(See example below).Įssentially, you’re mimicking a painter who has two colors going at the same time on a dirty brush. What’s so awesome about this is that you can combine entirely different colors, or different shades of the same color, without having to go back and keep picking different colors with your eyedropper or selecting color by hand. Basically, by changing the dynamics you can take your foreground color and mixes it with your background color as you draw/paint. Color Burn and Multiply are also good choices.Ĭolor Dynamics is another great tool that gives your digital work a more traditional feel. I find that Subtract (pictured in the image up above, and to the right) tends to give you the most texture. My favorites are the Artist Surfaces and other paper surfaces.Ī quick note on the texture settings: Scale changes the size of the texture and Mode changes the amount of texture in your brush stroke. You can make or use your own custom textures, but Photoshop has several built in presets.
You can change the size and shape of your brushes, adjust the your settings to tablet pressure or pen tilt, cause them to scatter as you draw, add texture, play with color and opacity dynamics and more.įor me, this is the single biggest secret in making natural looking media in Photoshop. These brush tool controls are incredibly powerful. To change your brush, click on the the brush control menu under “window” or click the brush icon over in your Tool Presets. Here are those brushes by themselves, along with some of my other favorite Photoshop presets: In this cat sketch, I’ve used the Conte Pencil on Bumpy Surface, Drippy Water and Large Texture Stroke brushes. (I use the brushes in these sets so often that I’ve loaded all three into my brush menu, then saved them as their own set.) They are: Natural Media, Dry Media, and Wet Media. You can make your own brushes, but Photoshop comes with some built in presets that already mimic natural media and are a good starting point. The following tutorial covers some basic techniques you can use to create digital art that has the look and feel of traditional media. By Karyn Lewis in Art Tutorials > Photoshop Tricks
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