome guide, i was wondering a tutorial on this and i m glad that i found this. Thank you once again!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

thank you so much appreciate it

[@ankitachawla9635]

was looking for this. thank you so much!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Glad I could help Ankita!!

[@StanleySugianto]

Thanks for this simple yet helpful tutorial!! love it!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks so much Stanely you the man!

[@Ziolize]

Thank you ! Really great tutorial !

[@JeremyMuradesign]

You are welcome! Thank you!!!

[@Ziolize]

@@JeremyMuradesign Oh, ok I'm trying on a document, but I have to print in in the end, so I'm actually on CMYK... If I change it for RGB in order to work with the textures and grain, how can I print it when it's finished?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

@@Ziolize Expand or vectorize the grain/ export as a bitmap. I would suggest doing a test as well.

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Hope you guys dig this new tutorial, If you want to see more tutorials like this please leave a comment below!

[@Archihuman]

it's very helpful but I'm looking for a way to change the color of the grain to a specific color, any tips on how to do that?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

​@@Archihuman​Play around with blending modes or expand the grain to shapes because you can't just change the colour it wont work because it is a photoshop effect in AI.

[@poojasawant9117]

Thank you so muchh!! this is very easy and helpful! :)

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Pooja!

[@quokkasmile]

Thank you for sharing your know-how!it is very helpful!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

thank you !!

[@benzeautocad2910]

thnks man i learned much about your video i followed you right now

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks, ok benze appreciate it!

[@HeleneDRAIN]

Thanks for this video! But when I try, I've pixels and not your beautiful result! I've trying the different GRAIN TYPE but it's still like pixels. Do you know why ? Because i really would like to have your result. Thanks

[@JeremyMuradesign]

check pixel preview check anti analysing if it's on or off

[@louisenothling7611]

loved this!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Louise!!

[@Olivia-fh9xk]

This is really helpful, thank you so much!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Glad it was helpful Liliii!

[@faustinochirino6103]

Great tutorial! It helped me a lot. Thank you so much!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

appreciate it thanks!

[@nupurmachher5941]

what file format should i use to print my grain texture effect on mobile, pillow & laptop cases, mugs, tshirt prints, cards or any related things?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Save it as high res PNG, OR bitmap TIFF FILE.

[@TD-rl7mi]

super cool! thank you

[@JeremyMuradesign]

appreciate it!!

[@phunguyennam7245]

how can i change the grain color from black to other colors?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

You could but it doesn't work as well.

[@debjitmajumder3590]

a great new technique !!!!!!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mahmudhossain4315]

@jeremy Mura Will it affect anything if I go for printing?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

I would test it, remember it's a raster effect best for print is doing a bitmap or making the grain a vector so expand it into shapes.

[@irinalihtenberg7606]

Thank you so much! You explained simply

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thank you!!

[@Pankaj-Verma-]

Thank you so much for your kind help.

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Glad it helped

[@arts9466]

Thanks a lot man!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks man!

[@pixieprincess4266]

Wow! This is nice, I've been looking for tutorials on textures, thank you so much for this. Will definitely try this out. :)

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thank you so much!

[@vamboo8918]

Thanks

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Welcome

[@MrYuan321]

Thank you

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thank you!!

[@sonkai991]

Thank you! Question, does the vector change to raster? I want to create illustrations for a photo bank and I don't know will they accept with this photoshop effect.

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Just trace it or expand it afterwards so it goes back to vector.

[@carriealways90]

thanks so much! this is very helpful!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Glad it was helpful Carrie!

[@ahmedtalaat27]

I dont know but ussing brushes in illustrator make it load heavily what is the recommended ram for heavy duty projects in AI?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

I have 32 gb Ram on my PC and a good CPU/GPU, at leasy have 16gbram and 6 core CPU because some textures will lag you out.

[@ahmedtalaat27]

@@JeremyMuradesign that’s right cause my custom brushes is a complex vectors

[@taliabustamante236]

Did anyon e has issues with the borders of the illustrations looking too pixelated?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Change your raster effects to high quality it's in the settings if it looks pixelated. Secondly, it's a raster effect not a vector hence it uses pixels hope that makes sense. Most people who view it won't see it because in real world people don't zoom in that close to a digital illustration.

[@DetonatorDestroyer]

Thank you so much

[@JeremyMuradesign]

You're most welcome

[@designandvibes]

Hi Jeremy, thank you for this video, it's still very much relevant 2years later. I have a question though, it's about the Canvas size, how do we know the right size to use for our artworks

[@JeremyMuradesign]

The artboard size yo can chagne it by clicking shift + O and click on the artboard the change the size in the parameteres. Your size should depend on the project like is it a poster, social post for Instagram, an ebook illusrtation? Think about that but for illustrations try and save at a bigger resolution but if it's vector you can always just scale it.

[@dovileba1756]

is this suitable for printing? thanks!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

I would recommend doing it for digital stuff. With printing you would have to test it but There is better ways for printing.

