I was looking for this technique but couldnt fine anything! I gave up and quit searching, then all of a sudden this video pops on my feed, Huge thanks brother!
that was amazing. a hidden gem I stumbled upon. I'll look at this video for references for as long as it remains here on youtube. thank you for uploading.
FANTASTIC BREAKDOWN! Thank you this is genuinly very helpful. Not only do you show the tutorial but you describe how it works so that artists have the knowledge to play. Keep up the awesome work man!.
Thank you so much! I'm glad the explanation was useful - I think there's huge value in understanding why these things work, so it's my goal to continue sharing this type of knowledge.
It's great to hear it was helpful, so thanks for the comment. I've learned lots from TH-cam creators over the years - it's a good place to boost professional skills.
For the grid size you can head over to my website www.anthonykirk.co.uk/resources.html and check out my grid calculator. Put in your width and height and it will work out any perfectly square grids for you. A3 doesn't naturally have a good square grid, but if you allow a 10mm border and use dimensions 287 x 410 instead, you will find it can be neatly divided up into a 7 x 10 grid. Alternatively, the ‘rule of thirds’ can be useful, especially if your poster has a photo/image as its main element. This is just scratching the surface of the complex subject of grids, and I recommend checking out the book 'Making and Breaking the Grid' by Timothy Samara for more info. As for the other details, make sure you're using at least 300dpi for a printed poster, check that the point size of your fonts can be viewed from the correct distance (there's lots of great resources for this online if you Google 'point size viewing distances' or similar), and other than that it's just a case of using the graphic design principles as a guide while you get creative. Hope that helps.
Excellent tutorial! I've been following the halftone tren for a few years and I also do it myself. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I approach the problem in the same way you did! Looking forward for the upcoming tutorials, you're doing a great job.
I've watched endless professional training in Photoshop including most of the Lynda series by McClelland, the OG of Photoshop. What is nice with Kirk is the communication style that includes presentation of underlying PRINCIPLES at work in a process, not just some steps to accomplish one outcome. Instantly identifiable as a prospectively higher end training. So I'm subscribing hoping that there are more Photoshop-centric explanatory vids to come. Good luck AK, this should work out well for you.
Thank you for such a kind and encouraging message and the sub - there will certainly be more Photoshop tutorials to come as well as others in supplementary software. Having done similar trainings to yourself over the years I know I have some big footsteps to follow, but I hope to make quality content that digs a little deeper into the 'why' we do things as well as the 'how'.
Thank you so much for your amazing tutorial! I have searched everywhere for this kind of in-depth halftone tutorial for a long time, finally you uploaded! I really appreciate your clear illustration! Looking forward for more of your videos! That was so helpful!
Same - this tutorial only came about because I was searching for one on the subject and it just didn't seem to exist. Turns out that I really enjoyed making it and kind comments like yours really inspire me to keep creating them. In fact, I started work on my next one just this morning, so thank you!
Good question! You can literally just select it and copy with 'ctrl/cmd + c' in Illustrator, and paste with 'ctrl/cmd + v' in Photoshop. Make sure you select 'Smart Object' when you paste it in.
I'm confused about what you are doing at 12:33. When I go to paint a brush stroke on my layer between the image and the curves layer, it just creates a black line without the white lines going through it. Does that make sense? When you paint your line, it has white lines going through it. This doesn't happen for me.
There's a couple of things to check. First, press 'd' to reset your colours, and 'x' to switch between black and white. Then check that the layer you are using is between your image and the curves adjustment layer. And finally, make sure that your brush is set to 100% opacity/flow, and that the layer is also 100% opacity/fill. Hope that helps.
Woow I'm baffled that the graphics style you're presenting are eerily similar to my last year vision of creating potrait of somebody with this style but the difference is the color and line in upper and the bottom part, right after waking up. Didn't know this were already achieved with similar styling. extra 👍👍👍👍
It has been a very informative educational technique. We really need good teachers. ❤️ Please continue to teach us. 🙏 I watched the video many times, if I make good art like you, I will share it with you. 👏🙌
Wow. Your teaching style is amazing, I felt like I received a lot of worthy information and it left me without a single question. I'm amazed, thank you, subscribed.
