Texture Tutorial

 

To help me add dimensions to my vector images I followed a tutorial on how to use grids, gradients and textures to add depth to illustrations.

1# Set up a grid

2# Rough out an illustration

#3 Choose a colour palette, for this I chose something organic from the swatch library

#4 Add texture to shapes by adding a brush texture to the edges to give the shapes a hand drawn feel.

5# I added a slight gradient to some of the shapes and a halftone pattern

 

My initial idea was to use the for my unusual work ‘Yonderly’ which means absent minded how ever I remembered another word I came across ‘Montivigant’ meaning wandering over hills or mountains which I thought more appropriate, my next step was to create a person wandering over my textured illustration!