How to Vectorize Watercolor Textures

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[@johnburton9230]

Teela, thank you so much for your helpful and comprehensive explanation of converting my watercolour brush textures into logos! I'm pretty sure you made plenty of people extremely happy with the new possibilities. Please keep it up!

[@melissathomas8686]

You are the first person to explain things in a way that makes sense to me. Wow I am so happy I found your videos!

[@Manu-tf9cu]

Subscribing to your channel has been the best thing I have done so far on KZbin! :)

[@EveryTuesday]

+Manu Madhavan Wow, thank you so much for such an amazing comment! Happy you're here!

[@erinmsingh]

Hi Teela, I know other surface pattern designers who have struggled to make realistic watercolour vector art using Adobe Illustrator. I will be sharing your video with them. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on KZbin. :)

[@melindagibson8606]

The best and easiest tutorial on this subject!!

[@junesketches]

This has been such a big help! I've been wondering how to do this and no one has ever been as clear as you have. Thank for you for this!

[@barefacedquestions]

I've loved your design style even before I know how to use any vector software. Now I know why: I love designs with a handmade touch, which look like they're made by human. And thank you for teaching me concepts and possiblities which I was never aware of.

[@pcmyk]

Hey Teela I'm so glad I found your channel. I'm currently studying advertisement here in Brazil and I find your tutorials incredibly useful. Thank you for taking your time to do this!

[@EveryTuesday]

Pedro Corteletti I'm so glad you found me too! Thanks for watching :)

[@dericbytes]

To fill in the holes you could create a copy of the image and paste it in place Expand it. Path unite it. Set it to the preferred base colour and send the layer to the back.

[@imnotfromhere]

Hi, Teela! I found your channel just a few weeks ago, and it has been a Godsend. I've worked with Photoshop for ages. I do have a background in design but not graphic design. I just picked it up thanks to my sister. Nevertheless, there were/are a lot of holes in my digitial-tools knowledge, and you are helping me fill them out. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! :)

[@EveryTuesday]

pini2k hearing a story like yours makes me the happiest - I'm glad you found me and the vids have been helpful! Let me know if there are ever any holes that need extra filling :)

[@imnotfromhere]

Thank you, will do! :)

[@atourinabarkho]

This is SO helpful! I was so sad switching from Ps to Ai because none of my illustrator friends seemed to know how to guide me in turning my textured png files into vectors without losing tons of texture! My next attempt from here is to create clipping masks using these now vectorized watercolors, fingers crossed!

[@joellen9531]

Thank you Teela. So helpful. I found your link on the Design Bundles site just when I deeded it for an upcoming project. Your voice isn't like a dove's. You clearly speak English. I don't speak dove. I never know what doves are talking about and they suck at illustrator.

[@sschiada]

Hi Teela, just subscribed and wanted to tell you how pleased I am with your tutorials. Very helpful and clear. No nonsense. Exactly what I needed for a couple projects. Thank you!

[@EveryTuesday]

+Sylvia Schiada Feels so great to hear that - thanks for watching! :)

[@strandedoncat]

This was very helpful, thanks a lot!

[@disneydork89]

This is amazing! I did a rebranding for a school assignment using watercolor and this is a great thing to know, so thank you.

[@EveryTuesday]

trussell04 awesome! this would definitely be the way to go for something like that. Thanks for watching!

[@amandasequeira3571]

Hi there. THANK YOU for this AMAZING tutorial. I can't believe I finally know how to do this. I'm so excited! :)

[@mh8714]

Me encantó, lo explicaste muy bien, ahora ya sé como digitalizar mis proyectos. Saludos desde México.

[@naeemahmed9978]

thank u so much for this meaningful tutorial i have an project to do like this water colour and not aware to this before watching this thanks again want more about

[@nouralshabhi961]

this tut what i am waiting for ... thank you Teela, May Allah bless your efforts.

[@janicechiaretto7082]

Wonderful, but when you say "I am going to click on this icon" please say what icon - it's hard to see and not obvious to beginners. Thanks!

[@AddieElisabeth]

Amazing tutorial, you restored my confidence in vectors xD I couldn't find any solid information on them, so thank you!

[@IrinaSnejenko]

Thank you so much, this was exactly what I wanted to find!

[@jacquelinelachevre1671]

This was such a helpful video. Thank you!

[@mademoiselledeb]

I love your videos. Can't stop making textures! I had to put your video on slow speed because you speak reaally fast, try it your voice sounds hilarious! :D Thanks so much for the video!! I bought your 100 doodles kit.