I don't know if this is going to get a reply but at about 4:10 making the wavy pattern, when I created a blend it made an hourglass like figure, condensing the lines towards the centre with each row but keeping the number of points, so the wave just got denser? no idea why
Thank you so much for this tutorial mate! ❤️ I love how you explained the process behind of how this effect works, it really helped me understand the thing and inspired me to experiment and create a few ideas. You're amazing and please, please, please keep on making more tutorials; I'm looking forward to learning a lot more from you. Thanks again!
You're very welcome - thanks for your kind words! It's definitely a technique to play with and see what comes out. I'm recording the next tutorial now, so watch this space.
Thanks for watching. With a lot of things you can transform them and then use the 'transform again' option, but this doesn't work with the 'offset path' command, so I think using an action is the only way to repeat it many times. Offset path is the only way I know to keep the lines equidistant for a complex shape, so it was by necessity.
Do you have any tips on the best way to convert these designs to vectors? So far the best thing I can come up with is making sure it is a very high quality image then doing an Image Trace in Illustrator.
I do the same. Make sure that you increase the DPI of the Photoshop document (note that when you add more pixels like this you'll also have to increase your blur amounts as they're measured in pixels), and in Illustrator make sure you go to Window > Image Trace and drop down 'Advanced' so that you have more control over the result. Unchecking 'Snap Curves To Lines' really helps get a smooth result! You may have to manually adjust a couple of points after, but you can get a really nice result this way.
Hi Anthony! This is an excellent tutorial as many others have said. I have Illustrator but no Photoshop. Is there any way of doing the Photoshop part using something else? I think I know what your answer's going to be but I thought I'd ask anyway thanks.
You should be able to achieve a similar result using a Photoshop alternative, such as 'Gimp 2.0'. I haven't used that for years though, so I couldn't advise on how it works.
holy crap this was the single greatest youtube tutorial ive ever stumbled upon
Thank you so much!
The fact that this is your only video is an insane tease
The best tutorial I've ever seen in my whole life.
Thank you so much!!
I adore your explanation. You do not toss around info. Your style is simply calm, precise and useful.
This is the best and in deep halftone explain with professional quality. Thank you for this wonderful tutorial.
You're very welcome!
i was up to tell exactly the same thing ... the best way to do halftone stuff ... crazy way to master every step of the process !
love it !
@@michaelart.212 Thank you.
daaaamn this is one of the BEST tutorials on youtube. Was like being to youtube 2010
This completely blew my mind. Best tutorial I've ever seen
Man, you don't know how grateful I am right now! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
It's a pleasure! Thanks for watching.
I was looking for this technique but couldnt fine anything! I gave up and quit searching, then all of a sudden this video pops on my feed, Huge thanks brother!
Cheers. Glad I could help!
that was amazing. a hidden gem I stumbled upon. I'll look at this video for references for as long as it remains here on youtube. thank you for uploading.
This is by far the best tutorial I have seen.
That's so kind, thanks.
Man! I've never seen a video with 1.1k likes and 0 dislike
Amazing work
Thank you! It's only a matter of time until I get some dislikes, but that's ok. I'm just happy to help people make some cool things.
THE BEST VIDEO FOR HALFTONE POSTERS THANK YOU!!!
Thank you so much. Glad you liked it.
Wow! one of the best explanations about halftone.
Thank you. Hope it was useful.
Excellent & professional- one of the best of any sort of video how-to I have seen
Really appreciate it. Thanks for watching.
@@AnthonyKirkDesign Please upload more.
I can feel how happy you are because of the update.
ive been looking for this for years oh my god thank you
You're so welcome!
NIce tutorial. A lot of information in a nice speed. And no beginners info like how to save a file or stuff like that
Thank you so much Anthony! I wish all Ai/Ps tutorials was this in-depth & with varieties of examples. Hope you will make another one, subscribed.
