Colorful Brushes in Photoshop
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Create a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop with the size 1920px by 1200px (RGB color mode) at a resolution of 72 pixels/inch. Use the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to fill with #D3B2C3 color the new background layer.
Find a stock photo with a man represented on it, I used this photo from deviantart. I would like to thank the author of this photo:
Remove the background using your favorite tools like Pen Tool (P), Magic Wand Tool (W), Magnetic Lasso (L) or even a simple Filter>Extract and insert it on a new layer in our main document.
Next step we’ll download a set of brushes for in Adobe Photoshop, named: MVbrush0809, grunge_brushes_by_szuia, benblogged_grunge and spooky_splats.
Click on the man’s layer on the bottom part of the Layers panel on Add layer mask icon and choose the benblogged_gr_2 brush from benblogged_grunge set. Set the Foreground color to black.
We need to hide the bottom part of the man’s picture by painting in the mask, the same way demonstrated below:
On the next new layer we’ll apply the penciller brush from MVbrush0809 set. Foreground color is #EDDEE7.
This layer should be positioned under the layer with the man on it. Paint on the layer the same way demonstrated below:
Create a new layer and select for it the next brush from benblogged_grunge set, Foreground color is black.
