How To Add & Create Texture In Illustrator (Plus Tips)

[@jens2763]

Even 6 years later, this was a great tutorial. Thanks!

[@Cristian-h2n]

Yes, you are right! I still come back and back again

[@iraceruk]

Excellent tutorial 👍 Too many supposed 'tutorials' on KZbin that are just speed art with no narration or explanation of techniques whatsoever, but you are a great teacher! Thank you.

[@kittens3029]

"Shift uhhh...I don't know, I would never press that"- Me trying to learn commands hahahaha

[@prateekzica]

Great work bro.. keep it up Love from indiaaaaaahhh.❤

[@grady_8_creations9]

You explained this so well and made it very easy to understand. Great tip on changing the color as well to vary how much gets taken out of the artwork. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@SarahDelush]

found this today for a client wanting "more patina" on a logo, which i could do easily in photoshop but need the extra skills in illustrator, so thanks! That being said, occasionally i have to look up tutorials on how to do something with a lot of experience -- and in comparison to other tutorials, i like your voice, character, extra tips, quick but easy to understand method of explaining while fun and upbeat. thanks for your help and keep doing what you're doing!

[@EvanReichert]

how do u add multiple masks/textures to one shape?

[@joeboy225]

man you are the best i have been searching for a video like this for 2 days

[@marcelogarza1470]

Love the commentary. Even if i wanted to be informed, i got a little entertained as well. Great video

[@Jooaneee]

Zimri, thank you so much for creating content like this! I'm not a design student or anything close to that, but I really enjoy design and I'm trying to learn by myself. Your tutorials are REALLY helpful and I already did the flat building tutorial and the long shadows tutorial. Thank you, really!!

[@chrisherbst4091]

my mind is blown by 4:20 the grey transparency! NO WAY! thanks!

[@mlxndr7]

jep... lifesaver :D

[@michellerivera4975]

I subscribed because of the sound effects he makes and the champion line "Shift uhhh...I don't know, I would never press that"

[@joanne9916]

Ahh you make me chuckle, I hope you enjoy making this videos as much as it seems. Great help man, thanks!

[@majomtz9848]

this is the first video that I watch from you and I already love you. you're super likeable and helpful. THANK YOU

[@tangytom7]

Hi Zimri, watched loads of your content over the last couple of months, but finally decided I must leave you a comment :) All your stuff is super helpful, well informed and entertaining. Love your style and eye for things. Thanks for doing what you do and sharing it with us!

[@volodymyrsymchuk6762]

Thank you for the tutorial! Can we have other color options for the texture than just grey scale? Thank you

[@sundaybesideyou]

Thank you for useful tutorial

[@milesstevens5166]

First video of yours I've seen. Great energy and not annoying or screaming in my ear the whole time-solid combo my friend. Oh and the content was good too :P Subscribed.

[@rp3093]

Thank you for creating content! As a graphic design student I find your videos extremely helpful!

[@zimrimayfield]

Wooo that's super great, I'm glad they help! Hopefully, you're the best student in class : )

[@obv_design9310]

Zimri Mayfield Very helpful! Thank you so much!

[@suspicioushippopotamus]

can confirm! busy with an illustrated type assignment and i'm struggling my ass off to decide how to do textures. this helped a lot!

[@makesmefeellikeatalltree8250]

wth are the teachers doing that you have to come to zimri?

[@neri1839]

This is so easy to understand, great for beginners! Really helps me add cool extras to my designs

[@arielbagasprayoga2303]

hi bro, this video is very good, I was very helped by this video thanks. But I have a question, can I sell the logo design results using this texture in logoground or something, thank you🙌

[@jackie.mendoza]

Is there a reason why my texture wont color?

[@dannyndungu7454]

Thanks again for helping me out. After a few tries, it worked for me!

[@charlesonimiya2000]

Best Video I have seen in a while. thanks so so much!!!!!

[@fadeintou]

"Shift uhhh...I don't know, I would never press that" that's literally me trying to understand how a mac works lol

[@nathanielroberts3487]

I had no idea about the transparency mask! Mind blown. Horizons expanded. Life changed. #designchampions

[@theartfulrogers]

When you hit expand appearance, what does that do or what does it mean?

[@libertysdesignlab8064]

Great Video. I actually realized I do this anyway but with a different key combo lol haha This reminded me of the options so thank you.

[@fefe7830]

Pretty good video if I may say so myself. Came here to learn and now Iam entertained. Just started watching your videos for enjoyment. =D

[@denizaygun1930]

this is so helpful. thank you!

[@tepeterg]

can you change the texture to different color other than white or gray?

[@GrabherrHART]

this was so helpful! exactly what I was looking for. Thank you Zimri ✨

[@ermirdestani]

This is what i was looking for. Thanks!

