Quick tutorial – Adding textures to existing lettering in Procreate

You’ve done all your lettering on one layer, but now you want to apply a foil texture to part of it and not the entire layer. Don’t worry! You can separate out the words and apply foil where you want without having to worry about recoloring or erasing anything. This quick tutorial takes you step-by-step through the process.

Pick up my foil texture mandala kit on Creative Market or Etsy to try this technique with a beautiful mandala stamp, and view my first tutorial about adding texture to a layer here.

Here’s a photo version, in case you’d prefer that over video. In this case, the “foil” layer is actually just a purple color fill, but the same technique works.
Adding texture to existing lettering - Step 1 - Tap the text layer
Adding texture to existing lettering - Step 2 - Selecting the text layer
Adding texture to existing lettering - Step 3 - Making the mask
Adding texture to existing lettering - Step 4 - Choosing the foil layer
Repeat step 3 (hold down the button)
Adding texture to existing lettering - Step 5 - The two lines that make everything happen
Adding texture to existing lettering - Step 6 - The results

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