Since the release of our new DupliTone halftone brushes, we’ve seen some amazing illustrations and design come in from the RetroSupply community. Here are five examples of real-world illustration work created with the DupliTone halftone brushes.
DupliTone can be used for simple halftone textures or elaborate halftone dot and line shading — so we've provided a variety of usage examples to show you all the different effects you can create.
Finally, get halftones that capture the retro look of tactile print. Inspired by old print ads and disposable pop culture packaging. Perfectly seamless. Layer different tonal variations with perfect precision.
Note: DupliTone is available for Procreate, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Affinity. Plus, the Photoshop brushes load perfectly into Clip Studio. The work below was created largely in the most popular versions of DupliTone, Procreate, Photoshop, and Affinity.
If you're like most designers, you just want to load your brushes as start drawing. DupliTone was designed to be stupid simple to get up and running.
In the illustration above, illustrator Robin Banks used just one DupliTone brush to add bold and simple halftones to their work. The only exception is a slightly darker halftone percentage on the top of the gas tank.
DupliTone includes both dots and lines. Both are offered in clean and rough versions, so you can get the look of squeaky clean pop art or the halftone clogging goodness of ink on newsprint.
Ed Vill puts the use of dots and lines to excellent effect in this illustration. The cat was colored in dot halftones with a little variation on tone to create shading and texture (easily achieved with pressure or an extra layer).
He also made a clever decision to use DupliTones halftone lines for the shadow of the cat.
One of the biggest problems with most halftone brushes is that they don't play well together. Dots and lines don't overlap properly, resulting in a jarring interference pattern. If you pick your brush up, the halftones will be placed wrong when you resume shading.
In this piece by M. Guerrero ArtStudio, take a look at the varying halftone dots, lines, and shading. Each part layers on top of the other perfectly, resulting in a beautiful build up of the shading.
Plus, if you look at the halftone lines and dots next to each other (best seen with the hand and the ground touching or the pants on top of the skateboard), you'll notice that the patterns match up resulting in a harmonized feel to the art.
In this example, we're starting to really see what the laying effects of DupliTone can achieve. Notice how Good Cat layered halftones dots aggressively and they layer seamlessly. In fact, you actually can see ink clogging (ink from one halftone touching another due to dot gain).
The result is a halftone shading effect that is both organic and effective.
And look at how he used multiple angles of the halftone lines to create a crosshatching effect! You can really see it on the ground below the corn.
And finally, the mother of all halftone shading work done with DupliTone brushes. This Sleep Like a King advertisement made by Robin Banks shows just how far you can go with these halftone brushes.
The sarcophagus is loaded with tiny shading details that take advantage of all DupliTone's features including pressure-sensitive shading, seamless layering, crosshatching, and even seamless dot and line combinations.
DupliTone halftone brushes are designed to emulate the look of retro print work including advertisements, cheap product packaging, and mono newspaper illustrations.
If you're looking for super-realistic, easy to use, single color halftones then this is the brush set for you. There is nothing better on the market. Grab DupliTone now for Procreate, Photoshop, Illustrator, Affinity, and Clip Studio.
Looking for four-color halftone printing effects? Check out our ColorLab vintage comic halftone kit!
Finally, get halftones that capture the retro look of tactile print. Inspired by old print ads and disposable pop culture packaging. Perfectly seamless. Layer different tonal variations with perfect precision.
Commercial art is forever at the mercy of the axiom “Fast, Cheap, Good: Pick Two.” That is to say, if you want it fast and cheap, you’re going to sacrifice quality. If you want it cheap and good, it’s going to take a while—and if you want it good and fast, you’re going to pay through the nose.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to create a screen print of your Procreate artwork using ColorLab. We give you a brief overview of the screen printing process with some tips on how to get the best results including prepping your Procreate artwork for print, color separation, setting your supplies up to print and more.
Artist Lori Rudolph gives step by step instructions for creating a Mid-Century inspired retro wine poster using DupliTone Lo-Fi Halftone brushes.
