Create your own brushes
All Photoshop brushes are created from simple greyscale images. It could be an image you’ve painted onto the document, or you could use a photographic image. Black areas paint with solid colors, grey areas as semi-transparent, and white areas apply no color at all.
- New document Go to File>New. Set Height/Width to 200 pixels, 180 pixels/inch for Resolution, Grayscale for Color Mode, White for Background Contents. Hit OK. Pick a standard hard round tip in the Brush Picker. Hit D to restore default Foreground/Background colors.
- Paint the footprint Start to paint the footprint of your brush. We’re making a hairy brush, so we’re painting thin horizontal lines close together. Making these ragged will add a natural feel. Use the Rectangular Marquee tool to make a selection around your painted brush tip.
- Trim and save In Image>Trim, pick Top Left Pixel Color and check all Trim Away boxes. Hit OK. In Edit>Define Brush Preset, enter a name for the brush and hit OK. You can close this file without saving changes. The new brush will appear in the Brush palette thumbnails.
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