Adobe Photoshop for Brush Creation
A course by German Gonzalez RamirezGraphic Designer and Digital Illustrator
A course by German Gonzalez Ramirez, Graphic Designer and Digital Illustrator
Explore Photoshop from scratch and the endless possibilities of the brush tool to take your digital projects to the next level
Adobe Photoshop is one of the most powerful graphics software on the market, its countless tools make it the jack-of-all-trades of every visual artist. In this Domestika Basics, learn one of its tools in-depth: the brush tool, starting from a basic level.
Together with graphic designer and illustrator Germán González, learn how to create your own brushes and customize them, opening up endless creative possibilities for your digital projects, whether for illustration, calligraphy, editing, or photo retouching.
This is Germán's second course on Domestika, after his first—and complementary—course, Digital Techniques for Illustrated Portraits, in which he teaches how to create incredible portraits with Photoshop that can tell stories by themselves.
Start this Domestika Basics by getting familiar with Photoshop, getting to know the basic functionalities, tools, and effects that you will be able to apply later with your brushes; also, learn how to use layers.
In the second course, get familiarized with the brush tool: what it contains, general concepts such as hardness or opacity, the brush categories, and explore the drop-down list of pre-set brushes.
Move on to the course called The Lab, where you will create your own brushes step by step, making variations and experimenting to create different types: blending, hair, motif, and artistic. Then, see how to export them.
Discover how to use other artists' brushes in the fourth course. Learn how to acquire them, analyze them, apply their settings to your brushes, and even improve them! Also, learn how to use a mixer brush.
Finally, discover the possible finishes and applications that you can achieve with the brushes, whether for digital illustration in portraits, for photographic retouching, texturing for settings, and more. With all this, you will be ready to use brushes like a pro.
Requirements
⦁ A computer with Windows 7 (or higher) or macOS El Capitan (or higher). ⦁ Adobe Photoshop CC (you can download the trial version from Adobe's official website.) ⦁ A graphics tablet. ⦁ A scanner or a printer with a scanner.
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Reviews
- 4 months ago
El curso mas completo de pinceles, muy bueno.
- 5 months ago
Un corso chiaro e accurato, perfetto per imparare a creare la propria libreria
- 10 months ago
Excelente curso, enseña desde usos de otras herramientas y la interfaz básica, muy bueno.
- 1 year ago
Amei este curso, ele me deu uma nova visão de como eu devo usar meus pinceis. So gratidao pela as aula do professor.
- 2 years ago
Graças a esse curso aprendi muito sobre pincéis, havia muita coisa que eu não sabia. O professor é ótimo, explica muito bem. Recomendo.
He works as a graphic designer at Parque Explora, a science museum in the city of Medellín, Colombia, a job that he combines with his activity as an independent illustrator, collaborating with local and foreign publications.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Presentation and welcome
- U1
Introduction to the brush tool
- Introduction to the brush tool
- U2
Installation
- Installation
- U3
Color profiles and canvas size
- Color profiles and canvas size
- U4
And how can our canvas be?
- And how can our canvas be?
- U5
A tool box
- A tool box. Part 1
- A tool box. Part 2
- U6
Tool Bonus: The Effects
- Tool Bonus: The Effects
- U7
Layers
- Layers
- U8
Scan method
- Scan method
- U9
Practice: tools at work
- Practice: tools at work
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