How to create cool textures for digital creations

Make your art prints stand out by creating unique and cool textures.

• Introduction
• Getting Ready
• Texture Creation
• Making It Work in Your Illustration
• Final project

Matt McCracken and Ross Prew, the creative duo behind Doublenaut, will teach you how to infuse the roughness, textures, and imperfections of old-school style into your digital illustrations. With their 18 years of experience in graphic design and illustration, they have collaborated with global brands like Adidas, Saucony, and Element Skateboarding, creating iconic packaging designs for Bellwood's Brewery.

Doublenaut's work is a fusion of punk, psychedelic art, and music, combined with a passion for exploring traditional printing techniques.

• About Us
• Influences
• Inspiration: Research and Mood Boards
• Brainstorming and Concept Sketches
• Setting up the Illustration
• Shading Texture
• Halftone Image Texture
• Speckle Texture
• Distressed Overlay Texture 1
• Distressed Overlay Texture 2
• Vectorizing Your Textures
• Applying Each Texture Style to Your Illustrations 1
• Applying Each Texture Style to Your Illustrations 2
• How to create cool textures