Adobe Illustrator Tutorial #1 - Adding Texture

[alexanderrrrrrrrr]

Could you provide me with the texture you used for the background ? I'm searching for a subtle edge texture but don't seem to find one.

[BurntRoseBand]

Nice tutorial. Thank you. Nothing wrong with the voice! Beats the infomercial sound!

[stoeretruus]

Will the texture ultimately be in vector? Because your importing a jpg to use as texture.. Just wondering. Thanks!

[ggroberg]

Great tutorial. I've been trying to learn about getting organic textures in AI. If you have any ideas about getting multiple colors in the textures, that would also make an excellent tutorial. Thanks for this one! Super helpful.

[andychan77]

the tutorial was very useful indeed.

Thanks dood!

[willwarr]

ur the biggest legend i ever met

[Pedroazp]

Fuck your boring voice dude. Do you hate your fucking life!?

Nice tutorial BTW.

[ktagnes]

This is very helpful I had always used clipping masks in the past to achieve texture but I can see this is going to be loads easier and more versatile! Thank you!

[Seldanas]

Muffled voice, hard to hear.

[SimsVideoWatcher1]

Very helpful tutorial!

[SoManyWaysRock]

So awesome. You are great! Thank you!

[ilanasatori]

Lol the Bob Ross of Adobe Illustrator.

But c'mon guys. The video was very helpful (for me at least). Go watch another one if he bothers you so much.

[spratzlmatzl]

@ilanasatori . lol. i thought the same. but thanks to melon animation. nice logo

[erickelleherdesign]

Dull dull dull. christ at least pretend you give a sh*t!

[blackpixie1]

SPEAK UP!! Watching this was frustrating as hell.

[GlitchingWithAlandi]

how would this work with a black background?

[Cbgb1204]

This man's voice could put me to sleep on command.

[chatop18]

you sound like napoleon dynamite. just saying, good TUT

[theesotericcat]

Thanks....!

[bzsim8]

How do you apply this to a logo, then vectorize it? I want to apply this weathered look to a logo and have the weathered parts "punched through" the logo so any color background will show through. Thanks!

[KennyIVXX]

This tutorial just made/saved my day. I needed to get a file to a printer but was cheating the weathering which would have ruined the print. A lil googlin and I stumbled upon this tutorial. Thanks for posting this!

[IsuckAtWatching]

Totally making love to the mic. LOL. Thanks!

[jozeaphe]

I have a problem, I've tried this so many times, but it doesn't work, the image I choose for the texture replaces the black square thumbnail in the transparency panel and the object itself disappears! Help please.

[Sllvlloov]

Are you making sweet love to the mic?

JK man, thanks for the tut.

[tanishqful]

coudent hear anything man .

next time speak more loudly



[TasveerISAFF]

Thank you!!!

[zenozip]

Awesome tutorial. Nice pace - fairly peaceful and organised. Quality effect - great for people who have learned the interface of illustrator. My only critique would be... please try to sound less....relaxed :P... cheer up or otherwise add a TINY bit more verve to your voice. It sounds like you've been using illustrator a LONG time and you're bored maybe? Other than that--professional tutorial!!

[MaskedManMike]

nice tutorial... thanks harrison ford!

[BatusaiJack]

Your voice puts me to sleep.

[BIGChevie]

Nice tutorial...but you were putting me to sleep.

[theCRAZYartGUY]

@BIGChevie at least he doesnt sound like a gay ass kid XD

[Kraggis93]

thanks! this helped me!

[cbourin]

IS the final product a vector file?

[croteaumarc1]

Please don't whisper. You're tutorial is good but it is really, really, really, hard to hear you.

[Pzychoo16]

very helpful tut, ty but I have one question. You're adding a raster texture to the vector objects so does that mean that if you scale it, the texture will be "worse quality", than if the texture was pure vector?

[Skibsie]

SPEAK UP

[twylo45]

thank you



[MsGuard2]

this would be better if you didn't fiddle so - everything on the page is always moving, like you are "talking with your mouse" (in place of gesticulating with your hands) and is quite distracting to an otherwise helpful vid.

[chamtube]

nice tutorial, been wondering how to do this for a while

[spikeman316]

dude, whats wrong with your voice? are you hidding from somebody when u made this?

[sShaDOhsS]

SSSSH! Those Illustrator tips are a secret!

[Spike90]

@sShaDOhsS lmao stingy mofo

[eldanieldeepak]

Thank you so much!!!!

[Tambs]

Thank you so much, I've been looking for how to do this for ages. Finally I have the answer!

[elcielo1981]

Under transparency on my version (cs3) the white square isnt there. Blending mode and opacity are but thats it?

