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There's a growing trend of ethereal and dreamy backgrounds in the design world. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create an abstract gradient in three different ways. You'll learn to use the abstract gradient mesh in illustrator and the freeform gradient texture. These gradient texture wallpapers are great for full brand projects, Instagram feeds and stories, or cellphone wallpapers.

00:00 Intro
00:34 How to set up a gradient texture Illustrator file
00:56 How to make abstract gradients in Illustrator
03:25 How to use the freeform gradient for a gradient texture
06:00 How to recolor artwork for your gradient texture background

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