[@carlosluisguzmanmendez4136]

Genius bro

[@JeremyMuradesign]

THANKS BRO

[@thetruthprodigy6853]

Hi jeremy, I follow your flow but there's black solid on the edge of my shape. Can you help me?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Do you mean a stroke? select the stroke fille then press the slash key /

[@thetruthprodigy6853]

@@JeremyMuradesign I think it is not a stroke. drive.google.com/file/d/1HNpiUDBMqX6wpXWA7BtEjv2PBRwARlBH/view?usp=sharing

[@belginkanaat3826]

very useful, thank you

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Glad to hear that! thanks

[@allieguerin6216]

TY!!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Allie :)

[@nadia-mp3xv]

thankyou

[@JeremyMuradesign]

thank you

[@stargze]

thank you so much! I cant wait to experience w this :-)

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Hope you enjoy it! thanks so much

[@Lorenzo12089]

bro for me only multiply option is working the two are not. When I apply overlay or screen the object just turns white and even after decreasing the opacity, there is no effect.

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Make sure you are in RGB mode also make sure the colour you used was dark black /white. Play around sometimes you gotta mess with it.

[@madximus]

Nice Vids! Great works dude!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks dude

[@Seaskunk]

My grain looks so chunky. Is there a way to decrease the size of the grains? Also, the edge of the art is pixelated and rough looking.

[@JeremyMuradesign]

with this effect no I havce a texture course that shows you nother method that gives you more control.

[@kahosin890]

what's your artboard size? because the stipple effect looks ugly on mine

[@davidprinz6969]

i have the same problem! i guess the illustrations are huuuuge

[@JeremyMuradesign]

artboard size does not matter to be honest at least make it 1000x1000

[@JeremyMuradesign]

bigger resolultion just to be safe.

[@kahosin890]

@@davidprinz6969 I think I figured it out. Enable the 'high resolution' on the effects settings

[@asternguyen7050]

My grain is become white or bland color when I transfer to Screen and Overlay. Do you know why?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Are you in RGB mode or CMYK? It matter what you if your shape is on top

[@faryaalrashid7737]

It's helpful

[@JeremyMuradesign]

thanks Faryaal!

[@geetajuyal4714]

Hi Jeremy, Thank you so much for this owsm tutorial. I have followed the same procedure for creating grain effect and used color mode RGB. But the grain created is like the pixelated one not smooth as you have shown. Please help me out what I am doing wrong.

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Make sure to select the same stippling grain or smaller-sized grain. Also go to view and try pixel preview and see what that does.

[@geetajuyal4714]

Thank you 😊. I will try this.

[@lexiegurrl]

For those having trouble with it being blurry I made a new document and under advanced settings had RGB and made raster effect 300 dpi

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Lexie!

[@AppInfoHindi]

I am Really Thankful

[@JeremyMuradesign]

cheers!

[@cyrillrappangilinan2810]

once i applied the overlay on the stippled object, the color changes into a bright almost neon shade of the original color of the object :

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Yeah some colours may not work try other blend modes

[@cyrillrappangilinan2810]

Jeremy Mura tysm for the response but damn this is sad :///

[@ytninick]

Why can't it seem to work on me? When I apply the grain effect, colors are restricted to black and white. I am using CC 2018.

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Change the blending mode to overlay and test other blending modes and make sure grain object is on top. Also the way the effect work it only really reads black and white so you have to apply those the gradient to add the grain first.

[@winstonsmith4314]

screen and overlay modes works like in the video only in RPG, so maybe you used CMYK?

[@alvinalatas1164]

i love your video! but i have an issue here. when i changed the opacity to 'overlay', it didn't work at all. can you help me?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Depends on the colour you picked play around with the other colours if it's black or white it wont work as well

[@Noptoh]

Thanks for the tutorial!!!! I loved how you deliver it step by step

[@JeremyMuradesign]

thanks

[@samialvi4226]

Allah Bless you Man❤

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Bless you brother!

[@kooky277]

Hi! I'm having trouble with my blending mode, when i try to use the overlay method over my shape the shape is just fully white instead of showing the stippled effect! I can't seem to figure out why its not working the same as yours

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Hi mate, Check your color mode make sure it's on RGB.

[@kooky277]

@@JeremyMuradesign It was on CMYK! I finally realised after hours of frustration haha! thank you

[@anwren6794]

@@JeremyMuradesign I had this problem and mine still goes white in rgb. If I have both gradient colours 100% transparency its red stipples with white background, if I out the white at 0% theres still a white faded halo around the stipple effect

[@simpleenadia2290]

my grain effect looks like pixels instead of grainy ... and i'm in rgb mode ... what else could be wrong? : (

[@JeremyMuradesign]

The grain effects pixels/ rater it's not vector. Make sure you choose stippling effect or smaller grain not large one.

[@simpleenadia2290]

Jeremy Mura ... I am .... would the document dpi make any difference or the effects dpi ?

[@meravkleinmann3930]

Great video! Really made it easy for me to understand. Question, when you go to change the opacity at around 6:00, my sliders do not appear as circles (just squares) and I can't change the opacity of only one. How can I make the circles appear?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

You need to have a gradient on the shape and then just click or select it or else it won't appear.

