The Professional Photoshop Book - Volume 7 2015

Paint like a pro

TYLER MAY  VANISHING POINT

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This brush is a huge timesaver and an essential

one for setting perspective guides. Draw once on

a guide for one-point perspective, or twice at

equal distance for two-point perspective.

TYLER MAY  ROCK BIG

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As the name implies, this brush helps for any rock

or mountainous painting, but can also add texture

to your ground. Colour Fill (G) a dark rock-shaped

object, Cmd/Ctrl-select the shape, and paint over

with this brush in Hard Light mode.

TYLER MAY  WATER 2 OR 3

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Either water brush produces ripple and wave

effects effortlessly. Use this brush when painting

distant water and switch to Color Dodge or

Overlay blend mode for a bright sun reflection.

JONAS DE RO  INK BIG

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The Big Ink brush mimics an ink blot on canvas

paper, giving the painting a more traditional feel.

Paint with very light pressure and Shape

Dynamics off to depict stylised clouds and skies.

JONAS DE RO  WEIRD PAINT 1

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This brush is excellent for depicting stylised, but

blocky rough patterns, such as bark on a tree, or

rock surfaces. Use it with more Spacing and a

low Minimum Diameter.

JONAS DE RO  FOLIAGE 2

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The Foliage 2 brush paints tree leaves and other

vegetation in a more detailed way, which adds to

the overall texture of the piece. Use this over

landscape images to paint in trees.

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SIX BRUSHES FROM TALENTED ARTISTS THAT WILL HELP DETAIL AND IMPROVE YOUR PAINTINGS

Shape Dynamics:allows you to dynamically control Shape Dynamics

the brush’s Size, Angle and Roundness as you paint. When you’re

working with a graphics tablet, set the Control to Pen Pressure, and the

settings will vary dynamically depending on how hard you press

Dual Brush:combine the tip types of two brushes Dual Brush lets you

at once. This is great for creating trees and forests in particular, as

you can combine two types of foliage brushes to achieve a

randomised scattering of leaf types

Tex ture:pattern to the brush – either one of Texture lets you add a

Photoshop’s pre-existing ones or one you’ve made yourself. This is

good for adding textures like canvas or paper to your painting, but

keeping them realistic, as you can adjust the settings as you go

Diameter adjustment draws the brush from 0% to

100% Opacity in relation to your pressure. Tweaking

the Jitter settings randomises the brush’s output.

Scattering is excellent for duplicating your brush in

one easy stroke. Adjusting the Scatter Amount and

Count is very useful when drawing natural

elements such as rain, flowers, or birds. Textures,

such as canvas or rock, can easily be applied to

your brush in the Textures panel. Raising the

scale while lowering the brightness, contrast, and

depth is a useful tool when painting in texture mode.

Colour Dynamics are very useful for brush gradients

in Fade Control and to randomise colours in Pen

Pressure Control, which can help in drawing

multi-coloured leaves or clouds.

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