[ZookanProductions]

@elcielo1981 If you hover over the tab that says 'transparency', you will see two arrows appear next to the word 'transparency'. Click the arrows as many times as you need to get the white square to appear.

Hope this helps!

[hypalittle]

thanx bud

[warrenlawless]

This was a great tutorial. I found another tutorial that did this same thing but in a much more complicated way. Thanks for making it easier!

[paintballcraka]

your voice makes me want to kill myself

[26Jax]

How do you get a texture that has rough edges? Is it part of the downloaded texture, or can I manipulate it myself?

[heatheralbertson]

This is sooooo COOL!!! Thank you for taking your time to show us this tutorial. I've always wondered how they do that distressed look. you rock

[SpreijStudios]

Thanks a lot! It's been very helpful. I love these kind of textured, 'old' logos.

[Ibelle14]

that logo is pretty epic

[Ibelle14]

that logo is pretty epic

[bilancio]

from what I heard...it seems like it was a good tutorial

[bilancio]

good tutorial. would be a lot easier to follow if you weren't speaking in whispers...

[iLoveChocolateMilk00]

great tutorial :D

[keniakittykat]

usefull info, this helped a lot, thanks! ^^

Btw, you should do erotic audio books xD

[DustOfTheWired]

Thank you, I used the texture into opacity mask method on a project.

[Sarahkov]

you are awesome thank you!

[Rook1569]

I hear you just fine as well, and your voice is pretty wonderful, haha, the kind of voice I would love to have wake me up in the middle of the night, talking sweet nothings lol ;)

Wonderful tut, design student here. Very concise and easy to follow; you don't assume anything but general knowledge on the part of the viewer, something too often done by tutorialists.

[devinasamantha]

OMG i dont understand a word you are saying *__*

[Iknowbetterthanthat]

The logo is genious.

[Iknowbetterthanthat]

Cool tutorial, i love the logo, but could you speak a little louder?

[juntiusvt]

where'd you find those background textures??

:)

[reckamp2000]

I can hear you fine. Thanks for the concise effective tutorial!

[BVprince]

How do you create the MELON logo?

[Hayse1q1]

omg I can't hear this guy.

[THExEM]

thank you very much. this tutorial helped me out a lot! :D

[Niffe]

speak up dude, we can barely hear you

[meowser007]

Thank you so MUCH for making this tutorial and this is exactly what I wanted/needed to know. Thanks o so much

[crunchybones]

Fantastic stuff. Really helpful.

One question I do have was because you're using an imported image file instead of a vector for texture, does it lose quality as you enlarge it, or does the texture become vector too?

[MoRo1333]

very helpfull man, tnx!!

But next time, please speak up! ;)

[tomasnoelmangan]

really good tutrial mate, top work.... you could speak up a little, content and explanation wise absolute top marks! thanks.

[criswellin1]

Zzz... Zzz... Zzz....

[kidtelex]

mix your audio!

[PolskieTutorialePL]

jesteś człowieku najgorszy ! gadasz jak by kolega rimma wsadzał ci marchwie w ocieplarke

[cbinsento]

THanks so much ! ! I have been so mad at this for an HOUR !!

[zetetic23]

thanks very much

[BmoreStyles]

You sound like you're high.

[inkchris1]

Thanks this video has really helped

[mykhull]

well done, thanks for sharing

[Negrolyte]

Thanks very informational

[Easy8Fox]

SPEAK LOUDER

[cjtudor]

@Easy8Fox try turning up the volume. That usually helps.

[6b796c65]

Very well done thanks!

[DawgDaHomey]

Hi. Great tutorial! I'm just curious where did you download those cool texture used in this vid. I was looking for it and no result enough for me. Could you send me a file or link?

regards

[lesebb]

thanks, but when i save the JPG, it looks like the texture gets blurred, or there is less detail, (saved both cmyk and rgb color modes).. any ideas why this is?

[Marpoppenden]

What a fantastic tutorial!

I can see many people using this in their work.

Thanks for taking the time to make it and upload for us all.

A worthy five stars if ever I saw one!

[MemphisDesignGuy]

Please post a link to let us know where we might find textures like the ones used in this video. Excellent tute. Thank you!

[666Nanashi]

Thanks very much for this. I've got a question though: When I apply a texture the color of my object changes as well. In Photoshop I just place a new layer over my object and set the layer to Multiply, and the color is then roughly the same or you can just tweak the color in Adjustments. Is there a way to do this in Illustrator as well? The problem is that if I make a new layer for the texture in Illu and set it to multiply, I can't find a way to select the excess parts to delete them... Help?

[nikknightmare]

your logo is nicely done!

[reviver4dream]

i can feel how serious you were doing this tutorial, judging from your voice. ..hahah. btw, the working voice is quite sexy. Thanks for the video!

