Create Color Halftones | Illustrator Tutorial

This is a super easy technique that can really help to simply build up an illustration.
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[@Fabitalism]

3:01 your halfontes are also exactly on top if your "low number" is on the same e.g. 50,50,50,50 ... this does not need to be high...

[@TipTut]

Thanks for the tip! I'll pin this comment so others can learn from it too :)

[@flightless_story]

actually these numbers create the angle of the halftone :)

[@mosswood]

Thank you so much! I'm making a birthday thing for my best friend and I was having trouble with other places explaining halftones in Illustrator, your tutorial was the one that got me through.

[@choose2behappy699]

Straight forward to the result! This is how I like it! Thanks man!

[@EmadAlFarwanPlus]

Very helpful, straight forward. Awesome work!

[@TipTut]

Happy to help!

[@theclips2093]

I like how you explain what is going on like what expand is actually doing

[@TipTut]

Thanks!

[@AdADglgmutShevanel]

Super helpful! I was about to manually make these halftones

[@TipTut]

Oof! Glad I saved you the trouble :)

[@EpicScamp]

Late comment but thank you for this tutorial. I had to design a self-portrait with 3 different art styles on it and I wanted to make a Pop Art background so this halftone technique really worked for me without the stress.

[@TipTut]

You're welcome!

[@paulmanning2757]

Thank you for the help and advice 👍

[@TipTut]

No problem amigo!

[@SkyEchoPencilAcademy]

YEUP! That was a Reeeeaaally cool tutorial! Awesome!

[@TipTut]

Glad you liked it!

[@ErickG]

You've made this so easy to follow. Thank you, sir.

[@TipTut]

Glad I could help!

[@tomasduque565]

It´s not just that it was big in the 50´s, the halftones come from older printing systems, they did not have the tech for better DPI outputs and shadowing (a rough description). The look has been kept alive as a popular design style, but it was just the way things were printed years ago, it is a cool look tough!. Cool tutorial!

[@walczak9862]

Are you able to use the halftine gradient as a mask?

[@magic4671]

2:43 i want this effect but it doesnt seem to work i cant get those colors anyone know why?

[@hnng9205]

A tip for everyone that's having problems regarding the quality of the dots: it barely works when your canvas is too small. I was working on a postcard and everytime I tried to do that effect, the haltfone pattern would come out pixelated. Instead, I opened up a new document (size A3), did the effect there and copied the pattern to my postcard.

[@TipTut]

Great tip!

[@christophergollop6389]

@hnng You're a love, two years later and you just helped me out!!

[@rusyakalybaev3368]

Thank you a lot bro, that's amazing!

[@TipTut]

Happy to help!

[@rotisosis8285]

Thank You So Much !

[@picklepirate]

how do you change the color? Mine only wants to be black

[@melykaylakeelan5395]

amazing thanks!

[@nicibrockwell1544]

HELPFUL. THANK YOU!

[@TipTut]

Glad it helped!

[@derpydipper]

Thanks!

[@espedale]

The resulting spheres are extremely jagged and the trace results in small teardrops instead of perfect spheres. Any suggestions?
SOLVED: Changed the trace option from default to "high fidelity".

[@isanirobi]

Thank you for your comment!

[@brixan...]

+

[@nurfathinmusic]

how do i change tha trace option from default to high fidelity?

[@SufficeStudio]

I personally got the best result by using low fidelity actually and cut way down on the render time. Food for thought for anyone trying this.

[@wizzymel]

Thank youuuuu for this !!!!

[@TipTut]

You're welcome!!

[@nassezuko3699]

Can u make it wave too?

[@grant6821]

THANK U SO MUCH

[@hamidahmadi7975]

Thank you for this good video

[@TipTut]

You are welcome

[@willshintani7846]

thanks!

[@yasinnazarinejad7750]

Very nice and so helpfull

[@TipTut]

Thankyou so much!

[@lexypazul9194]

When I "Make & Expand" my object, all the circles distort into oblong shapes - wondering if anyone has a workaround for this!

[@annabellegoldin-mertdogan9930]

Not sure if you need this anymore, but open the image trace panel before you expand. Hit "advanced >" and turn off snap curves to lines.

[@muhjuanda9337]

@@annabellegoldin-mertdogan9930 thanks

[@vin7499]

Thank you

[@TipTut]

You're welcome

[@paulmetcalfe6855]

Won't let me change the colour from anything outside of greyscale, is this because I chose the greyscale gradient? I think I've answered my own question will try again using a colour gradient instead.

[@TipTut]

That will be why, yes :)

[@dindajihan3578]

tutorial ini sangat membantu saya untuk mengerjakan konsep nirmana :D

[@cwgunn]

For some reason creating an image trace doesn’t work do you know why?

[@laurabender9653]

Yes!!! I am hitting a wall at this step as well - and google doesn't seem to have any answers for me

[@dannyhengel7645]

are you part of the discord?

[@rr7firefly]

If you were to set the common angle at 45 or 90 or multiples thereof you would have a better edge on the dot cluster.

[@TipTut]

Nice tip!

[@adibafatima3560]

good one

[@TipTut]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@sebastianmoran5966]

Seems the color halftone will affect ur computer when working on a bigger scale. Like I'm working for a 4x1m artboard, my computer always crashing

[@snacksy7754]

GREAAAT

[@TipTut]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@snacksy7754]

@@TipTut I was working on the graphics section for the student newspaper and used it for a comic related article. I think it turned out great imgur.com/b4Fir0C (in Norwegian)

[@NestorParedes]

Starts at 1:54

[@DesignerYash]

1st

[@iiqxcc7257]

is this dantdm lmao

[@118andrey]

inkscape does it better

[@TipTut]

I agree!

[@OFFTOROADVLOG]

too fast

[@alessandrokarijowiredjo2035]

Thank you

[@TipTut]

You're welcome