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Photoshop ver 07 // brushes found [146] Page7

by ~nocturnalbliss, Jan 11, 2007, 10:02:16 AM
Journals / Personal

Photoshop ver 07+ // Page7

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// brushes found [146]:

[link] Antique Lace Brushes

[link] Pop Art Brushes

[link] Blood Brushes III

[link] Hair Brushes III

[link] Lighting Effects Brushes
[link] Guns and Bullets Brushes
[link] Border Brushes
[link] Spots and Stripes Brushes
[link] Random Grunge
[link] Valentine Brushes
[link] Starlight Brushes
[link] Fractal Swirls Brushes
[link] Alchemy Brushes
[link] Puzzle Brushes
[link] Retro Shape Brushes
[link] Wallpaper Brushes
[link] China Pattern Brushes
[link] Mehandi Designs Brushes
[link] Rusty Grunge Brushes
[link] Christmas Accent Brushes
[link] Rainstorm brushes
[link] Demonic Brushes
[link] Bird Wing Brushes
[link] Damaged Film Brushes
[link] Four Leaf Clover Brushes
[link] Grunge Script Brushes
[link] Winter Snow Brushes
[link] Flame Brushes
[link] Henna Brushes
[link] Human Skin Brushes
[link] Cloudy brushes
[link] Nature Brushes
[link] Paint Smudge Brushes
[link] Halloween Brushes
[link] Maple_Leaves_Brushes
[link] Tree Trunk Brushes
[link] Autumn Cluster Brushes
[link] Desert Cracks Brushes
[link] Fractal Paint Brushes
[link] Ancient Map Brushes
[link] Flowers Brushes
[link] Anime Hearts, Stars, and Moons
[link] Gothic Swirls
[link] Fall Leaves
[link] Zodiac Brushes
[link] Devil Breath Designs Brushes
[link] Hand Drawn Designs Brushes
[link] A Peeling Brushes
[link] Classical Grunge
[link] Snake Brushes
[link] Time Brushes
[link] Medieval Crosses Brush
[link] Mist Effect Brushes
[link] Spikes and Scratches Brush
[link] Egyptian God and Goddess
[link] Grunge Textures Brushes
[link] Tangled Rectangles
[link] Lightning Brushes
[link] Exploding Flower brushes
[link] Fairy Wings Brushes
[link] Doodle Brushes
[link] Avatar Brushes version 1.0
[link] Bloody Mess
[link] Dust Rag brushes
[link] Music Brushes
[link] Dog Hair Brushes
[link] Headlines Brushes
[link] Spectacular Planets Brushes
[link] Ancient Book Borders Brushes
[link] Pretty Script Brushes
[link] Triangular Fixation
[link] Bubbles Brush
[link] trees brush
[link] Sparkle Brushes
[link] Techy Shapes Brushes
[link] Grunge Swirls and Grids
[link] Distressed Brushes
[link] Architectural Grunge
[link] Fingerprinted Brushes
[link] Broken Glass Brushes
[link] Starry
[link] Funky Patterns Brushes
[link] Random Textures
[link] Grunge Brushes
[link] Feather Brushes
[link] Stitches Brush
[link] Gas Mask Brushes
[link] Stereo Parts Brush
[link] Iron Borders
[link] Fancy Borders
[link] Splatter Brushes
[link] Lace Brushes
[link] Butterfly Brushes
[link] Danger Signs Brushes
[link] Moth Brushes
[link] Haunted Brushes
[link] Tape Brushes
[link] Crossed Brush
[link] Egiptian designs
[link] Hearty
[link] Useful Shapes II
[link] Barbed Wire
[link] Victorian Accents
[link] Spider
[link] African Masks
[link] Rose Petals
[link] Filmed
[link] Royal Swirls
[link] Runes II
[link] Belphebian Swirls
[link] Hazards
[link] Ancient Money
[link] Handwriting
[link] Useful Shapes
[link] Technical Shapes
[link] Diamonds and Gems
[link] Runes
[link] Swirly
[link] Underwater
[link] Bracket
[link] Sharp
[link] Blood
[link] Suture
[link] Curls
[link] Brained
[link] Mystical Wings
[link] Displaced Textures
[link] Gradient Lines
[link] Damage
[link] Textural
[link] Syringe
[link] Evidence
[link] Deep Space
[link] Dem Bones
[link] Pipes, Bricks, Bars
[link] Hair
[link] Glitter and Spark
[link] Spacy 2
[link] Cubed
[link] Be Mine
[link] Saturn
[link] Spherical Grunge
[link] Scratch N' Spikes
[link] Spacy
[link] Parched