[@hrh413]

Just a tip. When you need to select a large number of vector shapes of the same color, illustrator actually has a magic wand tool, the same as photoshop. I haven't used it a lot, but it might help when needing to delete those white areas outside the edges.

[@rakhib6593]

Thank youuuuuuuuu❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@shivamshivam513]

This is awesome 🔥thanks teela🎀

[@JhodyJunaedi]

ive been looking for this kind tutorials, thank you so much teela

[@EveryTuesday]

+Jhody Junaedi awesome! thanks for watching! :)

[@katehunt6643]

Hello, I am using a photo file of a water color. How do I make it a transparent png to remove the background of the watercolor paper? Its quite difficult to go through an delete all of the background?

[@Mindfulaffirmations369]

Exactly what i needed!! Thank you!!

[@EternityKX]

Thanks! So helpful, simple and clear :)

[@hinzCooking]

Teela, can I use your watercolor texture dot on high resolution poster? .. My poster size is 8x4 foot... I want to place dot at the back of business name.. I want to cover most of the area with HD logo.. So please let me know the resolution..

[@giba3930]

Hi, great tutorial, thank you, but I have a question regarding the creation of the watercolor splotch on paper...I have seen tutorial on making different watercolor stains on paper, tutorials on vectorizing stains but I haven't seen a tutorial that teaches you how to make a great splotch on paper, a splotch made to be great for vectorizing. If you closely watch the best vectorized stains they look in a certain way...with darker edges, beautiful effects or combinations inside the splotch, etc. I have scanned different stains and then vectorized them accordingly but the effect obtained does not look very professional...so could you let us into the secret of creating those watercolor stains on paper(because they are the starting point of a good vector/photoshop effect).

[@naomivansickel3314]

Your tutorials are so helpful! Really informative =]

[@Anebarone]

Very helpful, thank you so much!

[@iutdy]

Thank you! This was the exact tutorial I was looking for!

[@winkipinky]

Thank you, this is a great tutorial!

[@EveryTuesday]

Thanks for watching!

[@panache1204]

You could've used magic wand tool too, to select all the white shapes instead of clicking them individually and deleting.

[@EternityKX]

Just a question what do you save them as if you want to turn them in watercolour brushes later on in Illustrator?

[@gksml0140]

Thank you for uploading the video!! Awesome. Question!... After i change the jpg images to vector images how can i save the image without a countless dots? I want to save the vector image file with a few anchor and dots...Can i reduce a dots keeping a same image?

[@calc3085]

How to get it where it's zoomed in it looks like actual paint does when you bring a physical picture closer to your face? Real life isn't pixel or vector like this. Real life is fractal. Can you make this with fractals in illustrator?

[@Xirpzy]

Another way would be to garbage matte the basic shape and fill it with one colour, put it all the way back and all holes should now have that same colour. only works if you have small holes though but the fastest way i would say.

[@videoscristianosadventistas]

Hi Teela! Can i change a watercolor texture color without lose the watercolor effect? Is that possible?

[@gosiagontarz1121]

Very useful Thank you Teela :) !

[@JaneSaraT]

Hi Teela! Really nice tutorial! I have a question: how can I transform the watercolor spot in a simple object (I mean path+filling)? I want to avoid all the microscopic paths inside. Thank you for your help ^.^

[@jeffbarnhart6441]

how do we make that watercolor thing with a brush to scan it?

[@EveryTuesday]

This vid shows that process :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2rZfaaEg8uDqqs

[@e_nigma_]

Hi, what type of file do you save the vectors as?

[@elainetowne3584]

thank you so much

[@theSHSyearbook]

This is awesome. I have one question...basic question? Did you open the scanned file or did you place the scanned file into illustrator? Thank you for the video!

[@JaiSequoia]

Same question. I have some photoshop watercolour textures and would like to bring them into illustrator to vectorize for infinite sizing. Thanks in advance for the answer! Great information. :-)

[@atourinabarkho]

Not sure if this helps, but I have png watercolor splashes that I use in Ps and I simply created a template in Ai and then placed the watercolor png on the canvas and successfully followed her instructions!

[@justmelteo]

Hi Teela, I tried your method but my pic looks kind of rough...not like yours. some of the facial features like smiles and eyes are lost. Pls help

[@stellaq3306]

I'm lazy & impatient so, rather than correct tiny holes, I'd probably make a similar shape of any of the colours & stick it behind the watercolour vectors. Then it would fill in any gaps in one go.

