Mr. Pea Head Tutorial

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I did this quick illustration to show a friend how I use textures in Illustrator.

Turn your texture image to grayscale. Place your texture on a layer above the desired shape. Use a copy of the desired shape to make a clipping mask for your texture image. Apply a blending mode to your texture. Play around with the blending modes and opacity until you're happy with the results.


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