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In this Photoshop tutorial you'll learn to create your own custom natural media brushes.

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In this Photoshop tutorial you'll learn to create your own custom natural media brushes.

In this Photoshop tutorial you'll learn to create your own custom natural media brushes. Creating a brush that emulates natural media can give your artwork a lot more personality. We'll begin by learning how to create a pencil brush and see how we can use a default brush in Photoshop to help us get started. From here we'll focus on creating both chalk and watercolor brushes. With each brush we'll explore options in the brush panel to help us refine it's functionality and look. We'll also learn how to define, save, and load brush presets. Additionally, we'll practice with each of our brushes on individual projects to gain a stronger sense of how they function and the visual result that follows. After watching this Photoshop training you'll be able to push your own creativity further when it comes to creating brushes for your own projects.

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Introduction and Project Overview
Creating Natural Media Brushes in Photoshop

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Develops creative skills with natural media brushes in the widely used design software Photoshop
Taught by the recognized artist Kurt Jones, whose expertise on creative art and paintings has been widely acclaimed
Suitable for students with a background in digital art and Photoshop
Exploration and introduction to innovative and imaginative approaches to natural media in Photoshop
Teaches brush customization for specialized and unique outcomes in digital art

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Learners who complete Creating Natural Media Brushes in Photoshop will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:
Illustrator
Illustrators use a variety of tools to create their artwork, including Photoshop. In this course, you will learn how to create custom natural media brushes in Photoshop, such as chalk and watercolor brushes. Mastering these techniques will help you expand your capabilities as an Illustrator.
Visual Effects Artist
Visual Effects Artists often use Photoshop, and this course will introduce you to Photoshop features for creating custom natural media brushes. It will teach you how to create brushes such as chalk, watercolor, and even pencil. This course is a great resource for developing your skills in Photoshop.
Web Designer
Web Designers who use Photoshop will find this course helpful for developing their skills and knowledge. You will learn the basics of creating custom brushes, including how to load and save them as presets. This will allow you to create more dynamic and visually appealing websites.
UX/UI Designer
UX/UI Designers who use Photoshop can benefit from learning how to create their own custom brushes. This will help you design user interfaces with more intricate and engaging visuals.
Graphic designer
Learning how to create custom natural media brushes in Photoshop is a highly relevant topic for Graphic Designers. This kind of brush can add a lot of personality to their finished designs. This course will help you to develop essential skills in this area, making you more effective as a Graphic Designer.
Product Designer
Product Designers who are familiar with Photoshop may find this course helpful. It will help enhance your knowledge of the software and teach you how to create custom natural media brushes, giving you more options for designing products that stand out from the crowd.
Art Director
An Art Director is likely to work with tools such as Photoshop extensively. Therefore, this course will help you to develop your skills and knowledge of this program, which is highly sought-after in creative fields. By learning how to create your own custom natural media brushes, you can bring your artistic vision more fully to life.
Digital Marketing Manager
The ability to use Photoshop is a common requirement for Digital Marketing Managers. This course will help you to create your own custom natural media brushes. You will learn how to edit and refine your brushes, as well as save and load them as presets. Digital Marketing Managers can use this knowledge during website and social media marketing campaigns.
Photographer
Photographers who use Photoshop as part of their workflow may find this course helpful. It will teach you how to create and edit your own custom natural media brushes, which you can use to add personality and a unique touch to your work.
Marketing Manager
Marketing Managers often oversee the creative work of their team, which may involve using Photoshop. This course will give you the skills necessary to create your own natural media brushes to help bring your marketing campaigns to the next level.
Chief Technology Officer
A Chief Technology Officer may not directly apply the skills learned from this Photoshop tutorial to their work. However, the program is a popular tool for many disciplines, particularly those in design and software development. As such, this course could help you learn more about the many functions of Photoshop.
Animator
Animators may create their own brushes of different types in the software they use, such as Photoshop. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create your own custom natural media brushes. These can be used to create art with more personality. Thus, this course may be helpful to you if you are interested in a career as an Animator.
Data Scientist
This course is unlikely to be directly applicable to a career as a Data Scientist.
Computer Hardware Engineer
This course is unlikely to be directly applicable to a career as a Computer Hardware Engineer.
Machine Learning Engineer
This course is unlikely to be directly applicable to a career as a Machine Learning Engineer.

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