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Duffzilla โ€” Making Natural Brushes for PS

Published: 2006-06-02 11:15:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 123614; Favourites: 2135; Downloads: 7790
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Description My first tutorial
How to create your own natural-media brushes for Photoshop, from making the inksplats, brushstrokes, chalk and charcoal textures with messy stuff on paper, bringing them into photoshop and then turning them into a PS brush set.

Big, big thanks to my editor for making sense of it along the way

The full-view is 1.7 MB and 1316x2721.


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Duffzilla In reply to ??? [2008-01-19 02:46:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Frhaine-Shaia [2007-12-26 07:17:35 +0000 UTC]

Helpful tutorial! Thanks for the share!!!

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Duffzilla In reply to Frhaine-Shaia [2007-12-27 22:02:32 +0000 UTC]

no problem.
Thank you

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jhubert [2007-12-05 10:29:02 +0000 UTC]

Added to the Art Tutorials Wiki .

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Duffzilla In reply to jhubert [2007-12-12 13:51:15 +0000 UTC]

Cool

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jhubert In reply to Duffzilla [2007-12-12 14:00:57 +0000 UTC]

Feel free to add any other good tutorials you know to the wiki as well - I've set permissions so that anyone can edit it.

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jhubert In reply to ??? [2007-12-05 10:18:25 +0000 UTC]

Added to the Art Tutorials Wiki as well.

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Legends-of-terraII [2007-11-26 21:37:34 +0000 UTC]

THANK U THIS SHALL HELP ALOT !!!!!!!!!

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Duffzilla In reply to Legends-of-terraII [2007-12-02 00:49:41 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant. Thanks

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Pyro-Rachel In reply to ??? [2007-11-19 23:28:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you...I've been having trouble with this stuff for a while.

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Duffzilla In reply to Pyro-Rachel [2007-11-20 21:18:40 +0000 UTC]

cool. Thanks

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MelancholySpirals [2007-11-17 05:21:25 +0000 UTC]

Yay! I'm totally going to try this sometime. :3

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Duffzilla In reply to MelancholySpirals [2007-11-17 19:50:07 +0000 UTC]

great. Enjoy!

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L-0sWald In reply to ??? [2007-11-14 19:33:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!!

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RestlessLynx [2007-11-05 18:43:01 +0000 UTC]

This really did help me out =^w^=

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Duffzilla In reply to RestlessLynx [2007-11-22 23:07:24 +0000 UTC]

Excellent. Thanks

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Entropymind In reply to ??? [2007-11-03 11:33:27 +0000 UTC]

Soo cool I guess Iยดll try it soon... (save to faveยดs )

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kittycatmanga In reply to ??? [2007-10-26 00:19:45 +0000 UTC]

Oh I love your tutorial!!~*

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Gabryellalf [2007-10-03 09:53:15 +0000 UTC]

OMG y love this tutorial... I'll try it in the next weeks Thanks a lot for sharing!

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Duffzilla In reply to Gabryellalf [2007-10-03 10:07:13 +0000 UTC]

No problem at all. I'm glad it was of some use.

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argentum-moon [2007-09-27 20:04:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for making this! It really helped me a lot!
:thumsup:

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Duffzilla In reply to argentum-moon [2007-09-28 20:32:33 +0000 UTC]

Cool I'm glad it helped

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argentum-moon In reply to argentum-moon [2007-09-27 20:05:38 +0000 UTC]

Uhm, I meant ... Should use that preview option more often...

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Holy-Mimmic In reply to ??? [2007-09-24 11:58:28 +0000 UTC]

great this will most probably get very usefull

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karooff In reply to ??? [2007-09-16 22:25:23 +0000 UTC]

thankss

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Duffzilla In reply to karooff [2007-09-16 23:02:48 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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Kokobolle [2007-09-13 17:59:36 +0000 UTC]

This one really help, thanks!

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Duffzilla In reply to Kokobolle [2007-09-14 18:43:07 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome

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arhcamt In reply to ??? [2007-09-12 03:14:52 +0000 UTC]

thanks for sharing!

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Duffzilla In reply to arhcamt [2007-09-14 19:33:45 +0000 UTC]

not at all. Thanks

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arhcamt In reply to Duffzilla [2007-09-15 03:25:03 +0000 UTC]

anytime!

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en-jo In reply to ??? [2007-08-15 04:28:19 +0000 UTC]

thanks for posting...

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Duffzilla In reply to en-jo [2007-08-16 20:11:51 +0000 UTC]

very welcome.

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RebeccaFarish In reply to ??? [2007-07-19 23:10:22 +0000 UTC]

I really never thought of making brushes like that.
Very nice job.

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Duffzilla In reply to RebeccaFarish [2007-07-20 12:50:32 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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RebeccaFarish In reply to Duffzilla [2007-07-20 15:57:24 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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WmozartA In reply to ??? [2007-07-17 13:21:32 +0000 UTC]

nice
can you but some of your brush to download
thanks

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Duffzilla In reply to WmozartA [2007-07-17 14:11:05 +0000 UTC]

If I get the time, I will. I'll reply to this comment to let you know if I do.

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WmozartA In reply to Duffzilla [2007-07-17 15:10:29 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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Girolamo In reply to ??? [2007-07-15 13:22:49 +0000 UTC]

though i have no use for this it is very cool

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Girolamo In reply to ??? [2007-07-15 13:22:12 +0000 UTC]

though i have no use for this it is very cool

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Duffzilla In reply to Girolamo [2007-07-16 16:36:59 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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5amlove [2007-06-28 11:47:41 +0000 UTC]

i frickin love u for this hun
thx a bunch
youre awesome

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Duffzilla In reply to 5amlove [2007-07-01 22:31:50 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it's useful. Thank you

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sonyw850i In reply to ??? [2007-04-24 13:08:49 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot for posting this tutorial. You are very generous I might make my own brushes soon...

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Duffzilla In reply to sonyw850i [2007-04-26 13:10:15 +0000 UTC]

no problem. Thanks very much

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TaintedInside In reply to ??? [2007-04-11 22:07:14 +0000 UTC]

Ive been trying to work out how ya save brush sets for like aaaaaaaaaaages, thanks for posting the tut, and also I think the first stage is useful aswell although I wont be using it

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Duffzilla In reply to TaintedInside [2007-04-12 11:42:19 +0000 UTC]

Just take what you need Thanks

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Saliency In reply to ??? [2007-04-10 14:41:12 +0000 UTC]


this took me one step closer to conquering PS. I don't even use natural self-made brushes and I benefited from this tutorial. Credit to you here [link]

You rock me socks ya old ire!

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Duffzilla In reply to Saliency [2007-04-10 16:15:13 +0000 UTC]

Glad it helped slightly

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