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Painted Textures in Adobe Illustrator

Unlock creativity with Skillshare! Learn acrylic painting, AI writing, graphic design, and photography.

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About Painted Textures in Adobe Illustrator

Introduction to Painted Textures

Class Project

Key Concept: The Image Trace Panel

A Brushstroke Technique for Vectorizing Well

Example 1: Painted Illustration

Example 2: Painted Illustration

Final Thoughts

What You Will Learn?

  • This class is all about bringing hand-painted illustrations into Illustrator, and gaining as much character and quality as possible! .
  • We will learn key concepts about how Illustrator views raster images. We will learn about the Image Trace panel as it applies to texture. With these key concepts, we will vectorize two painted illustrations of mine using the brushstroke technique I will teach. .
  • Knowing the fundamentals of how Image Trace works, and following some best practices, you can bring your artwork into illustrator with intention, and way less frustration..
  • I LOVE seeing student's artwork, so please upload your image below [on your desktop]. .
  • If you have any questions, feel free to reach out! I'm here for you and can definitely trouble shoot with you. Some questions may require me needing to see an image. .
  • Have FUN! .