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Need brushes?

by ^SylwiaTelari, Nov 28, 2012, 2:50:07 AM
Journals / Culture / Art Features

After references, textures and faces, the time comes for brushes. All inspirational, all useful!

GIMP BRUSHES

PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES

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PE: Textured brushes

Thu Apr 4, 2013, 6:44 AM

Community Week

This article is an introduction to textured brushes in digital art painting. I'll cover making your own brushes as well as the use of textured brushes. You'll also find some great art and brush sets at the end of this article. This is my first time writing for #projecteducate, so I hope you'll find this helpful!

Textured brush vs. texture
First of all, what is a textured brush? And why should you bother with it when you can just slap a nice texture over your painting to make it look more interesting?

Texture:

Textured brush:

Alright, let's start at the beginning. "Textured brush" is a brush created out of a texture, so basically a texture in brush-form. Whether it's made with help of a pre-existing image (see texture above) or some wild scribbling on your tablet (like the example brush above) doesn't matter. Texture + select + define brush = textured brush! More on how that process works later.
So, why bother with textured brushes in the first place? Some thoughts on the matter:

1) Searching for the right texture
Using a texture means you have to search for it first. Whether you have photographed your own or depend on the resources others provide you have to search for the right one. To find the one image that doesn't make your character's face look like sandpaper when you don't intend it to can be harder than you might think. Using someone else's textures (or brushes for that matter) leads us to the next problem.

2) The credit problem
Unless you made the texture or textured brushes yourself you always have to credit the artist who made them! Even if they explicitely state that you don't have to I think it's only fair to do so. You're honouring their effort this way, and more people might get to know about the resources you thought helpful enough to use them to create your artwork.
Another thing is that you can't just use someone's random photo of the sky. If they haven't labelled their photo as stock you'd also have to ask their permission to use it first (everything else would be stealing).

3) Improving your artistic skills
When painting, say, a desert, simply painting a sea of yellow and brown, and using texture of sand to make it look like sand, is the easy way out. That way, you might learn something about (Photoshop) filters and blending modes, but not how to draw a desert. Because you didn't draw it, you substituted drawing with slapping a photo over your image. It's not that using a textured brush would be that hard either, it's just a brush after all, only one that can create amazing effects! It's fun and you can achieve the effects you want much easier, because you have direct control over it.

Creation of custom textured brushes
Since making your own fancy custom texture brushes is way more fun than simply using presets or someone else's, here are 3 easy steps that will lead to your shiny new brush:

1) Open a new canvas (in whatever programm you use, I use Photoshop CS2 (German version)). You can simply use the standard settings.

2) Open a new layer (transparency is important for this whole endeavor). Take your super plain standard round brush and scribble away! Combine dots, straight lines and random wavy lines, and try to keep the whole mess vaguely brush-shaped.

Textured Brushes Tut Screencap4 by =Riemea

3) Use your favourite selection tool to select your scribble and open the 'Edit' menu. Choose 'Define Brush' next. A window should open where you can name your new brush. And that's it! You can now select your shiny new brush and experiment with the settings; go crazy and have fun with it!