FANTASTIC BREAKDOWN! Thank you this is genuinly very helpful. Not only do you show the tutorial but you describe how it works so that artists have the knowledge to play. Keep up the awesome work man!.
this was an amazing tutorial and i appreciated the explanation of the process in the beginning
Thank you so much! I'm glad the explanation was useful - I think there's huge value in understanding why these things work, so it's my goal to continue sharing this type of knowledge.
@@AnthonyKirkDesign loved the whole process, it gave me a ton more tools and tricks to work with , excited to see tutorials from you
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Wow!...I am impressed with your knowledge and fine work. Amazing!
Cheers buddy. Thanks for watching.
This is brilliant!! i was looking this trick like for some years.
Me too! I had to share it once I figured it out.
Thank you for this video, i've been obsessed with half tones lately, this is a great technique!
It's a healthy obsession! Thanks mate.
Thanks sharing
Thanks for watching!
Thanks, thanks, thanks! Not easy to stay on track, but I finally managed. Learned an afwul lot on the way!
Glad that it was useful.
BRO YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!
Cheers.
Man.. that's what I exactly needed. Thanks a lot, wanna be as professional as you
It's great to hear it was helpful, so thanks for the comment. I've learned lots from TH-cam creators over the years - it's a good place to boost professional skills.
@@AnthonyKirkDesign I have a question, I'm making a poster A3 size. What grid size should I use and how to calculate all of the details ?
For the grid size you can head over to my website www.anthonykirk.co.uk/resources.html and check out my grid calculator. Put in your width and height and it will work out any perfectly square grids for you. A3 doesn't naturally have a good square grid, but if you allow a 10mm border and use dimensions 287 x 410 instead, you will find it can be neatly divided up into a 7 x 10 grid. Alternatively, the ‘rule of thirds’ can be useful, especially if your poster has a photo/image as its main element. This is just scratching the surface of the complex subject of grids, and I recommend checking out the book 'Making and Breaking the Grid' by Timothy Samara for more info.
As for the other details, make sure you're using at least 300dpi for a printed poster, check that the point size of your fonts can be viewed from the correct distance (there's lots of great resources for this online if you Google 'point size viewing distances' or similar), and other than that it's just a case of using the graphic design principles as a guide while you get creative. Hope that helps.
@@AnthonyKirkDesign I appreciate that, will try! Thank you
This is a remarkable tutorial.
Excellent tutorial! I've been following the halftone tren for a few years and I also do it myself. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I approach the problem in the same way you did!
Looking forward for the upcoming tutorials, you're doing a great job.
Much appreciated! Thank you.
@@AnthonyKirkDesign hey there! any more tutorial coming??
@@barto.streetart yes, absolutely! Sorry it is taking so long - it has been a very full-on year!
@@AnthonyKirkDesign hehe, no need to apologise brother! thanks so much for doing this anyway!
Mind-blowing!!! Great in-depth software knowledge is blended with superb creativity!!
Thanks for your kind words. Much appreciated.
I've watched endless professional training in Photoshop including most of the Lynda series by McClelland, the OG of Photoshop. What is nice with Kirk is the communication style that includes presentation of underlying PRINCIPLES at work in a process, not just some steps to accomplish one outcome. Instantly identifiable as a prospectively higher end training.
So I'm subscribing hoping that there are more Photoshop-centric explanatory vids to come. Good luck AK, this should work out well for you.
Thank you for such a kind and encouraging message and the sub - there will certainly be more Photoshop tutorials to come as well as others in supplementary software. Having done similar trainings to yourself over the years I know I have some big footsteps to follow, but I hope to make quality content that digs a little deeper into the 'why' we do things as well as the 'how'.
Great technique! was looking for it for quite some time...thanks
Same - I couldn't find it anywhere. Glad it was helpful!
And as a final step you can vectorise the ouput in illustrator so it is upscalable and easy to recolour and boolean with vector objects.
Thank you so much, I was searching this effect tutorial everywhere
Same - that's why I made one. Thanks for watching.
Beautifully explained. thank you!
Thank you so much.
Dope can’t wait for more
Really appreciate it. Working on more as soon as I can.
I have never seen such mastery, all love and respect. ❤️
Also thank us your brother ❤️
Thank you so much. That's really kind.
