Designers often find themselves having to create a little design, a super cool icon or even a custom text effect. But somehow it just looks a bit flat, a bit cold maybe. So how can you add a bit of life to your creations? 

It’s simple: use some textures. They are all around us, from nature to man-made textures, and they can give your artwork the extra pop it needs. Our new course will give you a greater understanding of how to create custom textures in Adobe Illustrator. 

What You’ll Learn

Graphic designer Simona Pfreundner will show you how to use effects and tools in Illustrator to enhance your digital designs. You will learn how to create a wide range custom textures:

• grass
• sand
• snake-skin
• brushed metal
• wood
• leather
• denim
• wool
• carpet

Watch the Introduction

You can take our new course straight away with a subscription to Envato Elements. For a single low monthly fee, you get access not only to this course, but also to our growing library of over 1,000 video courses and industry-leading eBooks on Envato Tuts+.

Plus you now get unlimited downloads from the huge Envato Elements library of 200,000+ photos and 26,000+ design assets and templates. Create with unique fonts, photos, graphics and templates, and deliver better projects faster.

Or if you want to grab some ready-made textures to use in your design, check out the selection of more than 5,000 textures on Envato Market.