How to get a torn paper effect in Illustrator?

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#1

Hi,

I’m trying to make this notebook paper look like it’s torn across on the bottom. Any ideas on how to do that in Illustrator?

Thank you so much!
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#2

I would say download it from a stock site, but if you cant maybe try the roughen effect, but you would have to do it on a separate rectangle and then with the pathfinder minus it from the bottom of your paper to get the look only on the bottom side.

#3

Thank you! I’ll try that.:slight_smile:

#4

Free torn edges from Vecteezy - You can download from here.

#5

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i used this once, not sure about licensing though.

#6

How does this look?

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#7

Perfect!

#8

great. you can also put the torn edge on a slant

#9

I remember once seeing a tutorial so if you want to do it on your own there’s for sure a way. I think it was a Spoon Graphics tutorial.