Thank you so much for your amazing tutorial! I have searched everywhere for this kind of in-depth halftone tutorial for a long time, finally you uploaded! I really appreciate your clear illustration! Looking forward for more of your videos! That was so helpful!
Same - this tutorial only came about because I was searching for one on the subject and it just didn't seem to exist. Turns out that I really enjoyed making it and kind comments like yours really inspire me to keep creating them. In fact, I started work on my next one just this morning, so thank you!
lovely video with in depth explanation but 1 question. How does one do the importings
Good question! You can literally just select it and copy with 'ctrl/cmd + c' in Illustrator, and paste with 'ctrl/cmd + v' in Photoshop. Make sure you select 'Smart Object' when you paste it in.
Sick tutorial! Really appreciate it and can't wait for more!
Thanks mate. More coming very soon.
Me too. Awesome technique. I want more. Thanks.
Best tutorial i've ever watched. Well made and full of useful information! Kudos to you man
it's really helpful for us!!!
thank you so much
lots of love!
Thank you. Really glad it was useful.
yoo thankyou for the tutorial, i love how you explain and all the stamp time, hope you keep uploading!
You're welcome. Next one coming soon and the one after is already planned. Watch this space.
I'm confused about what you are doing at 12:33. When I go to paint a brush stroke on my layer between the image and the curves layer, it just creates a black line without the white lines going through it. Does that make sense? When you paint your line, it has white lines going through it. This doesn't happen for me.
There's a couple of things to check. First, press 'd' to reset your colours, and 'x' to switch between black and white. Then check that the layer you are using is between your image and the curves adjustment layer. And finally, make sure that your brush is set to 100% opacity/flow, and that the layer is also 100% opacity/fill. Hope that helps.
@@AnthonyKirkDesign That did help thank you!
Wow! Amazingly cool content and narration! I dreamed of this tutorial for years! :D
will be a fantastic journey!
Woow I'm baffled that the graphics style you're presenting are eerily similar to my last year vision of creating potrait of somebody with this style but the difference is the color and line in upper and the bottom part, right after waking up. Didn't know this were already achieved with similar styling. extra 👍👍👍👍
Cheers mate. I hope this technique helps make your vision a reality.
Wow - thanks for a brilliant tutorial!
This is a very very good tutorial, please make more!
Really appreciate bro, keep moving... 🙏 you are special
That's so kind. Thank you so much. I will keep them coming, just the next one is taking longer than I had hoped.
You've actually got so quality stuff on your channel. Keep that up man!
Thank you.
It has been a very informative educational technique. We really need good teachers. ❤️
Please continue to teach us. 🙏
I watched the video many times, if I make good art like you, I will share it with you. 👏🙌
Thank you so much for your kind words - I am making the next tutorial now. Looking forward to see what you make!
@@AnthonyKirkDesign i'm waiting impatiently 🙏
This is GOLD! So many use cases for this technique. Thank you very much.
Very welcome! Cheers for watching.
Amazing tutorial
Glad you liked it
Thank you So much, i like how you explain the style... Clear, no noise... Simply Prefect , Expecting more videos from you man...
Cheers mate, much appreciated. Next one is on the way and I plan to start a schedule of future ones too. Watch this space.
Great one... thank you i ve leanred a lot from it
Glad it was helpful!
Great 🙏
Awesome
Please upload more tutorials
Thank you. I promise I will as soon as I can find the time between my client projects.
@@AnthonyKirkDesign ANTHONY ITS BEEN 3 YEARS
In GMS screen select appes and then select Analog app 1 TE. That worked out for .
Please drop more tutorials asap!! 🔥
Cheers. More coming soon as I can fit them in.
Would've been helpful if you also gave the mac shortcuts. And I dont have a num keyboard so i struggled following the tutorial
Cheers Alex, that's great feedback for my next tut. Sorry this one was a struggle.
Wow. Your teaching style is amazing, I felt like I received a lot of worthy information and it left me without a single question. I'm amazed, thank you, subscribed.
That's great to hear! Thank you, and cheers for the sub.
Thank you so much for this tutorial !!!
