Brushing

[Al3x]

Well I've downloaded some Brushes to get me started. Pretty good with them. I don't wanna use them though as I think it's cheating. I need help on how to realy Brush like Swift and Jester. Well help? Also how would I go about making my renders into brushes, or can't you?

[Aco]

Who uses brushes? So far I havent seen any good artist that uses brushes. Only gradien, pen tool, filters, and some of the basic brushes that photoshop offers.

[Swift]

I got your email, i'll do the neopets stuff later. Busy.

Anyways I can't brush for shit =P Honestly though, i'm still learning.

[Jester]

pretty much all of my work is brushing. what you have to do is find the right place to place the brushes. i find it easy once you lay down a technique. i suggest one brush per layer, for easy organization, deletion, changing of brushes. i usually do black background, white brush or white bg, black brush. I then will do a layer or two of the original primary brush color, then depending on the brush i am using, i then go back over it with the background color to mask some things and give it a different texture. of course i still use filters and gradients and blah blah blah, but i mainly use brushes, new color balance layers, new hue/sat layers, and new bright/cont. layers.

To make a render into a brush, simply go into c4d, bryce, 3dsm and create a render. save as a .psd (i forgot the whole process.....pixel2life.com has a tut on it.). cut out what you want or keep the whole thing and go i believe into edit>define brush and vwalah, you have a brush. Go crazy.

[Al3x]

Well from what I've been doing I use a white background then I choose my colour and then brush with that. Make a new layer, select different colour, etc. etc. etc. Swift you do know how to brush, your sig looks shit hot!!!!

[Aco]

Search on google for some.

[Al3x]

I want to learn how to brush, not for brushes. To get brushes you goto Deviant Art. I am smart.

[James]

Using downloaded brushes isn't cheating. People just can't handle the fact that someone beat them with a signature that used downloaded brushes so they use that agains't them to make it look like they cheated. Anyway, i'm also trying to get better at my brushing.

Anyway (didn't really read other peoples posts so i don't know if this has been said) just open a render then go to Edit > Define Brush.

[CK]

how is it not cheating

you using somone elses work on your peice of work

wich makes it there peice of work

[James]

Anyone can take anything and use it. It takes skill to take something and use it correctly. I doesn't matter who made the brushes because if you don't know how to properly use them, it's going to look horrible.

They're created for you to use - with given permission.

[Yusayoh]

Wasn't there a topic on this?

[CK]

i know i had a seprate question

[Stevil]

Well I've downloaded some Brushes to get me started. Pretty good with them. I don't wanna use them though as I think it's cheating. I need help on how to realy Brush like Swift and Jester. Well help? Also how would I go about making my renders into brushes, or can't you?
delete the downloaded ones, downloaded brushes are for losers. True gfx masters use brushes they made.
If you need help making some brushes, aim me (Ferevar Unkn0wn). I can help you out.
Who uses brushes? So far I havent seen any good artist that uses brushes. Only gradien, pen tool, filters, and some of the basic brushes that photoshop offers.
*cries*
I take personal affence to that.
Anyone can take anything and use it. It takes skill to take something and use it correctly. I doesn't matter who made the brushes because if you don't know how to properly use them, it's going to look horrible.

They're created for you to use - with given permission.
They're for beginners. It's not that hard to take a picture and move it and change the opacity and colors to make it look decent.
You want something hard, try making your own brushes 100% in photoshop, and making something that looks nice with them. Now that's a challenge.

[CK]

i found it easy

i find filters hard

[Al3x]

I won't delete the downloaded brushes just yet Ste. I find filters easy to use on tutoirals but not to make great effects.

[Aco]

n00bz use brushes *_*

[James]

You want something hard, try making your own brushes 100% in photoshop, and making something that looks nice with them. Now that's a challenge.
To bad thats easy to do.

[Al3x]

n00bz use brushes *_*

So everyone on this forum is a n00b? I use renders alot so I just wanna try new style.

[Stevil]

To bad thats easy to do.

Not good ones.

[Al3x]

Nudging my topic. Can anyone help me create some good abstract or tech brushes?

[Al3x]

You moved it in the first place didn't you.

[Swift]

What kind fo tech brush do you want to create?

[Al3x]

Um....like yours with the circle attached to the edge etc.

[Swift]

Draw a circle with the marquee, fill it with any color. Then add a stroke, black, 3+ PX and have the fill opaity be O. Then merge it with a bottom blank layer and delete as you wish t make it original.

[_DC_]

Well from what I've been doing I use a white background then I choose my colour and then brush with that.
i usually start with a black bg then brush with white

[CK]

yea or start with clouds

[Sharingan]

clouds ??? i dont think thats good because then u get patches of bright light and dark light when you blend it

[LegendGenesis]

meh. I never start out with clouds. They're good to use for neat effects later on, though.

[CK]

look at my tag or any of my tags it starts with clouds

[_DC_]

i sometimes start with clouds, but i mainly start with a black bg

[Nori]

Most of my brushes I make from abstracts. If I want some type of grunge I ad a little texture to it.

[Al3x]

look at my tag or any of my tags it starts with clouds

I can see the clouds but looks like there is no brushing.