How To Create Texture Gradients - Illustrator Tutorial

[@pujovski]

TIP FOR EVERYONE: change the white color of the gradient to the color of the object you are trying to put the texture on and change the black color of the gradient to a darker version of the same color from the object you are trying to put the texture on. It would look awesome that way! Anyway - cool video :)

[@zimrimayfield]

Thanks for the tip man! :D

[@TheBenjaboyy]

Thanks

[@danny_jose]

Hey , Why do I still get black grains ?

[@sajjadalijanbaz]

Yeah but if you use "stippled" the gradient will be converted to black n white

[@floriantenerife]

Dude this is what I was looking for! THX

[@bradleyconners657]

Not only did I learn how to gradient, I also learned the correct usage of the gradient tool. Thanks a million, mate.

[@BarrettRogers]

thank you for making a point to teach shortcuts - not enough tutorials do that and i feel it's one of the more important things to keep an efficient workflow...i literally change shortcuts for my workflow.

[@elgrandefuzz]

Hey! I've been researching some grain techniques for a while now and this is a simple - but very effective - way to do it, well done! I do have to point out a little detail I usually do that's different from your process: instead of copying the shapes on top of each other, I use a new fill (in the Appearance panel) on each object to do the gradient part. You can select this item and use blending modes, opacity and, most importantly, textures without altering the base-colour fill. This is important to me since I use A LOT of different shapes in the same illustration and if I have to move them around I don't have to worry about the texture or the colour being left behind :) Either way, awesome tutorial, congratulations man!

[@zimrimayfield]

Awesome tip Miguel, thanks so much man! :)

[@johnmichaelramirez8637]

Miguel Praça hey can u do some vids on how to do it? im beginner here in using texture

[@elgrandefuzz]

Hey John! I can't do any tutorials due to time constrains, but I'll try to come up with something in the future. If you're interested in this kind of texture I advise you to search for something like "Art Deco Textures" - there's a pretty good step-by-step somewhere if I recall correctly. I have come to the conclusion that the kind of texture I was looking for is best made with scatter / noise brushes in photoshop, but you'll have to experiment for yourself until you're satisfied :)

[@johnmichaelramirez8637]

thanks mate!

[@mattving61]

forget my post! This is the way to do it!

[@108mmbb]

I find changing the Transparency mode to multiply usually works best and then lowering the opacity. Big help though thanks!

[@CarlosBehrens3D]

Yeah thats right. Sometimes opacity works better. I have even lowered both and got great results

[@SergioLopez-gg1ty]

i was about to say the same thing! multiply works so much better in this case

[@justfluff6436]

I never knew how designers were adding that stippling effect with shading and now I finally know thanks to you!

[@ays_cream_]

Same

[@mborok]

Try the pointillize or mezzotint filters under the pixellate menu instead of grain. Grain converts everything to black and white, while pixellate and mezzotint keep the colors (mezzotint introduces black dots also, but setting the blend mode to overlay seems to help). Also, to get a gradient that follows the outline of an irregular shape, add a stroke around the object and apply your gradient to that. As a bonus, you can 1) use the width tool to change the shape of the gradient and 2) convert the stroke into a gradient mesh for more control over the colors.

[@luiscovilla6112]

Sr, you deserve to the last cent of AdSense that you had won over this! Please keep it up with this nice work!

[@utbaaziz1891]

Thank God, There is a tutorial about texture gradient. I've searched this for a long time. Great tutorial. Thnaks man

[@Pigeonbread69]

You sound like the greatest guy to be around, it's almost like I can hear you smiling! Thank you for the informative video, I really appreciate it

[@mo_velo]

I was looking for how to do this everywhere and it turns out it's as simple as a texture effect right there on illustrator... you're the best dude, thanks

[@andydew5]

By far the most entertaining/engaging tutorials I've come across! 🙌🏼

[@Nekito-]

Awesome, you know why? Because you not only explain it perfectly, you do it with energy, with desire of teaching and you don't waste time on stuff that, in this level, we already know. For example: Start explaining how to create a new file.