[@dunnecrew]

would you be able to merge this a hand lettered piece thats been vectorized? Thank you:-)

[@nikibabayy]

Hi Teela! I've made a logo for a client using a vectorized watercolor splash as well as vectorized watercolor flower accents and looks great for web use and business cards etc... my question is: if this logo is enlarged for say, a poster.. or a large advertising sign.. will it still look like watercolor like it does at smaller sizes or will it look how it does when zoomed in on illustrator at 150-200% with each of the paths that make up the watercolor look being fairly obvious and not smooth looking like a real watercolor would be?? I worry that watercolor logos I make might not look great large.

[@EveryTuesday]

It all depends on how large the poster is and if it's going to/meant to be seen close up. If a poster is hanging on a wall that others look at as they walk past, they would never notice the individual bits within it. If it's going to be looked at close up at a large size, that's when it might be an issue.

[@CoachBas]

what size the paper your paint, it's big?

[@MichaelCobbs]

Nice tutorial.

[@emilybradley9518]

Hey Teela, I love this video and your whole channel! I ended up purchasing kit #1 but still have a question... If I want to customize my own colors is it ok to go ahead and paint something and scan it in and open illustrator and then vectorize it using this tutorial?

[@EveryTuesday]

+Emily Bradley For sure! Thanks for your purchase + for watching!

[@seokwonkim6925]

Your EVERY videos are AWESOME!!! But How do you perfectly trace out your paint? Like I have scanned my water colour painting but I have no idea how to remove the greyish background :/

[@EveryTuesday]

+seokwon kim I've got a new class coming next week on how to do it all :)

[@adventureswithemily2921]

Question, if I wanted to change the colour from blues to greens how would I go about doing this?

[@gksml0140]

Go to Edit-> Edit Colors-> Recolor Artwork. and if the images are too big there will be too many color numbers. So you have to select the colors and change the number Auto to one(Or You can choose colors number you think). Then click any colors you want. :)

[@SamanthaCastilloDenise]

Hi! Which is better, use Illustrator to digitize watercolor artworks? Or use photoshop? thank you!

[@EveryTuesday]

+Samantha Castillo Hey! It really depends on what you're using the artwork for - if it's for large scale (think billboards, bus wraps, etc.) vectorizing is the way to go. If you're able to scan your artwork in at high res for the size it's needed at, no need to vectorize, just color edit in Photoshop :)

[@ethiea_]

Love the tutorial but how to go about exporting vector files? If it's saved as a jpg then it would become a pixel file again right?

[@EveryTuesday]

Esther Teo you would save the file as an Illustrator file (ai), eps, or pdf (which is vector based) :)

[@veronicamartinez62]

thank you, thank you, thank you very much! :D

[@ritageraghty5190]

I wonder how this works in Inkscape.

[@nouralshabhi961]

Can I ask about ... after expanding the image and do ungruop, how can i remove out the white background without take any piece from the tracing image?

[@EveryTuesday]

Nart Nanosh since the image is ungrouped, just click on the white and delete! easy peasy :) thanks for watching!

[@tiakim5855]

+Teela Cunningham (Every-Tuesday) Thanks so much for this tutorial, Teela!!! (Took your class on Skillshare, too!) But what if my white background is made up of thousands of those vector points? Do I have to click through each of them to delete?

[@EveryTuesday]

+Tia Kim If you don't have any white in your watercolor you can take your magic wand (keyboard shortcut 'y') click on the white, then hit delete. You could also rubber band select to delete portions at a time - or - if you have the time, take it into photoshop and increase your contrast a bit more - this will make your white background more uniformly white before you live trace :) Thanks for taking the Skillshare class! Let me know if there's anything more I can do to help!

[@tiakim5855]

+Teela Cunningham (Every-Tuesday) Thanks so much! I'll give it a try! :]]

[@kimlia2626]

Thank U so much! Awesome!

[@moonbee03]

Hi Teela. I'm in need of a watercolor splash for a logo. I am not advanced enough in Illustrator to do this. I could probably do it but it would be such a high learning curve that it would take me days. I was wondering if you would do this and I pay you?

[@SmokyTheDragonTFT]

I can design your logo. Send me a message and we'll discuss your vision and compensation.

[@moonbee03]

the8shawn thank you but I'v done it already!

[@lolosaeed]

you are awesome

[@hozem205]

Excellent tutorial. You should work for Lynda

[@tusonwalters]

Got myself a Kit, Wish I had gotten this one. Love them though @tusonwalters