Abstract Brushing in Photoshop
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This tutorial I've made teaches you the basics of a style of brushing I call "Explosion Brushing" because whatever you brush it on to, it kinda makes it look like the object is exploding. This can be useful in making abstract images.
1. Open up Photoshop and make either a new document, or open up a render you wan't to brush on. Hit 'D' and 'X' to make your foreground white, and your background black.
2. Make a new layer and select your brush tool. Choose the 100 px soft brush, and make some dots close together.
3. Select the smudge tool, set the strength to about 15, and choose the this brush:
4. Start smuding the outside of your dots so they look something like this:
5. Now select your eraser tool and select the same brush you used for smudging. Set the eraser's flow to about 3%. Erase some of the edges and try to make your brushing look more feathery. You should have some like this:
6. It probally looks pretty messy now, but this is where we fix that. Take your smudge tool, and try to smudge ontop of the eraser marks to feather it out so the lines dont look so harsh.
7. To give your brushing some some variation, try adding some particles. Remeber to use many diffrent brushes for the best effect. This is what I came up with:
8. If your brushing on a render, change your a foreground to the color of your render, just darker. Say if you have a red render, change your foreground to a dark red. We will assume I am working with a blue render.
9. Choose your brush tool, and choose the size 45 soft brush at a flow of 2%. Make a new layer, and lightly brush around the edges of the brushing to give it a little depth. This is what I got:
This is optional: It may look better with the brushing's opacity lowered to about 40% or so, it all just depends on the picture your dealing with.
Here is a picture I've made using this brushing technique: Click here
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, and you learned something from it. Just keep experimenting, and you will get the hang of it.
This tutorial I've made teaches you the basics of a style of brushing I call "Explosion Brushing" because whatever you brush it on to, it kinda makes it look like the object is exploding. This can be useful in making abstract images.
1. Open up Photoshop and make either a new document, or open up a render you wan't to brush on. Hit 'D' and 'X' to make your foreground white, and your background black.
2. Make a new layer and select your brush tool. Choose the 100 px soft brush, and make some dots close together.
3. Select the smudge tool, set the strength to about 15, and choose the this brush:
4. Start smuding the outside of your dots so they look something like this:
5. Now select your eraser tool and select the same brush you used for smudging. Set the eraser's flow to about 3%. Erase some of the edges and try to make your brushing look more feathery. You should have some like this:
6. It probally looks pretty messy now, but this is where we fix that. Take your smudge tool, and try to smudge ontop of the eraser marks to feather it out so the lines dont look so harsh.
7. To give your brushing some some variation, try adding some particles. Remeber to use many diffrent brushes for the best effect. This is what I came up with:
8. If your brushing on a render, change your a foreground to the color of your render, just darker. Say if you have a red render, change your foreground to a dark red. We will assume I am working with a blue render.
9. Choose your brush tool, and choose the size 45 soft brush at a flow of 2%. Make a new layer, and lightly brush around the edges of the brushing to give it a little depth. This is what I got:
This is optional: It may look better with the brushing's opacity lowered to about 40% or so, it all just depends on the picture your dealing with.
Here is a picture I've made using this brushing technique: Click here
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, and you learned something from it. Just keep experimenting, and you will get the hang of it.