[@kpibaras]

This is by far the easiest way to make texture, mask every color is time consuming 💯

[@BladesOfMunch]

Finally! A simple, fast technique! Thanks Zims!

[@zimrimayfield]

Yeah! No problem, super happy it helped :D

[@LynnChang100]

Zimri - you are super cool, fun and just an incredible instructor. You make it fun! LOVE.

[@hapacooks]

You're a great teacher, Zimri!

[@agnieszkaskrzypiec8012]

Your energy is awesome! It made my day :) Your tips make the design process much simpler and faster. Keep on what you are doing. Great work!

[@Velor5]

This is one of those tips that look pro with the least amount of effort, nice tut man

[@zimrimayfield]

haha yaaas!! : ) Thanks Man, glad it was helpful!

[@rebeccaleah2851]

listening to tutorials sometimes can be torture when you hear stuff in a monotone voice, thank you for making this funny and enjoyable while also being informative

[@zimrimayfield]

Aww thanks Rebecca! Glad you enjoyed the tutorial and found it useful! : )

[@prasadesignn]

whoa!! i have been making vector illustration for years and i dint know this option existed in illustrator!! thans! you are awesome! :D

[@zimrimayfield]

Hey, that's so cool, you're probably a master :) I'm super glad it helped !

[@FusionSempai]

I've tried this, thanks for the tutorial! But hours of finding how to create this noise/airbrush texture for Illustrator, I felt that creating your own brush with that noise texture in mind is more versatile. It's dosn't play much of the gradient but, I guess it's more of colors.

[@samanthayost1169]

Awesome, that was helpful. thanks! I would add that you can also change the blending mode to multiply or overlay if you want to shade the same color rather than adding black.

[@gabrieltsfw]

very nice tip, thanks.

[@fede7449]

glat to found someone who makes the video entertaining, thanks!

[@malvikatewari91]

You ARE the highness with the flyness! Great tutorial.

[@ashleysanpedro8860]

I'm a visual design student and you explain things clearer!! Thank god i discovered your channel haha

[@avrilcheongg9232]

hey, this was super helpful. i also found that changing the normal mode to multiply after adding grain helps to blend in better as well. anyway kudos! this was a really simple but great tutorial

[@zimrimayfield]

Hey Avril, glad it helped! ohh coool, i've been trying different blend modes as well : )Thanks for the tip!

[@Batallo]

Thanks man! Just started school and using Illustrator a lot. Appreciate your time doing these videos.

[@zimrimayfield]

No problem! I'm so happy the videos are helping you. Go own those school projects!

[@pablomora3233]

The quality of my illustrations really went up with this tutorial! Many sincere thanks! :D

[@87enoughBULL]

I love your personality!! How refreshing

[@rustyglue]

I'm super excited watching this ... Thanks man. You are awesome!!!

[@laurakarklina9017]

Thank you so much! I have been trying to find a video how to make gradient grain for ages on KZbin! You saved my life!

[@zimrimayfield]

Glad to save your life Laura :P haha nah i'm happy it helped :)

[@kian8683]

waiting for this for technique ages !! you are cool!

[@estefihotton]

this resolved my day today! thanks, your english is really clear! easy to understand!!

[@JoseRedisena]

Thanks for the tip! I´m going to use it (a little bit tweaked) in Photoshop, in order to be able to change the color of the gradient. Good work!

[@saraha6990]

one of the best illustrator tutorials! thank you for this!!

[@jeremydailey]

Dude I'm very happy I stumbled across this video, excellent tutorial. I've been using Illustrator forever but never really researched texture within it. Thank you sir!

[@WhoisLens]

Duuude in love with this channel your commentary is amazing, on point super funny, 10/10 thanks for sharing this worthy knowledge.

[@AstonArchitecture]

This just saved me a lot of time and effort. Thanks man! (Also, saved me from buying a plug-in that adds stippling, I KNEW there must be a vanilla way to do it in illustrator!)

