digital art Archives - Page 9 of 11

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

New Charcoal Brush ‘Peel Braiser’

Photoshop charcoal drawing created using 'Pee Braiser' Photoshop brush — Photoshop charcoal drawing created using ‘Pee Braiser’ Photoshop brush

This charcoal or chalk brush is more flexible and fungible than some of the more recent brushes in that it is has a very soft fingerprint at low pressure. With a single stroke you get very light coverage which makes shading easy as you can easily control the amount of colour and by building it up with multiple stokes it’s possible to create areas of light colour blend into very dark sections without visible brush strokes. This maintains a sharp texture like you would have with chalk or charcoal on heavy textured paper without the smudginess that you would get using a stump or tortillion in traditional media.

Video of digital charcoal drawing done using the 'Peel Braiser' Photoshop Charcoal Brush toolset — Video of digital charcoal drawing done using the ‘Peel Braiser’ Photoshop Charcoal Brush toolset

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'Peel Braiser' Photoshop Charcoal Brush for digital artists — ‘Peel Braiser’ Photoshop Charcoal Brush for digital artists

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‘Peel Braiser’ Charcoal Brush.

A hard charcoal with a light coverage that makes it ideal for shading with a crisp texture. With repeated strokes this brush can give you full dark coverage with lots of opportunity for graduated blending.

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Watch the brush strokes in action

Video of drawing done with ‘Peel Braiser’ brush

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

Quick Photoshop Watercolor Sketch

Watercolor in Photoshop can be just as tricky as real watercolor and some of the same techniques apply. A little forethought can go a long way as digital paint ‘dries’ when you lift your pen so ideally you want to do one contiguous area in one unbroken brush stroke. Don’t lift the stylus from the tablet and be prepared that each subsequent stroke will give you a darker colour (see the hair in the top left) due to the multiply effect. Think of it as laying down multiple layers of coloured plastic sheets – the areas where they overlap will be darker and you will see the seams.

This sketch actually took about 3 minutes and is sped up a lot, but it’s all Photoshop. Painted with the free Cherry Pectin watercolour brush found here: grutbrushes.com/free-realistic-photoshop-watercolor-brush/

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

Watercolour painting with the ‘Ocean Liner’ brush

Digital painting with the ‘Ocean Liner’ digital artists Photoshop watercolor brush

Sometimes I get too excited by the latest brushes and neglect the older ones, so to try to break that habit I’m going back into the brush box and doing some paintings with older brushes. Here’s a painting I did today with one of my favourite watercolour brushes, Ocean Liner. The video is sped up so that it lasts about a minute but the actual painting took about 12 minutes.

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Ocean Liner Photoshop watercolor sketch brush — Ocean Liner Photoshop watercolour sketch brush

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A fine watercolour brush with a wide ranging opacity that makes a good sketch brush as well as a detailer for finer work. With a controlled stroke, from firm to light, the Ocean Liner brush will give a nicely graduated line from fairly dark yet soft to the faintest hint of a sketch in one go. The cottony texture gives it a warm organic feel.

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Posted on December 23, 2014 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

“Tailors Mane” Photoshop Pastel Brush

Digital drawing done with the Tailors Mane Photoshop Pastel Brush. A realistic, responsive, Photoshop Pastel Brush for digital artists.

There’s a new natural media brush in the shop today, a digital pastel brush, though at full pressure it looks quite chalky due to it’s sharp texture.

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'Tailors Mane' Photoshop Pastel Brush — ‘Tailors Mane’ Photoshop Pastel Brush

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A thick sharp textured pastel brush with a ribbed staccato line that covers quickly and fully at maximum pressure. With a gentle touch this pastel brush is capable of a sparser almost chalk-like line sketch but it comes to life as a broad and brash sketching brush.

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Posted on December 9, 2014 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

Cross-Hatching Photoshop brushes collection

Drawn with Hatch Thrasher Photoshop cross-hatching brush — ‘Skulk’ drawn with Hatch Thrasher cross-hatching Photoshop brush

The collection of 7 cross hatching Photoshop brushes is now available for a steal of only $2 Hurry before it goes up in price to it’s usual outrageous $3.

cross-hatching animated Photoshop brush speed painting — cross-hatching Photoshop brush animated speed painting

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High speed digital drawing done with the "Hatch Thrasher" cross hatching Photoshop brush — Digital drawing done with the “Hatch Thrasher” cross hatching Photoshop brush

Drawn entirely with the "Hatch Tag" Artisanal cross hatching brush from grutbrushes.com — Drawn entirely with the “Hatch Tag” Artisanal cross hatching brush from grutbrushes.com

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Detail of digital drawing done with Carvink cross-hatching Photoshop brush — Detail from cross-hatching Photoshop brush digital drawing Carvink

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Posted on September 6, 2014 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

Loosest Digital Oil Paint Brush Yet

Painted with the Mount Relief digital oil Paintbrush for Photoshop

My latest Photoshop oil paintbrush ‘Mount relief‘ is probably the loosest of the oil brushes (although you could say that it’s more of an acrylic) I love painting with it as it is very expressive and has a very controllable flow from rough and scratchy to a rich fill depending on how hard you press.
As often on brush release day, today’s free Photoshop brush (today only – 09/06) Get it here: https://www.grutbrushes.com/shop/photoshop-brushes/mount-relief-photoshop-oil-brush/

After that it will be available as a single paid download and also as part of the all Photoshop brushes package.

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

The First Pastel Brush

‘Positive Proof’ is the first pastel brush in the store. A soft digital pastel brush for digital painting and drawing it’s an opaque natural media digital drawing brush that has a round smooth thick pastel appearance.

Drawing done with the 'Positive Proof' pastel brush for Photoshop. A realistic, responsive, natural media Photoshop brush for digital artists. — Drawing done with the ‘Positive Proof’ pastel brush for Photoshop. A realistic, responsive, natural media Photoshop brush for digital artists.

Video of Pastel drawing done using Photoshop Natural Media Pastel brush tool 'Positive Proof' — Video of Pastel drawing done using Photoshop Natural Media Pastel brush tool ‘Positive Proof’

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

New Digital Artists’ Inking Brush

digital artists inking brush for Photoshop — Drawn with the Gulf Stream inking brush for Photoshop

Gulf Stream is the latest Photoshop ink brush in the store. It’s probably the most variable in terms of width and as such can be a bit of a challenge to control but the rewards are great; a responsive runny opaque wavy ink line. Get it here. Or as part of the ALL Photoshop Brushes pack

Here’s what it looks like when in use:

Get it here

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

New Ink and Watercolour Brushes

painted with 'gently swayed' the watercolour brush — painted with ‘gently swayed’

There are two new brushes in the shop this week, Gently Swayed A soft, responsive watercolor brush with a fine woolly textured edge. It’s soft fibrous pigment grain gives it a distinct organic personality.

The second is a rough scratchy ink brush “Pelican Teeth” A ragged ink brush pen with an intermittent line and the occasional periphery spray from those stray bent bristles. You can get these two latest as part of the ‘All Brushes” package of 25 brushes all for only $10. And if you bought that package in the last 30 days you can download these for free!

If you ever want to see what’s new in brushes, just check the shop, they are listed in order of appearance.