How to recreate watercolor/brush effect?

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AI-generated logoCreated shapeI’ve had a request to recreate the look and feel of an AI-generated logo. I am really struggling to find a way to get the color treatment from the attached image. Also, the logo I’ve created is not expanding or letting me “Draw Inside.” Any suggestions?

Monika Gause · Accepted Answer

The shape probably has a gazillion anchor points. Usually Illustrator will not make clipping masks with complex paths. And it won’t work in a logo either, you will never see those tiny dots.

So probably first simplify this. A lot. Delete all that fluff, smoothen the shape. Afterwards probably put a gradient into it. Draw a circle, apply a gradient to its stroke and then apply that ring to it as a mask.

Bobby Henderson · Answer

Monica’s suggestions to simplify the circular dry brush shape are good, not only from the standpoint of making a clipping mask more functional, but also to allow the shape to be more legible at smaller point sizes. The whole thing could be re-created as entirely vector-based piece by stacking objects inside the dry brush shape and building up various kinds of transparent fills on those interior objects.

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