[@danifrim]

Liked, loved and subscribed. Came for the tutorial, stayed for your awesome personality, I love it 😂

[@paustark]

maaaaaaaan you actually save my life!! Your tutorial its so easy and useful Thanks!

[@zimrimayfield]

Yay! I'm happy it helped!

[@benitasulaiman]

You make tutorials fun! Thanks man

[@sairmusicofficial]

One of the funniest tuts ever, you are high dude...legit!

[@gijoyjoy]

I'm loving this idea! Thanks for the great lesson!

[@zimrimayfield]

That's great Joy : ) Glad that you liked it : D

[@blyssdavis1713]

you're hilarious and your videos are so easy for a newbie like me to follow and then feel awesome for following

[@airbeunb9547]

thanks so much! I was always struggling that my design always comes out flat and too simple somehow, and this tutorial totally gives a good tip on this problem!

[@zimrimayfield]

Yeah! It's a great way to make your design a little more interesting:) Thanks for the comment!

[@anajavieranae]

I've been looking for how to do this for some time, and didn't know even how to search. THANKS A LOT :-)

[@JackSather]

"Repetition makes perfection!... dangit didn't even rhyme." laughed so hard hahah

[@RobinPopa]

The most interesting tutorial I've seen ever. Not because of the lesson, I mean yeah that's cool too, thanks for sharing but it's just the way you talk...so entertaining ;)

[@zimrimayfield]

haha thanks so much, i'm super glad you enjoyed the tutorial! :)

[@SreyasiChakravarty]

I was searching for this technique everywhere!!! I thought it's got something to do with clipping mask but then no i figured out it was a texture... but I didn't know that the catch was to duplicate a layer atop the objects!!! Thankyou Zimry, you're the best! YOu're funny and cool and always have solutions to my problems!

[@zimrimayfield]

aww thanks for the comment! I'm really glad the tutorial was able to help! :D Stay Awesome!

[@valentina.2000]

the perfect way to do it!!! i've been looking for this for over a week, amazing

[@JuniorKuyava]

Thank you, bro, very useful!

[@rizqhp]

i like this non "stiff" tutorial style. subscribed bro

[@mattving61]

Thanks for this. Something that might make keeping it all organized better (and easier to edit down the road) is to group the background colour object prior to making the grain effect. This way, you double click the group and make grain adjustment inside the object. Make sense?

[@value-addition]

Cool Cool Zim! I like your witty narration! 👍💐😊

[@CodyBrownDesign]

Very helpful video man, keep em' coming!

[@laurapadilla2998]

Omg dyinngg with your comments. Great tut!

[@zimrimayfield]

hahah don't die Laura! Thanks for watching though, super glad it was helpful :)

[@PacificRimWeb]

grain gradient effect looks good, thx!

[@zimrimayfield]

No problem Patrick, i'm happy it helped!

[@kawther7786]

Super awesome!! 👌👌

[@zimrimayfield]

Kawther! :D

[@HWSarah]

Oh my god I've been trying to work out how to get this effect for so long and have never been able to find any info on it. Thanks so much!

[@zimrimayfield]

woooo! That's great Sarah, you finally found it :D I'm super glad it helped!

[@arnasonconsultinginc.9783]

MAKE SURE the resolution if it is set to High from: Effect-> Document Raster effects settings

[@victorrios717]

This was awesome. Thank you so much for taking your time to help.

[@suisonma4455]

Thanks a lot! It did help. However I want to make the texture gradient into other color...seems it can only be grayscale...

[@edso7316]

One thing I'd add is to make the grain layer 'Multiply' on the opacity option, it just clears up the colours even more!

[@uncletrick1]

Simple and straight forward. Great tutorial!

[@user-ch5pz7lr1z]

Thanks from France ! It will be useful !

[@nicolelonberger4006]

Thank you, this was so helpful. Been wondering how to add this sort of texture to my designs.

