Wood Grain

CATEGORIES: Illustrator, Tutorials, Video Tutorials | Scott Weichert | April 03, 2008

Here’s a useful design technique: Scott Weichert demonstrates how to create a wood grain pattern using the Gradient tool and the Warp command in Adobe Illustrator.

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Great tutorials

Comment by Maria | April 21, 2008 @ 10:14 am

Nice Scott!

Comment by Joe Duhamel | April 25, 2008 @ 2:52 pm

Awesome, really clever…

Comment by Matthew Richards | May 3, 2008 @ 10:39 am

OMG! This was great. Thank you!

Comment by Nina | August 20, 2008 @ 3:06 pm

Now i know how to make basic wood textures. Thanks alot.

Comment by Anton | September 28, 2008 @ 10:24 am

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neat!

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Comment by Chng Soo Chuan | February 23, 2009 @ 10:07 pm

hi scott, its awesome.. you give me an inspiration how to use the gradient tools, in create a wood texture. thanx… i hope you will show us more about AI.. and can u show us how will use the gradient tool in esko? thanx a lot…

Comment by daisy | February 24, 2009 @ 11:06 pm

hi scott,its perfect… you give me an inspiration how to use the gradient tools, in create a wood texture. thanx… i hope you will show us more about AI.. and can u show us how will use the gradient tool in esko? thanx a lot…

Comment by daisy | February 24, 2009 @ 11:07 pm