Create a Textured Journal Icon

核心提示： Step 21You’ll need a nice fabric texture for the journal cover. You can choose whichever you’d like, but I would suggest making it bl

Step 21

You’ll need a nice fabric texture for the journal cover. You can choose whichever you’d like, but I would suggest making it black and white and bringing up the contrast a bunch in Photoshop, because we are going to be using it as a mask. I found the one I’m using in this tutorial at texturez.com. It is referenced below:

Step 22

Open up your transparency panel, if it’s not visible click Window->Transparency. We are going to add an opacity mask for our floral texture. Click on the small arrow in the transparency palette and select “Make Opacity Mask” from the dropdown menu that appears. Alternatively, you could do the same thing by double clicking the white next to the image thumbnail in the same palette. You will notice right away that your journal cover is now the original blue of the shape directly below. This is because the mask is completely black by default. The Illustrator mask works the same as the Photoshop mask and right now we are revealing shape directly below. If you want to reveal some of the lighter blue gradient, all you’d have to do is paint some white or varying shades of gray on the mask. However, we are going to use that floral texture to help us add interest. So click File->Place and drop in the texture you saved. You can see the effect it creates right away. Experiment changing the size and rotate it, till you find the look you want. When you are finished editing the mask, make sure to click back on the image thumbnail within the transparency palette. This will tell Illustrator to get you out of the mask and you will be back to the normal mode.