Dimensions – 3500×2500 px at 300ppi FREE DOWNLOAD A custom brush of this sort would not exhibit the same fading effect.A collection of 30 textures that will add film dust to your designs by using dust, fibres and speckles elements. If you’re interested in making technical drawings, you could create a custom brush that has no pressure sensitivity – which wold function more like an ink pen. Keep in mind that the side you begin with will be darker than the ending side. The one caveat of this technique is that the line’s intensity will fade as it progresses from beginning to end. While holding shift, click to define the end of the line.Click once to define the start, then release.“Pulling a straight line”: To draw a straight line at any other angle, follow these simple steps: As you draw, you’ll notice that your line has a magnetic quality as if you’re drawing along a ruler. “” makes the brush larger.Īlternately, hold down alt+right click and drag the red preview shape to alter the size of your brush (ctrl+option+drag on mac).ĭrawing along a ruler: To draw a vertical or horizontal line, first hold down the shift key. This changes your cursor to an eye dropper and wherever you click will select a new color.Ĭhanging the size: To change the size with keyboard shortcuts, use the bracket keys found to the right of the “P” key. With a few useful keyboard shortcuts, you can have much finer control!Ĭhanging the color: To change the color without using the color picker, just hold down the ALT key. It makes marks pressure sensitive marks in the active (foreground) color. Brush tool, expandedīy now you’ve probably experimented with the brush tool. If you want them back at any time, find the ‘reset brushes’ option on the same menu. Locate and select the mKohr_basic3.ABR fileĬongratulations! You’ve now removed some unnecessary clutter.Select the Brush (B) tool, and reveal the Brush palette.This has a more directional quality to it, but has a tendency to leave nice looking brush edge marks.Ĭlick to download basic 3.ABR brush file Installing the ‘Basic 3′ Custom Brushes:
It has a flattened oval head and a hard edge. Hard flat – This is a variation of the Hard round. It is great for painting smooth transitions and moody atmosphere. It’s more similar to an airbrush or spray paint. Soft round – Also circular, this brush lacks the definition of the hard round. It’s the most useful brush in all of photoshop. Hard round – This has a circular head and a sharp edge. Even though I’ve been painting for years, the three following brushes are used for 90% of my painting. Limiting yourself to a handful of useful, versatile, brushes is the best way to approach digital painting. The best advice I can offer is to start simple. What brushes should you use?Īny artist will tell you a different answer to the question of brush choices. You can add to this list with things called ‘custom brushes’, or make your own. Each of these icons represents a different type of brush. When you do this a secret menu appears near your cursor. Be careful when gripping the pen – otherwise you might right click accidentially!) To change the type of brush that you’re working with simply right click anywhere on the canvas (If you’re using a Wacom tablet, the lower half of the rocker switch serves as right click. For your purposes the brush tool will be the only thing you need to add pigment to your canvas. This single tool can take nearly any form – ranging from pens and pencils all the way to watercolor and rubber stamps. So where are the buttons for airbrushes? Spray paint? Markers? The answer is found in a single tool: the Brush tool. This seems like a reasonable distinction – after all, traditional painters have brushes, pencils, airbrushes, pens, and more. You might notice that the tool palette contains both a Pencil and a Brush tool.