I was recently approached by my sister in-law, a photographer (Pianki Photography), with an image that had some effects that she wanted to know how to do and was wondering if I would do a tutorial for it. I said I would take a look at it and see what I could do. I was able to duplicate the effect and showed it to her. She said it was the look she was going for, so I agreed to do a tutorial on it. In this tutorial, I will be using paths, brushes, layer styles, layer masks and blend modes.

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Today I am going to show you a very simple way to turn anyone/anything into a photoshop brush.

Step 1.) Open the image you want to turn into a photoshop brush and crop out all unwanted areas.

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I am really busy today so here are some links to a few friends of mine. They have some great content and I thought I would share it with all of you today.

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Every designer and artist knows that sometimes you just need a little creative push. So lets start the new year with some creative inspiration. Here are some Creative sites that I have used in the past to get things going. (more…)

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