[@psicosisrockere1]

Repetition make perfection! :)

[@kylewalker7869]

Well done! Thanks. Next video should tell us how to add more complex textures ;)

[@mickyhabuya5082]

Great and Love it, you explain the step and how to do is so clear. Thank you.

[@CarlosBehrens3D]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. So well explained and easy to follow. This is a really easier way to put some texture on your illustrations!

[@robinherrick4646]

The effect option is grayed out in CMYK so your image needs to be in RGB mode. Took me a while to figure this out so hopefully this will help somebody.

[@laurannesmolders9096]

Thank you so much, been looking for what went wrong for about half an hour now.

[@Melmin447]

I'm in a CMYK document and can use Effects...I have the latest version of Ai (24.2.3), so maybe it's something they've now added in for CMYK docs.

[@dorottyakitchingman6986]

Thanks so much, just the quick, simple turorial I needed! 🙌🏻

[@dfinkdesign917]

Dude I love your attitude! You should be doing paid in depth tutorials on Udemy and other platforms. I'd love to have someone break up the monotony of a course with some comedy. You're awesome! Subbed!

[@pizzakrydder2515]

You make learning FUN - thanks!!!

[@jntextil2104]

thank you sir, hope you have a nice day!

[@andresfernandeztorcida342]

This is exactly what I was looking for this time! Congrats for the vid, super useful!

[@whitesebi]

Thanks, Dave Franco!

[@MrPlomsone]

Sick! never thought about doing it this way. I would usually do it just place a texture on top and do a clipping mask... etc. this is so much faster!

[@zimrimayfield]

Yeah super fast! Need to figure out a way to get better textures quickly though.

[@Glow0110]

Awesome video man, thanks for showing us! Would love to see more how-to videos on textures in illustrator if you get a chance.

[@zimrimayfield]

Yeah, that's something I need to figure out too! I'll try to make something helpful :D

[@fikrimaulana3873]

thank you zimri, that's what i am looking for...!!!!!!

[@natashablimkie6013]

thanks! super easy - love that your tutorial is SHORT

[@jomelbasilio102]

I've gain new technique because of you. Thanks alot man :D

[@Tenshii_Artii]

If anyone might be wondering why their stippled Grain turns out black and white even though you've added colour to it, try applying a second grain filter over the same shape again. Regular is pretty good to use! Then, use 'Colour Burn' Instead of 'Multiply'!

[@monserratjimenezrodriguez5804]

Awesome blossom tutorial (I love your rimes btw) Thanks a lot!

[@zimrimayfield]

hahah thank you :) I'm glad they help!

[@Agnostic080]

Thanks! You are pretty good at entertaining people :)

[@zimrimayfield]

No problem man, i'm glad it was helpful :D

[@alexandrugrecov8964]

easy but new for me, thanks and keep it like this !

[@mashelalsahafi666]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I was trying to do it with an Illustration brush, but this is waaay easier.

[@lyndamayfield4284]

I love it! Wish there was a Hop, Skip & Jump B&B to stay at. I would definitely buy that shirt (if it was real).

[@zimrimayfield]

haha thanks mom :)

[@emanelian2330]

Loveddd it Zimmmiii ! ❤

[@zimrimayfield]

Emy :)

[@akachinonyerem]

best tutorial ever

[@Ida7777]

I like the way you talk, you're awesome possum Thanks for the very useful tutorial!

[@hotelierid9029]

Awesome!!! And your opening intro is so funny. Thanks for sharing bro

[@lindacsmith13]

thanks for the entertainment along with the methods

[@davetaylor7664]

cracking personality - liked for that!

[@mtang6898]

I love this!!!! thank you very much!!!

[@snezhanafiuortt9859]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you very much. That's what I was looking for

[@wogeru]

It's really what i looking for, thanks a lot Zimri!

[@sarahroadman3425]

Already love this guy 😂

[@gorillapoundcake]

Clear & straight to the point. THIS is a tutorial I like, love it! Thanks :)