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Participating Frequently
March 13, 2024
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Spray

  • March 13, 2024
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Hello, I'm completely new here and unfortunately I'm not familiar with AI. I'm a painter and I'm trying to realize the image I've uploaded here in AI. Can anyone give me a tip on how to do this?

Alternatively, I would be happy if I could use a function I know from Photoshop here. I would like to spray these fog fields or "sand grain fields" on the surface like with a kind of spray and be able to spray sometimes darker, sometimes denser. I would be very grateful for any hint, no matter how small. Thank you!

 

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Inspiring
March 15, 2024
AI is a different tool than PSD so the way of working should be different.
Draw a shape/fill with a solid color/make shades with the "gradient mesh" tool.
Finally, add noise.
Ton Frederiks
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Community Expert
March 13, 2024

I would do this kind of work in Photoshop.

Trying to spray and layer thousands of tiny vector dots will blow up the filesize and slow down Illustrator.

Participating Frequently
March 14, 2024

Thanks, Tom, for the tip. The problem is that I then have to enlarge the drawing to 6 x 4 meters. And since Photoshop relies on pixels, that probably wouldn't look good. Or is there a way to solve this problem with Photoshop as well?

Doug A Roberts
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Community Expert
March 14, 2024

That's 17,008 x 11,339 px at 72 PPI, which is big but might not be impossible to work with depending on your hardware. What sort of resolution do you need?