Digital Painting Archives - GrutBrushes.com https://www.grutbrushes.com/category/digital-painting-tutorial/ Photoshop Brushes for Digital Artists Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:44:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.grutbrushes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-Logo-600px-3-32x32.png Digital Painting Archives - GrutBrushes.com https://www.grutbrushes.com/category/digital-painting-tutorial/ 32 32 Wacom Stylus Pressure Not Working? https://www.grutbrushes.com/wacom-pen-stylus-pressure-not-working/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/wacom-pen-stylus-pressure-not-working/#comments Wed, 06 May 2020 21:47:47 +0000 https://www.grutbrushes.com/?p=591424 This will show you how to check if your tablet pressure is working in Photoshop. It can be tricky to tell if your stylus or pen is not working or if it is just that brush, especially with fancy brushes that seem to change as you paint with them. This test will account for that. […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/wacom-pen-stylus-pressure-not-working/feed/ 4 After The Flood by Valentin Kopetzki https://www.grutbrushes.com/after-the-flood-by-valentin-kopetzki/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/after-the-flood-by-valentin-kopetzki/#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:24:05 +0000 https://www.grutbrushes.com/?p=550853 Sometimes I see an artist use my tools and I feel like they have some innate connection to them. It’s such a thrill to see my brushes play a part in a brilliant performance by talented hands. This grand and masterfully painted scene by Valentin Kopetzki is one such example and also the latest addition […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/after-the-flood-by-valentin-kopetzki/feed/ 0 Martin Guldbaek in the GrutBrushes Gallery https://www.grutbrushes.com/martin-guldbaek-in-the-grutbrushes-gallery/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/martin-guldbaek-in-the-grutbrushes-gallery/#comments Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:46:59 +0000 https://grutbrushes.com/?p=524070 When I see how Martin Guldbaek uses my Oil Impasto Photoshop brushes it is such a thrill. He brings out their sculptural qualities and gives them weight, to create forms that feel almost physical even though they are mostly just broad brush strokes of digital paint, but so perfectly placed, thanks to Martin’s superb understanding […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/martin-guldbaek-in-the-grutbrushes-gallery/feed/ 1 Digital Pencil Portraits by Josh McCann https://www.grutbrushes.com/digital-pencil-portraits-by-josh-mccann/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/digital-pencil-portraits-by-josh-mccann/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2019 21:14:56 +0000 https://www.grutbrushes.com/?p=515557 I have neither the skill nor the patience to draw the kind of portraits that Josh McCann does, but what makes them all the more remarkable is that he draws them with the GrutBrushes pencils! The piece above by Josh is the latest addition to the GrutBrushes gallery (Scroll down to see a timelapse video […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/digital-pencil-portraits-by-josh-mccann/feed/ 0 How to Export Multiple Photoshop Brushes as a Single TPL (to Import into Artstudio Pro) https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-export-multiple-photoshop-brushes-as-a-single-tpl-to-import-into-artstudio-pro/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-export-multiple-photoshop-brushes-as-a-single-tpl-to-import-into-artstudio-pro/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2018 21:04:13 +0000 https://www.grutbrushes.com/?p=445954 Q: Can I use GrutBrushes on an iPad Pro? A: Yes! I get this question almost every day now and while I don’t have any proper documentation for it yet, you can import GrutBrushes TPL files into both Artstudio Pro (I love this app!) and Adobe Sketch apps You can import any of the GrutBrushes […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-export-multiple-photoshop-brushes-as-a-single-tpl-to-import-into-artstudio-pro/feed/ 5 How to Make a Photoshop Brush/Eraser toggle switch on your Stylus https://www.grutbrushes.com/toggle-between-brush-and-eraser-in-photoshop/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/toggle-between-brush-and-eraser-in-photoshop/#comments Sun, 24 Jun 2018 15:52:03 +0000 https://www.grutbrushes.com/?p=435667 1. Open Tablet Properties 2. Change one of the buttons to ‘erase’ Now when you are in brush mode and you hold down that button on your stylus, your brush will temporarily turn into an eraser! Just release it to return to brush mode and keep painting. The temporary eraser will have the same settings […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/toggle-between-brush-and-eraser-in-photoshop/feed/ 8 Adobe update breaks brush-to-eraser-tool hack Here’s a workaround https://www.grutbrushes.com/adobe-update-breaks-brush-eraser-tool-hack-heres-workaround/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/adobe-update-breaks-brush-eraser-tool-hack-heres-workaround/#comments Sat, 18 Nov 2017 00:45:15 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=292936 UPDATE 2020:  Simplest method of all…while painting, hold down the TILDE key: ` (usually at the top left of your keyboard while you are painting and your brush will turn into an eraser, with all the same properties, as long as you hold it down) If, like me, you loved being able to select any […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/adobe-update-breaks-brush-eraser-tool-hack-heres-workaround/feed/ 2 Photoshop Splatter Brushes Tutorial https://www.grutbrushes.com/photoshop-splatter-brushes-tutorial/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/photoshop-splatter-brushes-tutorial/#respond Sat, 10 Sep 2016 20:08:55 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=164261 I’m giving away a free set on Tumblr every week for the rest of  September Reblog this post on tumblr for a chance to win.  The winners will be announced below. starting on the 18th! I’m giving away a free set on Tumblr every week for the rest of  September Reblog this post on tumblr […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/photoshop-splatter-brushes-tutorial/feed/ 0 Free Photoshop Brush of the Week #56 “Jam Wiggly” ink Brush https://www.grutbrushes.com/free-photoshop-brush-of-the-week-56-jam-wiggly-ink-brush/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/free-photoshop-brush-of-the-week-56-jam-wiggly-ink-brush/#respond Mon, 11 Apr 2016 03:14:43 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=123373   This week’s free Photoshop brush is a sloppy ink brush with a broad erratic tip with generous flow but the edge contours of a dry brush This brush starts out as a scratchy intermittent texture and ends in a thick wet opaque line with a slight edge splatter at full pressure. As always, you can […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/free-photoshop-brush-of-the-week-56-jam-wiggly-ink-brush/feed/ 0 Getting The Most out of Your Photoshop Brushes – Exploring The Low Pressure Range https://www.grutbrushes.com/getting-the-most-out-of-your-photoshop-brushes-exploring-the-low-pressure-range/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/getting-the-most-out-of-your-photoshop-brushes-exploring-the-low-pressure-range/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:51:03 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=110024 http://grutbrushes.wistia.com/medias/lpubpnx945?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=1020 Sometimes people ask me which brush I used to do the shading in this painting and when I tell them it’s the ‘Ocean Liner‘ brush they usually don’t believe me and I really don’t blame them because this is the stroke most people get when they use the ocean liner brush: The fact is […]

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