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How to Make Grain & Noise Textures in Illustrator

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This tutorial teaches how to create a grainy sand text effect in Adobe Illustrator. It covers document setup, blended backgrounds, noise and grain effects, custom scatter brushes, opacity masks, shadows, highlights, and wave details.

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Set up a new document
- Create the sand background
- Apply a grainy texture
- Create the sand text
- Create a scatter brush
- Add shadows to your sand text
- Add highlights and a texture
- Create the waves
- Outro

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