[@Oftheway88]

How do I get my transparency window to look like that? It just shows the top part options, such as Normal and opacity...

[@Oftheway88]

Nevermind, found it, had to click show thumbnail :D

[@theodoresbest6232]

@@Oftheway88 Thank you. I was looking for this too.

[@PrettyPureSalina]

I love your voice, it's so clear and you say funny things! thanks for the tutorial!

[@zimrimayfield]

Aww thanks Salina!

[@danbei2232]

Does this work in CS6? I've tried a few times, but the textures just remain white on top and don't actually delete anything...

[@GretaSia]

Such a cool video! thnx!

[@helenalzate4037]

Hello, excelent video! I was wondering if with the clipping mask or the pathfinder tool I can get the sale result? thanks :)

[@tracyholiday6687]

You're fucking great. On many levels. Keep at it!

[@tracyholiday6687]

Is there a reason the pathfinder doesn't seem to be used for textures?

[@jesskim7312]

amazing video !

[@mohit96mb]

Great tutorial

[@makesmefeellikeatalltree8250]

why do you group the brush strokes vs. combining or making a compound path out of them. Doesn't doing that (combining) reduce anchor points thus creates a more efficient file.

[@noirgraphic]

For texture I assume an image or vector file that can fill an element. Just like pattern works in photoshop. Don't know if you can call this textures...

[@carrolloutdoors4764]

Thank you for the video! Really enjoyed it!

[@Artistram3d1]

Great tutorial. I will definitely use this! Thank you very much for sharing!

[@smurfette1509]

Thanks for tutorial! I appreciate your tip on choosing the option to choose colors (grayscale iw what is amounts to) to control how much we want to mask out. And thanks too for the free vector textures and teaching us how to make our own textures.

[@zimrimayfield]

Hi Morgan! You're welcome, i'm really glad that it was helpful : ) Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it!

[@zimrimayfield]

Hello Design Champions :)

[@TheFarhanabid]

Zimri Mayfield your videos are awesome but you are not fully active in these days

[@nostalgiavault1526]

Farhan Abid I agree, we need more!

[@rzj4607]

Hi Zimri! We missed you) glad to see you!

[@zimrimayfield]

Hey Irina, glad to see you too!

[@zimrimayfield]

George! haha okay i'll try : )

[@Mira-x7i]

go to school or Zimri's new video? Zimri.

[@zimrimayfield]

Edwin! haha nooo school is always most important, at least that's what they told me :P haha I'm glad you're still here man : )

[@Mira-x7i]

Zimri Mayfield that's what they tell everyone, but anyways keep doing whatever you do with your life. I will always be here(with all the other great people who are subscribed to you) to support you(well if I don't let web development take over my passion for design). Best wishes.

[@BAMBAMRSA]

Dude I dig the way you speak in your vids, you sound like my friends XD (if I had any, lol jokes), taught me some pretty cool shiz man.

[@amaliegarsia]

Very helpful! Thank you so much

[@anisagarnett4852]

This was super helpful, thank you!!!

[@kyleandrews4509]

Awesome video. I didn't realize how much effort it takes to decipher heavy accents different than my own when trying to learn new processes. How do I know if I liked a tutorial video....I get a little anxious to see the other videos from that creator!! Off I go to your video collection! Thanks!

[@roidvoid]

As someone who works in print, please don't send in art for print that has a bazillion vectors. A commercial printer needs to process your art for 4 color lithography and that process gets clogged up if it needs to trap and calculate the math on a bazillion vectors. A lot of Illustrator plug-ins fill the art board with vector art as well. Check the wire frame of your art before sending it to print. If the wire frame looks like it takes awhile to render the wires out then consider flattening a high resolution photoshop pdf for your printer at print size.

[@azurebing123]

I loved this texture tutorial video! Thank you so much!

[@cjasonmatthews1996]

The redpegdesign link is not working for me. So I get to the open the file on Dropbox (where its at) but once I am there it gives me a jpeg., ai., and pdf. version/options to download the vectors, but it won't let me download it. Like there is no option to download, even if I right click it. How do you download it? Please help

[@ghazalraqeeb3193]

WOW! your tutorials are great !!

[@GalaxystarNo1]

Hey, could you tell me how to open the textures in illustrator so I can copy paste them into my work? Thaank you :)

[@Yajurme]

Where did you get the brushes which are in the top left corner? thanks great vids

[@zimrimayfield]

Hey! You can go to Window >> Brushes. Or press F5 ! : ) thanks man!

[@aaronvillanueva2239]

thank you! most excellent tut, and helped a lot.

[@ciaociaos1127]

best tutorial with best voice

[@simplifyyourlife6645]

Thank you for the tip!! I like how explained the concept behind the mask (rather than just saying click here and here) Thanks!

