Photoshop Tutorials: How to make a brush and how to use it

Photoshop brushes are maybe the best ways to stylize your picture, you work. There are many settings that you can use to create different beautiful effects.

Moreover you can make a brush from almost every picture, every pattern, out of anything.

So in this tutorial I will show you how to make a brush and how to use your newly made brush.

So let's go. Here is our document- 1024 x 768 with 140 px/inch resolution. Create a layer instantly.



Now we will build a brush. My idea in the beginning was to create a brush that imitates NFS's Carbon menu graphics: you know, the crosses there. But in the process IThis is a brush test. Photoshop brushes are maybe the best ways to stylize your picture, you work. There are many settings that you can use to create different beautiful effects.

Moreover you can make a brush from almost every picture, every pattern, out of anything.

So in this tutorial I will show you how to make a brush and how to use your newly made brush.

So let's go. Here is our document- 1024 x 768 with 140 px/inch resolution. Create a layer instantly.



Now we will build a brush. My idea in the beginning was to create a brush that imitates NFS's Carbon menu graphics: you know, the crosses there. But in the process I've changed my decision for what I'm going to use m brush.

Choose shape tool and make just this kind of shape.

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Then copy the layer itself. We have 2 similar layers now. Transform one of the layers to make a cross like object.

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I haven't really used any references for this, but I do remember that Carbon's Crosses had cut out edges.

You cut the edges like you want but I feel the form a little bit that

is why I will use basic lasso tool and plain eraser. Make a selection.

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And erase.

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You can check this by making the selection line or any Straight line. Seems it's quite straight there.

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Copy this layer now and transform it again to make a cut edged cross. But before that I will cit a little bit more.

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Yea, now we are ready.

Here is our cross.

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You can now merge the layer together.

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Now, I want my brush to have some texture and just to be very complicated one, so for that we will turn on some layer styles. Watch carefully.



























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