Hi there!
What is he best way to create a high resolution vertical brushed metal surface with Illustrator? Vector-based, no pixels/raster images involved. The desired appearance should be something like this:
Thanks a lot!!
I would basically go with this short tutorial. https://vectordiary.com/brushed-metal-effect/
But instead make the grain effect on a separate object with a black and white gradient and then expand appearance and autotrace it.
Afterwards experiment either with gradients on the grain or with transparent overlays.
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