Ink Stamp Textures - Illustrator

Apply Ink Stamp Textures to Your Designs

The “Opacity Mask” Method

If you are using the textures for t-shirt design, you will most likely want to knock transparent texture through your design so that the fabric beneath color shows through.

I recommend using the “Opacity Mask” method. Here’s how:

Ink Stamp Automator - Photoshop

Apply Ink Stamp Textures to Your Designs

User Guide

Tutorial Videos

Instructions

MAIN TEMPLATE

1) Open your Layers Panel. (Window > Layers)

2) Double Click on thumbnail to open Smart Object and add your art.

(OPTIONAL)

3) Double click to change outline stroke thickness

4) Double click to edit ripple effect that distorts

the edges of your art.

5) Click arrow to view texture options

6) Double click color thumbnail to choose a background color.

7) Turn off Eyeball Icon to have a transparent background.

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SMART OBJECT

8) Hide this layer.

9) Paste your art anywhere into this file. For best results, your art should be black with a transparent background.

10) Save your Smart Object file. Close it. Then go back to the original Ink Stamp Automator Photoshop file.

Texture and effects will be applied to your design. You can browse the texture options inside that file to pick the best texture for your design.

(OPTIONAL)

11) Make one of the Outline Shapes visible if you want a circle, square, or rectangle shape as part of your design.