Textured Brushes Tut Screencap5 by =Riemea

Here are three more ways to make custom textured brushes (with settings changes, from pre-existing textures and creating "natural brushes"):

In case you caught the brush-making-fever: Here are some brushes you could try making, as well as examples on what they could look like (made by yours truly):

1. Great brush for soft shading and blending
2. Nice brush for traditional looking lines
3. Good brush for skin texture

Textured Brushes Tut Screencap7 by =Riemea

Some guidelines on using textured brushes
That's all well and good you might think, but what about using those fancy brushes now? I have a set of 20 super-mega-awesome brushes, so I'll just go and use as many of them as possible in my next painting, right? Wrong.

Part of the magic is knowing (pretending to know) which brush to use for what, so that you don't overdo it. But how should I know that?? Simple answer: Experiment. Let's take the brushes I have up there as examples. How could I know the third one would be good for adding texture to skin? Well, I tried it out. I played with the settings a bit, tried to use it on hair, skin, clothes, background, basically everything. What I found out was, that brushes with such shape - let's call them "speckled brushes" - are helpful for painting skin and hair. Clothes and outlines not so much, at least not in my stlye. And that's why experimenting with your own brushes on your own pictures is so important. I for example love that brush #1 up there, but you might find it completely useless. How would you know? Well, not through staring at it in front of your computer.

And when you finally finished going through that list of 20 brushes you had in the beginning you might find yourself with only 6 left. And that's good, because that means a) a pretty managable and extensible list of brushes and b) you're less likely to overload your painting with texture, since you already have some experience with your new brushes and can guess where to use them best. And you hopefully had lots of fun with creating these brushes and trying them out

Resources
Some brush sets you might find helpful for your new adventures in texture (remember to credit when you use them!):

Art feature
To conclude this article, some great artworks showing wonderful and creative use of textured brushes:

Do You Hear the People Sing? by `alicexz

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Go for it - Photoshop Brushes

by `LuneBleu, Jul 20, 2008, 2:53:46 PM
Journals / Art News / Resources

Previous Go for it articles:

• Go for it - Photoshop Tutorials
• Go for it - Photoshop Actions

Hello guys! How are you?
This "Go for it" Article is about Photoshop Brushes.
Many of us use brushes to enhance our works result. Whether they are drawings, vectors, paintings, manipulations, photographies, etc., the truth is that brushes are many times a life savior and, they help us achieve great effects in an great and easy way.

What are brushes?
Quoting my own Tutorial, "Brushes can be compared to stamps that we use in Photoshop (or in other program like Paint Shop Pro, Illustrator, Corel PhotoPaint, etc.). The main puropse is to add extra effect or details into your digital work".

I've created 2 Tutorials exlaining how to instal & apply Photoshop Brushes and, also how to create your own Photoshop Brushes. If you find them useful, please download them and have fun!

Now here's a small selection of some brushes available to download for free on deviantArt.
PLEASE, don't forget to follow each stock provider's Rules everytime you download brushes or other resource.

• Nature related

• Animal related

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• Design & Symbols related

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• Light & Glow related

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• Objects related

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• Human related

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:thumb13631973:

• Textures related

These are just some of the categories and brushes available here on dA.
I made a small selection and you can search for much, much more. Just go to the Main Page and search by Resources > Application Resources > Photoshop Brushes. There's a whole dA world of brushes for you to explore. Have fun!

Tip - in case you want a specific brush, try to search for it in the the Search Bar (example: Hair Brushes -> Go). A whole list of that specific category will show in front of your eyes!

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deviantART muro Brushes Are Now Free!

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 1:05 PM

deviantART muro, our cutting edge in-browser drawing tool, offers a variety of different brushes for use in creating digital paintings. In the past, we've offered some brushes for free, and others as part of premium brush packs. We're happy to announce that all current brushes are now available for free!

We want to make deviantART muro a powerful artistic application for you to use, and part of that is giving you the tools to create powerful, dynamic pieces of art with the application. With access to more brushes, you'll have even more opportunity to further express yourself artistically. And best of all, it continues to be a completely free experience, powered by your Sta.sh. This builds on our initial introduction of Redraw functionality, giving you the ability to watch recordings of artistic progress and unlock and learn from artist's individual processes.