You are so welcome!
omg awesome!!!! thank you so much, i've been looking how to do this effect for a long time. appreciate it 👏🏻
Happy to help! Enjoy.
I don't know if this is going to get a reply but at about 4:10 making the wavy pattern, when I created a blend it made an hourglass like figure, condensing the lines towards the centre with each row but keeping the number of points, so the wave just got denser? no idea why
Brilliant! Thank you, sir!
Very welcome!
Thank you so much for this tutorial mate! ❤️
I love how you explained the process behind of how this effect works, it really helped me understand the thing and inspired me to experiment and create a few ideas. You're amazing and please, please, please keep on making more tutorials; I'm looking forward to learning a lot more from you.
Thanks again!
You're very welcome - thanks for your kind words! It's definitely a technique to play with and see what comes out. I'm recording the next tutorial now, so watch this space.
I agree, couldn't have put it better myself. The tutorial is amazing and very helpful
@@krausewolffmann2617 cheers.
Um dos melhores tutoriais que já vi pelo youtube. Obg por compartilhar.
Muito obrigado
impressive. More, please.
Cheers! More coming, just taking longer than I thought. Hopefully it's worth the wait.
incredible technique
How can I make this halftone effect CNC ready, do I need to change anything?🌱
wow, this was just really amazing, bravo! hope you have more tutorials in your kitty, please do share, a big thank you for this one.
Brooooooo this is fantastic.
Thank you very much for this. I have one Q though, what was the point of using the actions on Illustrator?
Thanks for watching. With a lot of things you can transform them and then use the 'transform again' option, but this doesn't work with the 'offset path' command, so I think using an action is the only way to repeat it many times. Offset path is the only way I know to keep the lines equidistant for a complex shape, so it was by necessity.
@@AnthonyKirkDesign Thank you once more for getting back to me. I'll take a look at the things one can do with it.
Thank you! Very complete tutorial!
Cheers!
Do you have any tips on the best way to convert these designs to vectors? So far the best thing I can come up with is making sure it is a very high quality image then doing an Image Trace in Illustrator.
I do the same. Make sure that you increase the DPI of the Photoshop document (note that when you add more pixels like this you'll also have to increase your blur amounts as they're measured in pixels), and in Illustrator make sure you go to Window > Image Trace and drop down 'Advanced' so that you have more control over the result. Unchecking 'Snap Curves To Lines' really helps get a smooth result! You may have to manually adjust a couple of points after, but you can get a really nice result this way.
@@AnthonyKirkDesign THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
This video is amazing! It gives us so many ideas how to play with that patterns, lines, fonts and pictures. Thank you!!
You are so welcome! Hope you make some cool things with it.
Why haven't you made other videos?
So NICE! THANKS!
Welcome. Thanks for watching.
Better seeing later than never Anthony 😃! Amazing tutorial! Big congrats! ❤
This is next level. Please do more!
Thanks mate - more coming very soon.
Thats was a great tutorial thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
so organic!
Thank you so much.
awesome!
Thanks!
cool techniques, thank you, man!
Glad you like them!
that's so cool, thank you so much for this tutorial
thanks this is awesome .. I am really searching for the exact process and I stumbled upon this .. great
Thank you. I'm glad it was helpful.
Brilliant. Thank you!
Glad you liked it. Thanks.
Exactly what I needed. Ty!!
brilliant...
Cheers!
i NEEDED this!!
Happy to have helped.
so good thank you
You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
Good Work Bro👍
Thanks very much.
right out of the gate: how do you find/add an adjustment layer????
mind blown
Cheers buddy.
Questions...?
How did you copy illustrator layer in photoshop ?
Ten thumbs up. Excellent explanation.
help to get the basics and I'll jus move from there. Thank you!
Hi Anthony! This is an excellent tutorial as many others have said. I have Illustrator but no Photoshop. Is there any way of doing the Photoshop part using something else? I think I know what your answer's going to be but I thought I'd ask anyway thanks.
You should be able to achieve a similar result using a Photoshop alternative, such as 'Gimp 2.0'. I haven't used that for years though, so I couldn't advise on how it works.
Amazing mate!
Thanks a lot!