Comic Artist - Volume 3 2016

You can

edit and

customise

brushes – the

possibilities

are almost

endless

NAME AND CHANGE

THE BRUSH ICON

More is never enough when it comes to art! In addition to selecting the tools you want,

you can customise any brush in SketchBook Pro or create your own. Here’s how...

1
Selecting a
specific brush
Press 3 and right-click to open the Brush
palette. Then select a brush – either one
that you want to modify or one that is
similar to what you want to create. For
this example, I’ll select the default Pencil
tool, with the intention of creating a new
custom pencil. Once you’ve selected your
tool, click the Show Brush Library button
located at the top right-hand corner of
the Brush palette.

2

Creating a new brush
Next, locate the row of tools in
the Brush Library that features the brush
you’ve chosen, hold down your mouse
button over the circle of dots that appears
around it, and then select the New Brush
option to create a new brush. A Create
Do-it-yourself Brush window will
appear, and this gives you the option
to select the type of brush that you
want to create. Make sure you choose
the Current Brush option.

3
Customising the
brush properties
Your newly created brush will be found
at the end of the row in the Brush Library
that you accessed in step 2. Double-click
the new brush icon to open the Brush
Properties dialogue, which will give you
many options to play with. This dialogue
enables you to edit the Size, Pressure,
Opacity, Color, Spacing, Texture and
more. When done, hit the Save button
and you can start using your new brush.

your own unique brush, and the

possibilities here are almost endless.

In this short step-by-step guide, you’ll

learn the basics of creating a new brush,

where to customise the brush’s properties,

how to best name your new brush and

change the brush icon, and finally how

to add it to the Brush Palette.

I promise it’s not as complicated as all

that might sound!

T

he latest SketchBook Pro is an
all-in one package crammed
full of tools and brushes to
satisfy any type of artist, giving
you plenty of helpful digital assets to
complete your projects.
Although the software provides you
with all the tools you need, SketchBook
Pro also gives you the power to edit and
customise an existing brush, or create

CUSTOMISE AND

SET UP BRUSHES

A. Identify Custom Brush

Open the Brush Properties dialogue for

your new brush. Click the Edit button, which

opens the Identify Custom Brush window.

This enables you to give the brush a title

and assign an icon to it, to keep your tools

organised and help you find what you want.

B. Selecting an icon

You now should be looking at the Identify

Custom Brush window. The first option is to

name your brush. Below is SketchBook Pro’s

massive Icons library: scroll through the

series and find one that fits best with your

new brush. Once you’ve chosen, hit the Save

button to complete the customisation.

C. Adding to the Palette

You will have a new brush sitting in the

Brush library. To add it to the Brush palette,

click and hold on it, drag it to the palette

and release on top of any brush. It will

replace the existing brush in the palette, so

drag your new tool over one you don’t need.

Core skills

SKETCHBOOK PRO