bernadette

this was made solely with some brushes i found the other day.

<img src="http://photobucket.com/albums/1003/m0us33/ac8f9d9d.jpg">

i think i'm gonna wind up a PS brush junkie so much fun!

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numist

you mean to say that that started out as a blank file?????

damn, can I get some images from you for the next project I do?

bernadette

here's another one that i started with a pic of my dog when he was a puppy. i don't like this one as much, but it was also fun to make & play with the newly found brushes.

<img src="http://photobucket.com/albums/1003/m0us33/1bd5ebb4.jpg">

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numist

was the dog one done with all brushes or did you use the text tool for the bottom right?

either way.... wow

bernadette

numist, yes, it began as a blank canvas.

i found the brushes from this website:
http://bluevertigo.com.ar/bluevertigo.htm

scroll all the way to the right for a cornucopia of brush links

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bernadette

the dog one began with the photo.
duplicate the layer.
images > adjustments > threshold
then color range. select the white pixels & delete those.

then i just layered on a bunch of the brushes.

and yeah the bottom right was text i'd added previously.

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GoldenOuroboros

you could always make your own brushes
I've been dabbling with that.. so far I've made myself a cool snowflake and heart brush with a nifty preset for each

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Tophat665

Bernadette,
BlueVertigo looks like an awesome site. Thanks for that. I'll need to spend quite a while perusing.
Thanks a bunch!

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analinguist

damn, i think wanker would say that you are coping on his style.

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GoldenOuroboros

So that's where I saw it.. lol

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chinabean

thats sweet man

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ARTelevision

I like your work very much, bernadette.
Thanks.

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31Friction

very nice. I'm just starting to work with brushes more...

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bernadette

thanks for the kind words.

what's that mean? who is wanker?

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numist

gallopingwanker posted a thread with much the same style as your first brushwork. I recognized it as well.

Either way, you are a wizard with PS and Pain, bernadette, my hats off to ya.

analinguist

yeah, wanker uses a brush that is probably the same one. the whole general aesthetic is pretty similar actually.

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bernadette

ah. ok. yeah gallopingwanker. gotcha.

there's a lot of very similar brushes out there.
it's funny tho, i am just now trying out any brushes other than the standard ones that come with PS. so, i tried to imitate that dirty grundge style before using fonts! haha i laugh at myself.

nah. i'm no wizard. (yet *wink* haha) thanks tho : )
there's a lot more i need to learn to use in photoshop yet. that is one powerful application.

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analinguist

brushes are pretty cool, but the best way to work with them and not be seen as imitating someone else is to make your own. it is pretty easy, and they work pretty awesome to apply dirty texture and make a font treatment look like it is actually in the picture. i made a lot of brushes with rust, tape, and dirt. if you need advice on how to make them, i'd happily help out.

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RotEx

wow that looks great!

i think i will attemt some brushing!

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gallopingwanker

it's all good!

Frowning Budah

That is some great work. That first one just blew me away. I didn't know you could do such neat things with brushes.

Sfaker

Thats awesome... I'm gonna need to play around more, heh. Thanks for the motivation.

anti fishstick

brushes are fun!
they can make things look cool and dazzle everyone with very little effort.

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uber1

great job. love the first one.

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