Once you have your colors blocked in, go to your brush drop down and use the Mixer Brush. Don’t worry, this is just the under painting. Work the colors in the direction of the fur.Īt this point the drawing will look really awful. I like to use pinks, purples, violets and blues in the really white areas. Don’t use white under painting if your subject is white. Block your colors inīe sure you are on the correct layer (transparent layer in the middle) and begin blocking in some of the colors. A white background, a blank transparent layer for you to paint on and the top layer with the outline of the subject.
Don’t forget to name your layers as you go. Now create one more layer below this one and fill it with white or a soft cream. Hold down Ctrl as you click on the new layer icon at the bottom. Keep this sketch on the top layer so you can turn it on and off as you need it.
It’s just a road map so I don’t start wandering and paint the fur in the wrong direction. I also include the direction of the fur to keep me on track. By default it will just give the brush a new number and that works for me.Ĭongratulation You just created your first fur brush The Under PaintingĬreate your sketch. It’s important to save your settings at this point – At the top, click on the drop down box on the right corner – New Brush Preset – give this new brush a name. With the brush selected you need to make the following adjustments.īrush Tip Shape – Flatten the shape to about 40% We now need to make a few more adjustments to this brush to make it work. Edit/ Define Brush Preset and give it a name like Fur Brush. When your satisfied with the results, use the marquee tool and select just the brush work, not the whole area. It’s important not to have any sharp ends. You want a kind of rice shape with one end darker than the other and the ends fading out. Turn the opacity down to 50% if you want. Go back and forth with the black and white. Use only black and white when creating the brush. Turn on Transfer and turn the Opacity jitter to 0% Pen Pressure, Flow Jitter to 0% Pen pressure. Turn on the shape dynamics and turn the spacing all the way down to 1%. Select the brush setting and use the hard round. Open a new image 4″ x 4″ at 72 dpi with a white background I created the baby bunny here with just one brush. You will find that fur isn’t really all that difficult.
I don’t think I’ll ever go back to the traditional way of painting again.įur can be very intimidating no matter what medium you use. It gives me the confidence to try new things without the expense of making mistakes or wasting materials. Photoshop allows me to do things I never could do with the brush and canvas. But when I started learning the computer and working with Photoshop, I discovered my new tool. I’ve used colored pencils, acrylic, airbrush, pen and ink, watercolor, and pastels. I’ve been an artist all my life and have always done it the “traditional” way.
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