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Learn Halftone Techniques: A Digital Art Class for Photoshop & Illustrator Users

Master the art of creating halftone effects—a foundational technique in screen printing, illustration, and graphic design. In this beginner-friendly digital art class, you’ll explore multiple ways to generate striking halftone patterns using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

While halftones are rooted in traditional printmaking, they’ve become a stylistic staple in everything from comics to modern branding. Their dotted, high-contrast aesthetic is bold, versatile, and uniquely satisfying to create.

In this class, you’ll learn how to:

• Create halftone textures and patterns in Photoshop

• Generate vector-based halftones in Illustrator

• Understand the difference between bitmap, color, and gradient halftones

• Apply halftone techniques to portraits and illustrations

• Design a custom halftone portrait of your pet, a character, or yourself

Whether you're more comfortable in Photoshop or Illustrator, you’ll discover effective techniques tailored to each program. Prior experience is helpful but not required—many beginners are able to follow along successfully.

Who This Class Is For:
Ideal for graphic designers, illustrators, digital artists, and printmakers of all levels. If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to create halftones for screen printing, posters, zines, or digital artwork—this is the place to start.

Tools & Software You’ll Use:

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe Illustrator

• A photo or reference image to convert into halftone artwork

You’ll get hands-on practice by creating a custom halftone portrait using one or more of the techniques taught in class.

Class Runtime: Approximately 1 hour, 11 minutes

Please Note: This class was originally created for Skillshare.com. I understand that the Skillshare subscription model doesn’t work for everyone, so I’m now offering individual class purchases directly through my website. Because of this, you won’t be able to post projects, or receive feedback, but you will get full access to all class videos and content.

While I’m proud of the material, this class was originally recorded in 2015. It’s in 1080p, with mostly modern-looking screen captures, but please note that some of the audio and video quality do not reflect the higher standards I produce today. You can preview this for yourself in the class trailer on YouTube or sample the class through a provided video clip below.

Since the content is still highly valuable, I’m offering this class at a deeply discounted rate. I hope you’ll check it out!

Sample Video:
https://tinyurl.com/HalftonesSample

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