How to Create a Grunge Effect in Adobe Illustrator

[@JustinSeeley]

Timecodes: 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - Creating a Compound Path in Illustrator *IMPORTANT* 01:35 - Importing Graphics into Illustrator 02:06 - Using Image Trace in Illustrator CC 02:44 - Customizing Your Image Trace Settings 04:59 - Expanding Your Image Trace 05:06 - Making Another Compound Path *IMPORTANT* 05:51 - Applying the Grunge Effect to Your Artwork in Illustrator 06:50 - Conclusion

[@daylematthews]

Great tutorial. No extraneous rambling. Straight to the point and very clear about what the instructions are. Really appreciate this.

[@madam_ruby_]

Still the best video on the internet for learning grunge! This man needs an award!

[@nicholaslippold9767]

Seriously, this is the most helpful KZbin Tutorial I have ever watched. I've literally been using Illustrator since the old Illustrator 88 and this is a great, super simple trick! I have always gone the long path, creating my effect in PhotoShop, turning to paths and exporting paths to Illustrator. This is so much more straight forward and is going to save me countless hours!

[@mohammadarman5690]

More easy way. type your text or make logo then right button create out line- transparency : make mask- mark Clip - go second black box then unmarked Clip. now copy your grunge and paste it on your text. click invert mask finally click left hand transparency box and you are done. you can change your color as your wish. thanks

[@scottprzywarty2396]

Great tutorial. To the point with no unnecessary commentary and easy to follow. Thank you!

[@guitarcookbook]

May the lords of the internet bless you ! You've helped me a ton ! Wish you the best, cheers from France !

[@rebekkahburton26]

Thank so much! I am definitely a NEW FAN now!!!!

[@QuinnAden]

Dude I watch a lot of tutorials and this is by far one of the best I've seen. Subbed!

[@QuinnAden]

And thank you!

[@coronamichael21]

Thank you!!!!! You saved me with this tutorial.

[@rrosales9441]

THE most helpful, easiest tutorial. Thanks!!!!!!

[@JustinSeeley]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheSpokelore]

Thanks, Justin! Worked perfectly!

[@rtsharethedream]

Probably one of the best executed tutorials on YT. Keep up the good work Justin! And thank you!

[@bryanvanmaalsen2697]

Very helpful video! Just came across this. Was also struggling with applying textures in illustrator and keeping it completely vector. Thanks so much for sharing Justin.

[@jaxxjujuism373]

Thanks this was suuper helpful that Ive gone back to the tutorial a few years later :)

[@thereal_onelargemammal]

OMG, in 7:30 you have solved 90% of my design creation problems. Thank you. I'm now subscribed, can't wait for more vids. Time to look through your playlists. Cheers.

[@manwhosold111]

Thanks for this video, finally someone who can explain things. Thumbs up, keep it coming!

[@_IpurpleU]

Amazing tutorial!!👏👏 You just got a new sub.

[@Ostephen-z4y]

Great video tutorial.

[@JustinSeeley]

Thank you for watching!

[@timmarquezdiy2079]

Thanks, this is super helpful.

[@michaelareilly6234]

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I NEEDED THIS VIDEO ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@metacriando]

Tks for the amazing tutorial. I'm Brazilian and I loved your way of explaining, objective and practical, tks. I'm following the channel.

[@JustinSeeley]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate that. Hope you’re staying happy and healthy in Brazil!

[@milkod2001]

Great video, i liked it. From 6min: Instead of using pathfinder which will work but will not give you option to simply go back if you want to change anything on texture or replace it there is much better way how to do it. Go to windows panel and select transparency. 1) Have both objects selected ( texture on top) 2) click on make mask 3) click on invert mask 4) click on clip(have it unchecked). Boom done. There are two small squares, when clicked on right you can continue with work, when clicked on left you can change size of textures etc. And there is release box if you need to start from scratch. Im sure you know that just letting others to know :)

[@troyrenaux9062]

Dude super helpful. I couldn't get the instructions in the video to work but you just solved my problem, thanks!

[@geraldsudds9552]

This by far is the best most non destructive way to perform the same task. I use this technique and have for years.

