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Kata — Happy Whale

Published: 2011-09-10 06:09:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 1003; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 10
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Description Playing with Texturing in Illustrator. . . and because I love whales xD

EDIT: Omg if you have Chromadepth glasses this looks AWESOME with them!!! xD Thanks *kookybat for sending me a pair!

(Please don't use without permission )
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Comments: 22

UnusualHero [2012-06-07 12:45:55 +0000 UTC]

Really great picture. I love the textures.

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Kata In reply to UnusualHero [2012-06-07 15:39:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! This was definitely a happy texture experiment

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SneezyPanda [2012-03-13 18:49:57 +0000 UTC]

could you explain some of your process for using these textures? I'm really digging the texture work and I'm wanting to get more out of my illustrator works.

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Kata In reply to SneezyPanda [2012-03-14 04:21:45 +0000 UTC]

Sure, I'll try to break it down Note, I only started Illustrator 9 months ago so this might not be the most efficient way to do it, but here goes. I basically took a texture into Photoshop to recolor it or desaturated it, depending on your needs. I then brought it into Illustrator and whichever shape I wanted to texture, I duplicated the shape and created a clipping mask over the texture layer. Then I set the texture layer to multiply or screen (or whichever other layer mode you want, it's good to play ) and there you go! It took a while since every shape in the whale was textured and each required its own mask. I hope this helps!

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SneezyPanda In reply to Kata [2012-03-20 17:18:52 +0000 UTC]

it took me a while to get a chance to read this, but i totally got what you meant!

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jeroenpaint [2012-02-17 15:41:50 +0000 UTC]

Nice

How did you make the sunbeams on the background?

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Kata In reply to jeroenpaint [2012-02-18 02:25:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks It was a comination of a gradient background (from light to dark) and then I created the basic shapes in Illustrator, set them to blur, took down opacity and set it to a blending mode. . . Not sure exactly which one I used, maybe lighten or overlay, I always try them all out and see what works

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jeroenpaint In reply to Kata [2012-02-18 08:15:22 +0000 UTC]

Ok thanks!
In my next digital drawing i will try that too

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Furrama [2012-01-29 22:36:46 +0000 UTC]

Happy whaaaaaaaaales to yoooooou
Untiiiiil we meeeeet agaaaaain!

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Kata In reply to Furrama [2012-01-29 23:14:53 +0000 UTC]

Lol xD

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tanoshiboy [2011-10-22 13:15:13 +0000 UTC]

The texture really makes this come together. You'll have to tell me how you worked that texture. Really great.

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Kata In reply to tanoshiboy [2011-10-22 16:13:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Dennis! I'll have to dive into it to refresh my memory but I believe it was just a matter of duplicating fills to create a texture layer and setting the blend mode appropriately I'm sure I also used PS to warp the color of the textures as well ^^

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kookybat [2011-09-16 09:11:20 +0000 UTC]

Yeah it looks awesome with the texturing Kata!

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Kata In reply to kookybat [2011-09-16 14:26:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks hun!

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zxephin [2011-09-13 17:41:38 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE THIS! but you knew that already.

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Kata In reply to zxephin [2011-09-14 01:38:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks love

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Gid-e-oN [2011-09-10 16:06:03 +0000 UTC]

Happy whale is happy!

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Kata In reply to Gid-e-oN [2011-09-10 17:53:20 +0000 UTC]

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MiklaW [2011-09-10 14:11:59 +0000 UTC]

Awwww : D cute whale .

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Kata In reply to MiklaW [2011-09-10 17:53:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks :3

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Anrisa [2011-09-10 14:06:50 +0000 UTC]

Aww

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Kata In reply to Anrisa [2011-09-10 17:53:31 +0000 UTC]

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