#Free adobe illustrator textures how to#
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#Free adobe illustrator textures Patch#

Place the rectangle below all existing objects. This will delete all extra parts of glares.Д¬reate a rectangle with the help of the Rectangle Tool (M) the size of the rectangle corresponds to the size of the pattern tile. ItвЂ™s easily done in the Layers panel.Д¬lick on the Intersect button in the Pathfinder panel. Select light-brown and dark-brown compound paths. Select one of the light-brown objects then go to the Select > Same > Fill Color and after it go to the Object > Compound Path > Make. Double the received Compound Path (Cmd/Ctrl + C Cmd/Ctrl + F). And now go to the Object > Compound Path > Make or use Cmd/Ctrl + 8. Select one of the dark-brown object, then go the Select > Same > Fill Color. Extra parts of highlights will be deleted in the next step. Borders of highlight extend the borders of flakes. Choose light-brown (R= 171, G= 108, B= 73) for the fill. In this case we consider that the light source is located at the top right. Such objects can be created with the help of the Pencil Tool (N) and should be placed in the right upper corner of each flake.

#Free adobe illustrator textures skin#

Now weвЂ™ll create highlight on skin flakes. These objects are created with the help of the Pencil Tool (N) and cover most of the area of skin flakes.

On each skin flake create objects of any form with a brown fill (R= 145, G= 73, B= 15). With the help of the Pencil Tool (N) fill empty spaces with new objects trying not to disturb the uniformity of texture.

Select all the created objects, then go to the Object > Pattern > Make which switches to Pattern Editing mode.

#Free adobe illustrator textures Patch#

It is enough to recreate a small patch as it is indicated on the figure below.ДЄnd now raster texture of leather can be deleted. There is no need to create such elements above the entire raster texture. To create such objects I used a graphic tablet, which speeds up the work process. Choose brown (R= 110, G= 49, B= 0) as the color of background. To open the dialog box of the Pencil Tool Options, click twice on the Pencil Tool icon on the Tools panel.Д«ased on the raster image, create patches of leather between folds with the help of the Pencil Tool (N). The settings of this tool are indicated on the figure below. The elements of our leather texture will be created with the help of Pencil Tool (N). Place the image into current document ( File > PlaceвЂ¦) I used red leather texture from Shutterstock as our reference image.

The leather texture weвЂ™ll create will work equally well in the RGB and in the CMYK color modes, even though I worked in the RGB mode. Open Adobe Illustrator and create a new document (Cmd/Ctrl + N).

Topics Covered: Pencil Tool and Pattern Editing mode.

I also want to let you know that the technique used in this tutorial would be perfect for creating other types of textures as well. Leather textures and patterns are often used in design, and thatвЂ™s why creating your own leather texture will be super useful for you in future.

#Free adobe illustrator textures how to#

In todayвЂ™s tutorial weвЂ™ll learn how to create a seamless leather texture by using the Pencil Tool and Pattern Editing mode.