Can this be done in Illustrator?

[Michael Domino]

Hi - I would like to make this kind og dot-effect (Screen) directly in Illustrator if it is possible?

For the moment, I drag the design into Photoshop and run the "Pixelate -> Colour Halftone" effect on a selected part of the B&W version of the design.

This is then returned to Illustrator as a bitmap so that I can assign spot colours to it...

The downside to this is that it is complicated as long as you are in the process of designing, resizing etc...

I can run the same effect in Illustraor, but only on B&W artwork.

Does anybody know a way to do this?

Thank you for your time.

++Michael

[Monika Gause]

You can do a lenghty process of back and forth ,autotracing and the like.

Another possiblity would be to use the plugin Phantasm.

[rcraighead]

Here's a "poor artist" approach:

1. Create blend between two or more lines
2. Save as Static Symbol (for safe keeping)
3. Drag blended line into Brush Panel and make "Art Brush"
4. Assign Color Halftone effect to lines stroke
5. Save as "Graphic Style"
6. Use name graphic style on pencil or brush strokes on "Opacity Mask" layer of colored rectangle.

Dropbox - ScreenLine.ai

[Michael Domino]

Thanks! Very useful as well!

++michael

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

You can do this in Illustrator, without going to Photoshop.

I would make a Graphic Style of the following effects an expand the Appearance when finished (or expand a copy so you can change your mind).

[Michael Domino]

Wow - this is brilliant -Thank you very much! It works wonderfully :·)

++michael

[Ton Frederiks]

Good to hear that helped!