[@WanMohdFaisalWanMohdSaidin]

Thanks a million dude. I prefer your way

[@adorkablydeliciousdesigns7852]

Thank you! I just struggled forever trying to do it the way the video said to, but nothing was working, despite following instructions to the “t”. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@josefinamachetanz1531]

I can't find the option invert mask :(

[@patrickus2377]

THKu, perfect lesson.

[@VectorRabbit]

Thanks dude, very easy to understand - off to make grungy stuff!

[@ange4946]

Thank you for this! Really helped for my job :)

[@mikerodriguez1633]

Good stuff, Justin. Nice to see you back. Last year my high school students used a lot of your previous work on lynda to help them as they learned the basics of Ai and Design.

[@iffatrana9266]

OMG!!! This was really helpful and also amazing. Thanks❤️

[@b.westerveld7432]

Excellent video!

[@rtxtwisted5289]

Holy shit man ! You're a genius Thank you !

[@furqanamjad90]

Good One. Really Helped me out in a lot of stuff.

[@nesarfly]

Excellent Idea! Thanks for sharing👏👏

[@emilyredman5159]

Justin, THANK YOU! This was so easy to understand and apply!

[@malamajkarica]

most simple and most easy way to add grunge effect that i saw in youtube by now

[@bentan865]

Thank you. I did quite a few tutorials to be able to do this, and you made it so simple and easy.

[@muhammadyameen4998]

Really nice thank you very much for this info

[@anujafernando7189]

AWESOME tutorial Justin . . . thanks a lot! I got a load of hints and tips and will be using all of them ASAP! :)

[@moshiurrahman2179]

thanks man. helps a lot

[@MrLoxley]

Super tuto, merci !!!

[@pabloquesadac]

man oh man what a great way to explain things!!! so grateful for this one! thanks dude!

[@thebravecompass]

Thank you very much, it´s amazing and very helpful. Keep up the good work.

[@clairekennedy1215]

wow thank you so much!! I have always wondered how it was done and you made it look so simple! Thank you :-)

[@ThadeuFayad]

Thanks very very much!! You help me a lot!!!

[@victoriawillis8353]

thanks for this, I struggle with adding texture. This is a great alternative to using the transparency mask!

[@ritwikgupte4373]

Wow this is incredibly useful ! And so quick ! Thanks !

[@jessicacimino873]

Great video, very clear and easy to understand. Thank!

[@Michelle-oe2eu]

THANK YOU THANK YOU!! This was a super easy to understand tutorial!

[@theTylerMorale]

Very clear explanation and thanks for the reminder on how to do this. In college I was working on a laptop that had only 6gb RAM and it hated when I tried to vector textures lmao. I'm glad I have something faster that can actually process it.

[@tsIP0u]

oh sad...poor boy got only 6GB, please donate

[@bethwileybreeden4819]

Awesome tutorial!

[@cosmicasad]

Amazing, can't wait to try this. Helping so much for a newbie graphic artist

[@mdabutorab7257]

Actually awesome !!!

[@benedicttirkey2132]

very helpful easy to apply. thank you

[@robbyray]

Super helpful. Thank you!

[@JustinSeeley]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@AnweshKumarSahoo]

Great vid! Thanks so much for the help!

[@mastercheifhaloman]

Oh My God, Thank you. I forgot about Compound Vectors. Jesus I Was Pulling hairs over this. XD

[@gjhyhfwj28ry3]

THANK YOU!!!

[@goncalo9]

Thank you so much Justin, I really wanted to use that effect for my design school project!

[@almightypalevin8186]

Thanks so much for this bro! I knew if was possible in Illustrator. Just didn't know how.

[@CaseyWise]

Awesome video, thanks for the post, subscribed!

[@matizcomunicacao7621]

Very good!

[@georgeanneparis3072]

This is so helpful! Thank you!

[@mawenco55]

Good video!! simple, easy, fast ...

[@funkeychic897]

Loved this!--Thank you so much!!

[@criddycriddy]

excellent, nicely shown dude...Subscribed

[@jaimegutierrez1161]

Dude, great tutorial! Thank you for putting this out there.

