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Photoshop CS5 Mixer Brush Tips and Tricks
(This is the first of two articles on the Mixer Brush that I've written. The second can be found here.) Having wrestled with Photoshop's new Mixer Brush in CS5 for the past few months, I've come to the conclusion that the new tool is indeed a great addition, however with many caveats. Some of the problems are technical ones (such as painting in 8-bits/channel), others by design (not mixing with transparency). Here are the biggest hurdles I've come across while working with the new Mixer Brush, and how I've overcome them for the time being. 1.) This one stumped me for a long time. As can be seen in the pic below, the Mixer Brush never manages to build up to the actual color you have selected when painting in 8-bits/channel, no matter how many strokes you lay down. When painting in 16-bits/channel, the Mixer Brush works just fine. So the solution is easy - paint in 16-bits/channel! 2.) (I'll discuss this point in finer detail in a future article.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) 9.) Conclusion: p.s.
Brushes
The Painterly Digital Brushes Collection: The main quality I look for in a digital brush is a painterly responsive feel, or brushes that look like they were made with brush strokes, not a hard captured/scattered/ photo/shape. There are certainly plenty of general texture/brush tip brushes out there. The trick is to find brushes that specialize in a certain purpose ie grass, leaves, water, clouds, stone etc. but still have a painterly feel. These painterly, purpose-specific brushes are also out there, and can significantly speed up your work-flow, but unfortunately you have to hack through miles of evil, stencil-like, scattered leaves to find them. The above screenshot is of my constantly evolving painterly brush set. These are the best painterly brushes from the pros that I have found: My Main Painting Brushes: Painting: • DanLuVisiArt / Adonhis brush pack – one of the most popular collections on the net. • Mike Nash’s brushes Look on bottom of the home page for the brush download link.
Character Designs - An Artist's Resource
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Animal references pictures - Arkive
Wildscreen's Arkive project was launched in 2003 and grew to become the world's biggest encyclopaedia of life on Earth. With the help of over 7,000 of the world’s best wildlife filmmakers and photographers, conservationists and scientists, Arkive.org featured multi-media fact-files for more than 16,000 endangered species. Freely accessible to everyone, over half a million people every month, from over 200 countries, used Arkive to learn and discover the wonders of the natural world. Since 2013 Wildscreen was unable to raise sufficient funds from trusts, foundations, corporates and individual donors to support the year-round costs of keeping Arkive online. Therefore, the charity had been using its reserves to keep the project online and was unable to fund any dedicated staff to maintain Arkive, let alone future-proof it, for over half a decade. Despite appeals for support, just 85 of our 5.6 million users in 2018 made a donation.
The Dimensions of Colour
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Retro Print Insignia (psd) It’s time for a new freebie, and this time we propose you another cool retro insignia. As always it’s fully integrable, layered and scalable! Oh, and last but not least, it is easily colorize to your liking. This piece of art work is ideal for logo, print or other. Fonts used: Coca Cola, Bebas Neue, ChunkFive. Read More Retro stamp (psd) Here is an awesome retro stamp which is based on our set of 4 Retro Stamps that is available on Graphic River. Read More 2 Retro Insignias (psd) Here is an awesome set of insignias based on our set of 6 retro insignias that are available on Graphic River. Read More Retro Coupons Set (psd) A set of 2 coupons based on our retro banners that are available on Graphic River. Read More iPhone Application Button (psd) A professional elegant iPhone application button that is fully layered and scalable. Read More Retro Text Style (Photoshop Layer Style) Read More Vintage ribbon (PSD) Here is our new freebie. Read More New Tags (PSD) Read More
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