Illustrating for Merchandise: How to Digitally Add Texture

Turning your doodles and drawings into giftable, sellable physical goods doesn't take years of experience or expensive equipment. Here, artist Alicia Souza shares how to add color and texture to your illustrations in Adobe Photoshop—then optimize those elements for T-shirts, mugs, and other physical merchandise. For more on turning charming illustrations into physical goods, join Alicia on Skillshare in Illustrate for Merchandise: Transform Your Artwork Into Products, a Skillshare Original: https://skl.sh/3CI97vC

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ILLUSTRATING FOR MERCHANDISE QUICK JUMP MENU

00:00 Meet Alicia Souza
00:15 Scanning and Polishing Your Illustrations
00:49 Cleaning Up Your Lines
01:54 Adjusting for Your Canvas
02:11 Adding Color and Choosing Your Brushes
03:38 Alicia's Workflow: Add Color, Then Detail
03:55 Making Your Own Texture
04:58 Naming Your Layers
05:38 Samples and Color Separation for Merchandise
06:25 Join Alicia on Skillshare!

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ABOUT ALICIA SOUZA

Alicia Souza is an illustrative designer residing in fair-weathered Bangalore, India with her family. She was born in the Middle East and spent a number of years studying and working in Australia before moving to India about a decade ago. She works with many brands and corporate clients, including Google, Adobe, Apple, Yahoo, Mondelez, Penguin, and others. Alicia's work has also appeared internationally in children's books, magazines, newspapers and products. She also create illustrates merchandise for her own product lines. Join Alicia for her new Skillshare Original, Illustrate for Merchandise: Transform Your Artwork Into Products, and follow along as she covers how to ideate, sketch, and refine your designs—then share them on manufactured goods: https://skl.sh/3CI97vC

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