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Published: 2009-03-12 17:02:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 43975; Favourites: 2058; Downloads: 1239
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Further thoughts. This is a really random selection of stuff cause it's just what I like. If you think there's something I should add, TOTALLY tell me about it. That is the whole point of this thing- just sharing tricks!I should be writing an essay right now.
p.s. sorry about the quality of art in this one. ummm...that's not the point?
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YAAAAAAY Spacing IS awesome!!!!! And Scatter is just as much fun as flicking a page with paint!!! >3 Thank you!
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You know I've never really tried to use the color dynamics, but after looking at this I might try it out and see how I do! Have you ever used any version of Corel Painter? I was just wondering because since you obviously nerd out about the subtleties of PS brushes, if you've ever played with Painter you know how incredibly different it can be. In any event, this is another fun, useful tutorial.
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You know, the last time I had the opportunity to try painter it was on my old dinosaur of a Dell which would just have a complete seizure when I tried to use it, so I gave it up as a lost cause. I'd really like to try again, though....hmmmmm
Thanks for taking the time to really go through my work, it makes me so happy!
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Yeah it's got it's quirks but I've grown to love it. It's funny, seems like a lot of people our age have stories about working on ancient Dell computers, I know I have.
I've been really enjoying looking through it, you've got really sophisticated use of color. It's given me a lot of of ideas just looking at it!
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This is beautiful and amazing! I love you!!! 
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I've always been really confused about the brush settings in general. Thank you for the enlighting tutorial!
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This is... just really amazing. I've been using Photoshop for years and years and have a graphic design degree and I never had any idea it could do all this stuff...
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Oh a question!
is there a way to save or make a brush set?
i know you can load brushes, but can you make a
set so you can load them at will, instead of switching
between the available sets (basic brushes/wet media brushes .. )
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Yes, if you want to create custom brush tips, check out this tutorial, [link] which is simple and to the point.
If you simply want to save the settings you have put onto an existing brush tip, go up to the top right where there is a brush icon and click the down toggle and then click the "new tool preset." I like storing them there because it allows me to name them instead of having to recognize them by a tiny icon in a billion other tiny icons. Make sure to un-check the "save with color" box though when you save it!
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WOW THANKS A BUNCH FOR THISSS
half of those options ive never heard off! <33
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Thank you so much for this tutorial!! It helped me a lot
I gave you credits on this picture: [link]
If you ever want to check it out, I'd be glad. But if no, that's okay too ^^
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Oh wow...thank you very much for sharing your experience, it is really helpful and simple! = D
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Awesome! Definitely learned some new things!
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I'm going to be completely honest, I've been using Photoshop all year in my Digital Design class (I have been using Gimp for years, no, I'm not a noob. C:.), and I can honestly tell you that the main qualm I always have with Shop is that I could not angle the brush or reduce/increase pressure as I could on canvas. Now that I know otherwise, I am so much happier.
In summary, this really helped! Thank you, and I love you art. I would go through and favourite all I like, but I think it would be obnoxious to you to find a gazillion and three favs on your page. So I'm just /watching you, if that's okay. C:
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This is amazing! Great insight on the brushes. It never occurred to me to use the Scatter option that way, but I can see what you mean about giving you ideas! And the use of the color jitter is very clever as well. NOW I finally know what all those "useless options" were for!
Thanks very much <3
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this helps so much. thank you!!
and happy new year!
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OMG THIS IS GOLD!!! THIS IS PURE GOLD!! Thank you so much for doing a tutorial like this!!!
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Thank you~!
So many other tutorials I've found just glance over the different settings and leave it at "so, have at it!" - yours actually cares
I'll definitely be playing around much more in PS with brush settings thanks to this.
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Oh dear god. someone... someone has finally showed me how to do a tree on photoshop.
AMG THANK YOU.
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For a non-tutorial, that was AWESOMELY helpful! 
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Lovely "non tutorial", very interesting to read and I didn't get once get tired of reading 
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Thank you so much for this! I've been using Photoshop for years, but I'm just too lazy to play around extensively.
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Wow! You're completely right. I don't think I've ever even given the other settings a second thought, but after reading this I definitely will play around with it. I hate trying to do randomization, so the scatter trick will definitely help. This is fantastic! I'm so glad you shared this with us! I'm eternally grateful!
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extremely informative!
now i just need to get a copy better than 6.0 beta
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wonderful! its great to really use the program to your advantage
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this is amazing :3
i never experiment with my brushes and end up hand drawing all the textures, and spacings, and making things super fucking hard on myself because i've always been scared of the brush settings. xD;
not after reading this~
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Hey, how do I make it NOT space? I keep getting my lines all choppy and its very upsetting!
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there's a little slider, just like for brush size or something, under "spacing." If you slide it all the way down to the left, the spaces between brush marks completely disappear! The downside is that this can make your stroke a LOT slower, especially if you're running a PC, so I tend to do it so I JUST can't see them, instead of all the way down. that make sense?
good luck!
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Very interesting. Thanks for sharing the knowledge friend.
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No longer do I pointlessly mess about with brushes, I pointlessly mess about in a well informed way thanks to this lil bit of awesomeness 
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Wow, I've messed around with those settings before, but I never actually knew what I was doing or how it was affecting my brushes. This is a great tutorial. Now I'm exciting to get back in there and give it another shot. Thanks a lot!
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Now see, all that color dynamics thing reminds me of is the time I had it set on jitter and thought something was seriously wrong with my PS. My colors were all messed up, and I couldn't figure out for the life of me I had to blend everything together to get a cohesive color.
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Whoooa I never even bothered with any of this before, but now I know what it all means! thanks!
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