Custom Halftone Tutorial in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator | Graphic Design / OpArt

Learn how to use your own linework to create custom halftone patterns!

In this tutorial, we will break away from the restrictions of traditional halftone patterns and open up the possibility of using our own linework to create some truly unique halftone graphics.

We’ll cover the basic theory needed to understand the process, make a few simple line based patterns in Adobe Illustrator, and hop over to Photoshop and use a simple mix of Blur, Curves, and Threshold to generate this amazing effect.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:30 Theory - Linework and Layers
1:14 Theory - Threshold
2:49 Linework - Grid (Illustrator)
3:11 Linework - Horizontal Pattern
3:36 Linework - Wavy Pattern
4:21 Linework - Letterform
5:54 Linework - Type
7:53 Linework - Twist
9:32 Linework - Rasterizing
9:45 Procedure - Basic (Photoshop)
12:54 Procedure - Further Examples
15:36 Stylising

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http://anthonykirk.co.uk

Photo used in this tutorial:
Sam Burriss on Unsplash
https://unsplash.com/photos/uaq0y8pb6W4


Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/adrift
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Big shout out to my Brother for kindly gifting me a microphone with which to make these tutorials.

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