[@amanSandilya71115]

You are amazing, Zimri! :)

[@studythainow]

Great video, thanks for putting it together!

[@simplemortal5068]

thank you, this was very very helpful! i was shared some files and spent some time trying to figure out how they have applied those textures haha

[@JetPackLouie]

after doing this I couldn't get back to the other layer beneath the new mask... :/ what do I do?

[@willemme758]

awesome video I missed this content from my feed, would love to get more of these types of tutorials. You're amazing!

[@zimrimayfield]

Hey Willem, glad to see you back man : ) Okay for sure, i'll try to make more tutorials :D Stay cool!

[@oxfordwildcards5180]

Thank you so much for this tutorial it's helped improve my vectors so much!! You're a star!

[@lorenzopiccini9434]

Dude you have to do more tutorials!

[@Garanon5]

This was exactly what I needed. Much appreciated! Subscribed!

[@DennisAlvey]

This is GREAT.

[@gavinslawson]

What if i want the texture to be a certain color, instead of greyscale?

[@prabanistian2176]

thank you, great tutorial and thanks for the texture vector source!

[@mohakgulati6267]

This is really great! Can you please do a video on how to make GIFs using Photoshop next

[@trolola]

Thanks, great tut!

[@laurenwolf7504]

I am coming as a veteran Photoshopper, trying to shift into the vector world of Illustrator. To add a texture in Photoshop, you would take a transparent texture layer, put it in a mask over your artwork, and then either reduce your texture layer's opacity or apply layer styles like Multiply. That ADDS that texture's color overtop of your artwork, without removing anything from your artwork itself. Are all textures in Illustrator subtractive?

[@readholic]

Awesome , the texture thing is pretty amazing . I'm excited to app this to my next work . my scratches .

[@bchubbalub]

Textures available to download from this link: psdblast.com/free-9-grunge-textures

[@brunodomingues5210]

Thank you!

[@HundredsScope]

Thank you for still uploading hope to see more of your videos :)

[@zimrimayfield]

You're welcome! Thank you for watching them :)

[@HopefulNotMopeful]

this was SO HELPFUL!! thank you so much!

[@AmalAlThawwad]

how to do colored texture in artwork?

[@cherry9love]

Hey, this was like REAAAAALLY HELPFULL HERE, man. Thanks a lot, srsly.

[@rockymegaman8496]

This video was everything I needed.

[@zimrimayfield]

Yay rocky! So glad it was helpful! :)

[@xxshystarxx]

You remind me of Ryan Reynolds I LOVE IT

[@ceciserrat]

Thank you so much!!!! So useful

[@herwarthaug]

how can i delete the parts of the texture, which are hidden in the mask? because when I create a PNG file, all parts of the texture are visible again. :( thanks a lot

[@JaTara]

I feel like this is a dumb question, but what if I did want a black texture??

[@Stratton218]

When I open the textures in Illustrator they aren't isolated so i can't select just one. Any idea why this is?

[@dylanshadbolt7171]

Man, this vid was amazing!

[@zimrimayfield]

Whoah cool name! haha thanks, i'm glad it was helpful!

[@marymcmurrer9628]

Instead of saying "just click there," could you say exactly where to click? I cannot see where you are clicking at 2:52.

[@val_fp_7394]

Pretty dope! haha thanks so much for this video!

[@JeneeyO]

So will this work with text too? Ive been trying to follow along and for some reason its not working.

[@user-fs5bg1xj8t]

Jennifer OTeam you gotta make it a vector first, select the text and go type_create outlines, at that point will be like working with an image and you can apply the texture as he showed in the video

[@JeneeyO]

@@user-fs5bg1xj8t thank you. I figured out another way to do it. But I'll try what you said too. :)

[@ooleganders]

"Shift... idk + Ctrl + F10. I would never press that " I don't know why i laughed so hard xD

[@JMGauthier]

This is awesome.

[@donovanvasquez5807]

my transparency tab does not have the mask options. only blending mode and transparency??

[@donovanvasquez5807]

never mind i found it. Just had to click the little drop down box to the left of the word transparency... XD

[@turkeysub1015]

Anyone know instead of taking out colors, how can I make those colors darker?

[@yvi8510]

it's really helpful!thanks a lot!

[@gLaadfuL]

Love your video =D

[@audreykunes]

My texture does not appear when I make the mask, It says its there but its not visible at all not even when i select it its only marking the frame :( HELP

[@helenhelen5738]

Would you prefer to add texture in Illustrator or in Photoshop as a finishing touch?

[@zimrimayfield]

Heyyy, well It hurts me to rasterize things, so generally I prefer Illustrator. However, if it's artwork that won't need to be resized, and will be a final version then adding texture in photoshop is easier and is more powerful, in terms of what can be done :) So Photoshop! Stay cool Helen :D

[@EvanReichert]

click where?