Creating Custom Photoshop Leaves Together With Grass Brush

Custom foliage, leaves together with grass brush are useful for landscape painting. In this quick tutorial, I volition exhibit yous the steps on how they tin dismiss live on easily practise inwards Photoshop.

Brush Tip

Draw the brush tip shape. These are the examples I describe earlier. In my ain experience, tip shape of a bunch of leaves, grass operate better.

Define Brush Preset

Convert the epitome nosotros describe yesteryear using, Edit > Define Brush Preset.


If yous job former version of Photoshop (CS4). I believe yous volition remove to crop away the white infinite stimulate before define it at brush preset. New version of Photoshop volition car crop the epitome for us.

Shape Dynamic together with Scattering

Now, select the novel brush nosotros merely created. The brush currently is without whatever settings, together with then enable Shape Dynamics together with Scattering


Shape Dyamics

• Size Jitter - Randomise brush tip size. Control amongst Pen Pressure.
• Minimum Diameter - Minimum brush tip size.
• Angle Jitter - Randomise brush tip rotation. Usually people job Rotation or Direction settings.
• Roundness Jitter - Randomise brush tip shape roundness. It volition crush the tip shape vertically.
• Minimum Roundness - Minimum brush shape roundness.

Scattering

• Scatter - Randomise brush tip location. Enable Both Axes together with then it scatter on X together with Y axis.
• Count - Number of brush tip scatter. Default 1 is skillful enough

Below is video recording on creating custom Photoshop leafage together with grass brush.

Color Dynamics

To randomise/jitter the color nosotros paint, nosotros tin dismiss job Color Dynamics.


Color Dynamics

• Foreground/Background Jitter - Randomise brush tip color betwixt foreground together with background color. Set it to 0 per centum together with command amongst Pen Pressure. Enable Apply Per Tip, if the pick is available (Photoshop CC).
• Hue/Saturation/Brightness Jitter - Use a depression value.

This is a video showing using color dynamic brush to pigment leaves quickly.

Angle Direction Dynamics

Angle dynamics photoshop brush tin dismiss live on useful to pigment plants. The brush tip shape volition orient to the administration of pen crusade together with nosotros tin dismiss job this to controversy the plants inwards a specific way.


By default, the brush tip shape should live on drawn facing due east / right. If yous accept 1 facing upward, yous tin dismiss rotate it nether Brush Tip Shape.


Brush Tip Shape

• Orientation (circular arrow thing) - Rotate this, if your brush tip shape is non facing due east yesteryear default
• Spacing - Control the spacing betwixt brush tip. Adjust together with then the shape of leaves tin dismiss live on seen

Shape Dyamics

• Size Jitter - Set this to 0 or real depression value. Control amongst Pen Pressure.
• Angle Jitter - Set this to 0 or real depression value. Choose Direction nether Control dropdown box.

This is a video showing using angle administration dynamic brush to pigment foliage together with minor plants.

Saving The Brush Settings

After changing all the brush settings, nosotros volition remove to relieve it 1 time again via New Brush Preset inwards the brush panel. If nosotros don't practise this, nosotros volition lose all the settings! Then nether the brush panel again, pick out Save Brushes to backup your whole ready of brush.


To rapidly delete the brush without settings, ALT-CLICK on it.

More Tutorial! Read my tutorials on how to job the novel brushes yous merely created inwards anime tree painting together with grass painting.

Reference

Youtube Creating Custom Photoshop Leaf together with Grass Brush
Youtube Painting Leaves Quickly amongst Color Dynamic Brush
Youtube Direction Dynamic Foliage Brush