[sachisachi]

Ty so much! Saved me a lot of time and heartache! <3

[luigidesigns]

Nice video, but let's not make it a sermon... a little more enthusiasm please lol

[ToreeroT]

I logo the god damn logo itself.. The Melon logo is just perfect :b

[AcidSynthXtraveganza]

Awesome! Exactly what I was looking for~!

[Ncik0]

Excellent vid, you should show where you got the textures though. xD

[muse3223]

Could you please post a link to where the texture images are? This tute is amazing!

[MetroidStar890]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'd hit a roadblock trying to finish a project and you're tutorial really helped. Thank you so much.

[lkleinpisa]

I never knew this existed. You've blown my mind. Thanks! I still have a couple of questions, so I will play with it and see if I can figure them out. Look forward to more videos from you! Thanks again!

[RLtherichman]

you need to speak up! but otherwise this is great.

[iAmReganUK]

Always wanted to know this, thanks.

[xLIMEtree]

thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou

[saxshing]

awesome. thanks heaps!! but just wondering does this turn the textures into vector objects? for example if you were to blow the file up massively would the textures pixelate?

[bouncingsoul100]

they would pixalate slightly on a screen cos they use pixels but printed they wouldnt lose any quality

[mathematicalmatt]

@bouncingsoul100 Not necessarily. Whenever I use a texture like this I live trace it. It still looks the same, but it's scalable and vector.

[midnightconfessional]

this is a very helpful video, now could you tell me a useful website that has pictures of textures?

[chantalbernard]

Yes this is an excellent video. I really appreciate you making this.

[kchapfi]

speak up, please

[tralfazz]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this really helpful video.

And I really like your voice just as it is, since it doesn't get in the way of the visuals. Who wants Jim Carrey doing a tutorial?

[chade2001]

awesome tutorial!

[skamalta]

ah ok got it! tried and tested. thanks a lot mate!

[skamalta]

hey dude.. nice.. but how did you manage to keep the blue colour vibrant? applying an opcity mask makes the colours of the object automtically also go opaque.. can i avoid this?

[MelonAnimation]

As long as the white areas of your mask are truly white, the colours will come through as they are in the unmasked version of your object. Check the image or objects you are using as a mask carefully - often the colour will look white on screen but have a light percentage of colour, which will affect the overall colours.

Hope that makes sense :) Let me know if this wasn't the answer you were looking for.

[mrfbug]

This is a very helpful tutorial. Please continue creating video tutorials for illustrator.

[dline10]

Can you send me some of those textures?

[VortiiX]

Where can I find those textures? Need them!

[MelonAnimation]

Sorry - I can't remember where I got them. It was through Flickr, and were made available by the photographer for any use, commercial or non. Hope that helps a bit.

[HskClothing]

awesome, thank you

[sharksoccer25]

Nice tut..only suggestion is to sound more enthusiastic. your voice was really soft and monotone... i'm sure you have a passion for this stuff so why not show it and have a good time! :) thanks for sharing!!

[amelba1]

That was great, thanks for the good tut

[kof99iori]

nice tutorial

[Jnseattle]

I heard you loud and clear,

nosoboluu, turn up your speakers and turn down your bass.

thanks for the info!

[Heny4563]

how do you edit the color of an photograph if its not desaturated that you use as a mask?

[miasa001]

You use Photoshop.

[MelonAnimation]

Sorry for the late reply - the image doesn't need to be desaturated. As soon as a colour image is added to the mask, it works as if the image has been converted to greyscale.

You could also use Edit>Edit Colours>Convert to Greyscale, but it's really not necessary.

[dja10illustrator]

thank you for this helpful tutorial

[von2D]

Is there a way to crop down all the edges this process leaves behind? So when branding a logo like this and transferring it to packaging, cards, etc, then going to print, it could be more workable. As it ended here in the tutorial, it would make for a complicated foundation. Thank you

[MelonAnimation]

I don't see that there would be any issues when printing artwork created with this technique - can you elaborate on exactly what you'd like to use it for?

[nosoiboluu]

speak louder and clerear =X

[MelonAnimation]

I'll see what I can do :)

[goffy66]

your doing a great job! keep up the good work.

[cjtudor]

That was great thanx!

[8t88t8]

thank you! this was very helpful!

[glowbugspoon]

thank you for this helpful tutorial!

i am curious about how you achieved the torn, rough-edged look of the blue box behind the logo. is that something you drew yourself (like with brushes, maybe?) or did you simply find the box somewhere and just use it as it was found?

[MelonAnimation]

Thanks for the comment (sorry for the late reply :P) This particular texture was a found image, but there's absolutely no limit to the kind of images you could use. Anything and everything will work within a transparency mask, so it just begs for experimentation.