Learn Halftone Techniques: A Digital Art Class for Photoshop &amp; 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:
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Create halftone textures and patterns in Photoshop
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Generate vector-based halftones in Illustrator
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Understand the difference between bitmap, color, and gradient halftones
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Apply halftone techniques to portraits and illustrations
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Design a custom halftone portrait of your pet, a character, or yourself
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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 &amp; Software You’ll Use:
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Adobe Photoshop
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Adobe Illustrator
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A photo or reference image to convert into halftone artwork
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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

Introduction

What is a Halftone?

The Color Halftone Method

Turning a Halftone to Vector in Illustrator

The Photoshop Bitmap Method

Using Brushes or Textures

Using Phantasm Halftone Plug-In

Outro

A Message From Future Jon

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Pet & Self Portrait Sample

Halftone Masterclass: Create Bold, Print-Style Designs in Photoshop & Illustrator

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