[@mohammadarman5690]

Create outline- go transparency- make mask- mark clip-go to black box -unmark clip- copy grunge paste it on your text or logo-mark Invert mask, go to left hand transparency box then done

[@taliptuncer4516]

Thank you so much

[@phuk5]

thank you so much Justin Seely youve been a great help in my design career/hobby path. #stayworking

[@mattwellbrock1819]

Many ThanX, Justin. Awesome as always.

[@warrencrawfordart]

Fantastic

[@JustinSeeley]

Thank you so much 😀

[@damesolo7781]

Good shit, man. I’m a AI novice, appreciate your clear instructions

[@hectorjuarez9655]

good looking out!

[@DonaldSimsProduction]

Thank you. Very helpful.

[@leelameka]

Thank you , really good tutorial and exactly what I needed:)

[@gromzen]

If you do this and everything disappears, make the group into a compound path (object ->compound->make) this turns the group into a single object so you can then minus front. Do this for both shapes you are working with. Good luck and thanks for the sub!

[@Zackary_]

I came across this video so many years later but this comment just solved my entire issue so thank you!

[@Makloft]

Helpful video, thanks a lot.

[@jfredrick126]

Nice work, man. Great tutorial and just the perfect amount of "dummied down"...haha

[@clydesonlina3648]

my man. this actually helped me a lot. lol didnt know that i could that :D

[@clydesonlina3648]

one thing, now it doesnt work for me.. the graphic disappears when i do the pathfinder thing.

[@clydesonlina3648]

i did convert the item that i want grunged, then did the thing with image trace on the grunge effect when i do pathfinder, my graphic disappears, it becomes a few specs on the screen

[@olaladavid6622]

Awesome !! THANKS

[@ibraheemmoftah1927]

thanks so much

[@smritiswaminathan5883]

Great video!

[@arepmashudi5515]

thanks man, this helps a lot!

[@Paulieinspiration]

I am so much more comfortable in illustrator but for this, i might just use ps as you said in the beginning in ps its a lot easier just using the eraser and a brush on a mask layer,, thanks for the tutorial though,, very professional ,still I will subscribe to your channel.

[@JustinSeeley]

Thanks so much!

[@orrangetv5553]

Thanks man

[@Pulstar._]

Muy bueno, muchas gracias!! :D

[@paulogaviola5522]

compoun path. damn it!. thank you man!

[@JustinSeeley]

You’re welcome!

[@laughingdoggraphics1773]

Hey Justin, Thanks for the tutorial. Finally, someone that is not speaking so fast I can't follow along!

[@amerrizky7238]

thx alot man

[@sqorpy]

well DONE!!!!!. so many sloppy tut out there. thanks :-D

[@butwhereishome]

So is making it a compound path different from grouping it?

[@syedreza72]

welcome back on youtube 😊

[@kingkas1275]

i like your video thanks

[@toddfournier1673]

How is this possible? A tutvid for the Illustrator do-it-yourselfer that is quick, to the point, interesting, not muddied up with a bunch of; "look at me, I'm know a lot of confusing terminology" speak and exactly what I was looking for? I'm not sure, but you might be on to something Justin. Thanks for the video. I've been doing this the hard way for a long time.

[@ournuminousnature]

Thank you for this. How would you use the minus front tool to knock out the texture when it’s over a logo with many layers & colors of text, etc? Just by grouping everything below?

[@CatDog612]

i too have this issue. did you figure it out?

[@slapgraphics584]

I had this same question. Then I tried just doing everything he said to each layer separately and it worked.

[@jorval8223]

Thank you so much!

[@ChrisMcGuire0]

you could also use a clipping mask as well after all the image trace stuff

[@Islamsalam]

Thank you :)

[@jmentarogu1497]

thank youuuuuuuu

[@gamersam9149]

Thanks man .

[@calvarybiblechurch8801]

I'm trying to add a gage effect to a black image... is that possible?

[@brand_boys]

Hi there! This was crazy helpful, thank you so much. Question though: what if our background is white and the image is black? "Ignore White" doesn't work because I need the white. Is there an "Ignore Black"? Lol.. TIA

[@JustinSeeley]

If you’re talking about the texture image, you should invert that using Photoshop. Just open the JPG in Ps, choose image > Adjustments > invert. Save it. Then use image trace.

[@mityajko]

Hello - where can i get grunge pattern like in your video?