[@emilysalander2207]

Ok, so apparently, many people in the comments have run into the same problem as me. It looks super pixelated, the screen mode shows white color and there are some pixels on the edges as well... I'm in RGB mode and in pixel preview. None of the tips in the comments have helped me. Any other suggestions or more detailed explanation on how to fix the problem?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

This effect is a raster effect it is not vector effect so that's why it's pixelated if you zoom in. You can expand the texture to make it a vector so it turns into shapes.

[@emilysalander2207]

@@JeremyMuradesign thank you for replying :) I don't quite understand this raster/vector difference.... I think you can transform a vector object as much as you want without losing its quality, is that it? And I don't exactly know how to expand the texture to make it a vector, but I'll try

[@JeremyMuradesign]

@@emilysalander2207 Correct Bector wont be pixelated so you can scale to any size and print it. Use the IMAGE TRACE option to turn it into vector.

[@loonyscamander5166]

thanks, this really helps 👍

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks loony glad it helped!

[@maxcoolidgecrouthamel2772]

For some reason when I switch to Overlay it just vanishes, any ideas? Multiply and Screen work fine

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Hmm make sure file is on rgb colour mode, make sure it's the right colour / black white or use same colour as shape. It can depends on the contrast of colours as well.

[@maxcoolidgecrouthamel2772]

Jeremy Mura yep, underlying color turned out not be RGB safe, good call.

[@JeremyMuradesign]

@@maxcoolidgecrouthamel2772 No problemo!

[@gepettowins]

i notice that if i attempt to forgo the blending mode and simply make my gradient go from one color on my palette to another, the gradient seems to remain in black and white no matter what colors I select. (I'm skipping the blending mode because i'm not able to get the result I want and I'd rather just directly tell illustrator what colors I want)

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Yeah you can experiment but it only really works with a few blending modes. I have other texturing techniques in my texture course on skillshare that might inspire you with the mezzotint effect in illustrator.

[@jenniferwade8528]

For some reason when I use screen and overlay, the grain effect disappears. Do you know why this might be?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

What version of illustrator are you on? I'm testing it now not sure why it's doing that.

[@antoninonieto4054]

it happens to me too. I'm using CC 2020, it also happens on 2019.

[@antoninonieto4054]

i found out screen blending mode doesn't work on CMYK document

[@JeremyMuradesign]

@@antoninonieto4054 It has to be in RGB not CMYK because it is a digital effect :)

[@zeyn6635]

Nice tutorial

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Muhammad

[@ralinaahmetova736]

Hi Jeremy, what an amazing helpful tutorial! A question - can do you regulate the size of the texture grain added? compaired to those in yours video my grains are huge, so it doesnt look harmonious, even though the graphic itself is pretty big. Thank you in advance :)

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Ralina appreciate it. When you add the grain effect you have a drop-down menu that says GRAIN TYPE you can change it to enlarged or clumped test some of those out!

[@kristinekeers6911]

THANK YOU!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Kristine for the support!

[@Face_flower]

I end up with a faint outline of black grain when I zoom in... any ideas on how to fix this? Cheers!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

What do you mean exactly? Screen shot?

[@Face_flower]

@@JeremyMuradesign Nevermind, I tried a different technique! Thanks anyway :)

[@JeremyMuradesign]

@@Face_flower All good! Hope it works out!

[@anavaldez7330]

Same! What'd you do??

[@oceanpoint3952]

I don't get why my gradient still remains in a strong black color, can someone help??

[@JeremyMuradesign]

try lower opacity or use a gray colour or less tint of black.

[@esevisualcom5934]

Nice tutorial. Whats the name of the song and artist?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Thanks Sergio, Figures - Jones Meadow. You like those house vibes aye!

[@SttravagaNZza]

Really nice, however bear in mind that Gain is a *Raster* effect!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Of course bro it's a Photoshop effect it's fine for digital work.

[@sumusic5396]

nice

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Very nice

[@CAT-bg9py]

Hey, Please reply if possible! I loved your video but i am not able to find the stippled option in grain :( Edit: I found it Lmao

[@JeremyMuradesign]

haha nice one

[@Toebiscuit]

My grain doesn't look very "stipply". Still looks smooth despite adjusting intensity and contrast. =[

[@JeremyMuradesign]

experiment there is a few diferent ones in the drop down menu.

[@mariamapdel-nasir8612]

Thank you for that nice trick .. If i used that my laptop would simply freeze to death on me though XD lol!

[@JeremyMuradesign]

hahah yeah you need a decent pc or mac to p[rocess some of the texturing I would make the texture very minimal in detail to avoid freezing hah

[@ASFWORLD_]

This is the second grain tutorial I've tried and mine comes out suuuper pixelated??? Any ideas why? Anyone?

[@JeremyMuradesign]

It is a raster effect, not a vector effect. Also, turn off pixel preview.

[@debjitmajumder3590]

Applying the Grain too many times ...... won't it slow down the computer ???

[@JeremyMuradesign]

Yes upgrade your computer lol

[@writersnoise]

easiest tutorial

[@JeremyMuradesign]

😊

[@carmelosuchi7429]

Its even easier with procreate

[@JeremyMuradesign]

100% but not everyone has that.