Once I was happy with the shapes I painted in some color values with my main brush. The next step was to draw in some tree shapes by using the Selection tool. With this image I started to see some tree shapes and decided to go with a "clearing" for the overall mood and direction. It often takes some time to see "something" in this chaotic brush mess, but I use this time to let my brain juice and my imagination flow. While many other artist start with a rough sketch or a line drawing, I start mostly with blocking in some colors and pretty rough shapes (Fig.03). I'm still using the same brush for painting and erasing (Fig.02d - f). For the highlights I usually draw in smaller areas and paint/erase them on a separate layer. I do the same for the mid-tone areas and highlights too. After the shadows are painted in I start erasing the parts of the shadows I don't need. My next step is to create another new layer and roughly paint in the shadow areas (Fig.02c). Normally I hide the selection, but I've kept it for this example for a better visualization (Fig.02a - b). Once I'm happy with the shape I start to block in the main color. I usually start by drawing a selection on a new layer for the shape I'd like to paint. It's probably easier to show you my workflow instead of telling you, but I'll give it a shot. After that I reduce the layers to one and start working on a newly created layer. I always try to keep my layers until I'm happy with the look and feel. I don't know why, but I'm a big fan of layers. I really like to combine those brushes with the Selection tool - this gives me the opportunity to get crisp edges and to just paint certain areas in my images (Fig.01a - c). In most of my images I just use one or two main brushes and some custom brushes, but this always depends on their specific need. In this Making Of I'd like to show my working process and I hope this will be of some help to others. Use spacing: When used with the “Paint with dabs” option, adjusting the “Spacing” percentage slider determines how close or far apart the paint dabs are applied.Man-Eating Plant was created for a Drawing Jam and was my personal interpretation of this famous plant. Strict alpha: Use this setting to cause both sculpting and painting brushes to adhere strictly to the shape defined by the brush alpha.įlattened stroke: Use this brush set to mimic Photoshop brushes for improved stroke overlapping with a truncated alpha shape.įade on edge: All strokes painted with this option checked will have a smoother edge transition. Skip eraser: Disables the “eraser layer” of the brush. Rotate along stroke: When using brush alpha shapes, you want to align like the bristles of a brush – so that they change direction as the brush changes direction all along the stroke, use this option. Paint with dabs: Creates paint or sculpting “dabs” which occur at some set spacing – as determined by the “Spacing” control. Random flip (x, y): This randomly flips the selected brush across its x or y axis while painting. Vary color each stroke: Use this option to produce painting effects, like fur or hair, when you need to either vary the Hue/Saturation/Brightness as you paint a single stroke (variegated strand color) or when you want each stroke made to have a slightly different Hue/Saturation/Brightness – as determined by the corresponding “Jitter” setting. Saturation jitter: Varies the saturation of the primary color randomly throughout the stroke. Hue jitter: Defines the randomness of the brush hue when used for painting color.īrightness jitter: Varies the brightness randomly throughout a stroke. Jitter: The overall randomness of brush behavior. Opacity jitter: Defines the randomness of the brush opacity setting. Radius variation: Sets the percentage of random brush radius variation.ĭepth variation: Sets the percentage of random brush depth. Rotation amplitude: Sets the amplitude for additional brush rotation. Zero pressure radius: When using a tablet stylus, this number indicates the default radius at the beginning of the brush stroke.ĭepth modulator: The default depth for each brush being used. These Options are the same as those in the Paint Room and offer you comprehensive control over your Brush behavior.Īt the top of the panel is a preview of the Brush Alpha shape, followed by a series of behavior controls.īrush rotation: This sets the initial orientation of the alpha at the beginning of the stroke.
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