photoshop digital painting brush settings

No light or shadow is defined, just the local color. I'm using a sphere as an example because it is the easiest shape to render.ġ) Without any light or shadow this is what an object would look like-flat. **To save a brush without a size, select 'New Brush Preset' in the 'Brush Preset' palette and when the 'Brush Name' menu pops up uncheck the 'Capture Brush Size in Preset'.īelow are a set of spheres that demonstrate a basic rendering process. An example of the Blending Brush at 5% Flow is below. I set Flow to 10% or less when I'm blending. In the Options Menu at the top menu bar you will see Opacity and Flow options. There is one more setting to get the Blending Brush to blend the way I like. Flow Jitter is set to Pen Pressure and Opacity Jitter is Oft Also, I have Shape Dynamics unchecked for this brush this way the brush size is always the same width. It's still a Hard Round brush but I saved the brush preset without a brush size.** I do this for two reasons: 1) I prefer setting the size with keyboard shortcuts 2) this way the brush size won't reset itself when I select the brush. My second brush is a bit more complicated-the Blending Brush (Shown above). To create the Pencil Brush set Size Jitter, Opacity Jitter, and Flow Jitter to Pen Pressure. The first is a 10 px Hard Round which is my Pencil Brush. I primarily use two brushes throughout an entire painting. The detailed explanations at each step should make it easy for beginners to catch on. You can use the same way to process your own sketches with reference to this tutorial’s techniques. You have to prepare a sketch as start and identify light source, then adding your paint, light and shadow effects. You will need a basic understanding of Photoshop for this tutorial.

This wonderful tutorial was done by the talented artist Zhrayde.

Included in the tutorial are my basic brush settings, some of the fundamentals of painting, and other useful tips. This step-by-step tutorial covers my basic digital painting techniques.

Photoshop digital painting brush settings