10 Steps to Create Psyched-Up, Multicolor Halloween Backgrounds
Oct 5, 2009
1. Download this small ghost brush. 2. Double-click on the .abr file. This will open Photoshop. 3. Create a new document 2400 x 1400 px wide. 4. In the Tools Palette, click on the Brush Icon. 5. Open the Brushes Palette. The Ghost Brush will be the last item there. 6. Click on “Brush Tip Shape” to the left of the palette, and adjust the Spacing to 130%.
Click on the “Create New Brush” icon, then name and save the brush.
7. Select black as your foreground color, press shift, and draw a horizontal line with the ghost brush. Include 10 ghosts in the row.
8. Use a round brush with a 2-px diameter, select white as your foreground color, and scribble freely on the row of ghosts to create a distressed effect.
9. Select the row with the Marquee tool. Click on the “Create New Brush” icon on the Brushes Palette, name and save the brush. Again, click on “Brush Tip Shape”, adjust the Spacing to 130, and name and save the brush one last time.
10. Color the background black, select the Brush tool (“b” on the keyboard), and select orange as your foreground color. Paint neatly for clean patterns.
Paint in crazy swirls for a more grungy feel. Let the strokes to overlap – paint over areas you have already covered for maximum effect.
Play around with the Color Dynamics and Angle Jitter in the Brushes Palette, too.
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12 Ghost Brushes and 8 Halloween Freebies
Oct 2, 2009- Filed under: General
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I have had SO MUCH FUN making this cute and humorous group of ghosts! At first I made them as pure shapes, but then I saw how ghost-like they became when the shapes are defined by dotted lines. I included both styles in this set.
Here is a set of Halloween FREEBIES that I made last year. View the full pack.
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15 Gorgeous Photoshop Brush Sets for Sale
Sep 27, 2009- Filed under: General
I’m proud to present 15 sets of my favorite photoshop brushes, in a brand new format. They are cool brushes and I hope you get much use out of them, as well as much enjoyment. They were all made in Photoshop CS3, and they are big enough for print and of course, web. (If you have any questions, contact me or leave a comment, and I’ll be back with a reply as fast as I can.)
“Circle Symphony” includes 15 high-res photoshop brushes, up to 1150 pixels in diameter. They are designed to look great on wedding invitations, posters, signage and scrapbooking.
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“Dot Splatters” includes 12 high-res photoshop brushes, up to 900 pixels in diameter. Use them for any type of splatter effect, big or small. The dots range in size and splatter area. Some of them are blurred to give a motion effect.
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“Fine Curls” includes 24 high-res photoshop brushes, up to 900 pixels in diameter. These brushes are ready to use for invitations, scrapbooking or anything fancy that needs a touch of elegance. The set includes brushes at different angles, ready-made for your ease of use. (The brushes have no shadow or embossed effects as in the example above.)
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“Floral Grunge” includes 12 high-res photoshop brushes, up to 500 pixels in diameter. They will work beautifully as underprints on cards or even on tshirts. Images inside the brush strokes include flowers, leaves and butterflies.
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“Flower textures” includes 10 high-res photoshop brushes, 500 pixels in diameter. They work well in covering background areas, or as colorful stamps on cards or scrapbooking designs.
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“Fractal Stars” includes 15 high-res photoshop brushes, up to 1300 pixels in diameter. They are trendy images and look great on cards, packaging and posters. I hope you have as much fun using them as I had making them :0)
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“Fractal Stars”
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“Geo Candy” includes 12 high-res photoshop brushes, up to 400 pixels in diameter. That’s why I called them “candy”, they are small and remind me of sugary sweets. The shapes are inlaid with swirly patterns and grunge, and you can play around with the brushes, placing them together to create even more shapes. .
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Due to poplar demand, I am happy to present a continuation in the “Geo Candy” series: 8 stunning high-res photoshop brushes, up to 800 pixels in diameter. They were designed for easy placement on a composition, photo or other graphic layout.
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“Grunge Swirls” includes 16 gorgeous, high-res photoshop brushes, up to 2000 pixels in diameter. I adore these brushes, they are easy to use on any design to make it look funky, yet classy. They are at different angles, so you can select a brush that will paint swirls across a chosen corner or side of your design.
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“Paint Swirls” includes 18 high-res photoshop brushes, up to 1100 pixels in diameter. These brushes are great for large background underprints or for small decorative finishes under a paragraph. (The brushes have no shadows as in the example above.)
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“Photo Frames” includes 3 large, high-res photoshop brushes. These are my favorite brushes. It took me a long time to design each of these until I was satisfied that they would have enough detail in them to work even with a single color brush stroke. They are fabulous with any photo that deserves a special touch. Just crop the photo to the proportions you want and paste on top. (In the examples above, I added a glittery purple texture to the brush strokes, which makes them stand out even more.)
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“Snowflake” includes 25 high-res photoshop brushes, up to 600 pixels in diameter. They are filled with grunge textures, great for decoration of scrapbook layouts, packaging and Xmas decorations.
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“Star Deco” includes 15 large, high-res photoshop brushes. The classical shapes have a timeless quality. They are pretty and varied enough to make your layout really cool. The dots at the end make the stars shimmer and shine.
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“Vector Heart Splatters” includes 15 high-res photoshop brushes, up to 1300 pixels in diameter. Everyone needs well-designed hearts, and this set is really cool and groovy. The heart shapes are a mixture of decorative swirly lines and pretty paint splatters.
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“Xmas Flakes” includes 9 high-res photoshop brushes, up to 1250 pixels in diameter. Here’s a set of ready-made grunge snowflake frames, snowflake backgrounds and other organic shapes made of snowflakes.
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Illustration Friday “Pattern”
Sep 26, 2009- Filed under: Brushes, Freebies, Scrapbooking, Shop
I was just developing a set of patterns yesterday, so the theme for Illustration Friday is perfect. With Halloween on my mind, I made this paper for scrapbookers or anyone who’s looking for something super magical.
The file is a very large jpg (12 x 12″, 300dpi, 11.7MB) and can be used in all versions of Photoshop.
| You can buy this paper for just $1.20! |  |
Talking about patterns, I am giving away FREE this set of my original Photoshop patterns, called “Extravagant”, to anyone who leaves a comment on this post.
OK, I’m loving this color theme and getting carried away with the spirit of Halloween!!!
Here’s a scratched-up, splattered-on, illuminated and bejewelled alpha for all my scrapbookers visitors. Make your layouts POP out at you! The x-height of each letter is around 300 px, so they are large enough for anything print-related, and also look great on screen. (The zip file is 8.5MB.)
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