Deviations created with deviantART muro

Thank you for your support

We greatly appreciate all deviants who supported deviantART muro in its early days by purchasing our premium brush packs. Without that support, we wouldn't have been able to continue improving deviantART muro for the benefit of the deviantART community as a whole. As a thank you, we've awarded all previous brush pack purchasers with an exclusive "Brush Lover" Profile Page badge. Again, thank you for your support.

Unlock your artistic talent today

Try deviantART muro now!

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Site Update: deviantART muro Brushes, deviantID

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 3:01 PM

In our continuous effort to improve the deviantART experience, we're publishing weekly Site Updates to keep members informed and to gather feedback. Below is a list of recent changes to the site, bug fixes, and feedback that was brought up by members in the last Site Update.

What's New

deviantART muro Brushes Are Now Free!

deviantART muro, our cutting edge in-browser drawing tool, offers a variety of different brushes for use in creating digital paintings. In the past, we've offered some brushes for free, and others as part of premium brush packs. We're happy to announce that from today onward, we're offering all brushes for free.

Read more

Text Brush in deviantART muro (Beta Testers)

We launched a new tool to Beta Testers that allows you to paint words onto your canvas in deviantART muro!

Read more

A New deviantID

Over the course of the next few days, we'll be moving forward and transferring everyone on site over to the new deviantID widget. This widget, originally launched to beta testers in 2011 and made available to deviants early on in 2012, is designed to help deviants present themselves as artists or art appreciators, while also making it easy for other deviants to find common interests.

The deviantID widget lets you display information about yourself, your interests, and an image of what you feel represents you, all from one sleek box on your page!

New deviantART Twitter Accounts

Last week we added two new accounts to our network of automated Twitter accounts. We added @deviantARTdd, which tweets Daily Deviations and @dA_journals, which tweets popular Journals.

Get daily inspirational artwork delivered straight to your Twitter feed! Even when you're away from deviantART, you can stay inspired while keeping a pulse on the deviantART community.

These accounts were created to give deviantART members more exposure by increasing traffic and visibility to audiences outside of the deviantART community. They tweet recently popular deviations in a given category. If the artist has a Twitter account, their Twitter username will be included in the tweet, giving the artist's Twitter account extra exposure. Twitter usernames are pulled from the Twitter Widget on your profile. Premium Members, if you haven't already installed it, you may want to do this.

Change Log

When in one's own Gallery or Favourites, the pencil menus on thumbnails were missing scrollbars for deviants using the Safari browser with Mountain Lion. Fixed by `Nodren
When purchasing Fine Art Prints, the shipping method selector was briefly unavailable. Fixed by `KnightAR
Selecting a friend from the Note sharing tool would load that deviant's page instead of putting their username into the "To:" field. Fixed by `Nodren
There was an issue encountered in Firefox where some drop down menus on Profile pages wouldn't open. Fixed by `Nodren
Purchasing a Premium Membership for yourself and another deviant in the same transaction would display an incorrect total price. Fixed by `aMoniker
A small number of Film submissions had failed transcoding, and were stuck in a "processing" state. Fixed by $yury-n
Some Forum notification messages could not be removed from the Message Center. Fixed by $randomduck
Phantom Message Center messages affecting some senior members were removed. Fixed by $randomduck
The "Add This Widget" command on Profile and Group pages was briefly broken. Fixed by `Nodren
There were some scrolling issues on deviation pages in Safari. Fixed by `aMoniker
There was an error replying to Notes if a previously typed note hadn't been sent. Fixed by $shadowhand
Ads on Profile pages would display strangely in some browsers when a menu in the topbar was opened. Fixed by $ZombieCoder
On the mobile site, deviation pages were preloading larger images too aggressively, resulting in slower loading times. Fixed by `aMoniker

deviantART muro

There was an unusual issue encountered when a deviant exited from muro without making any marks. Fixed by $mudimba
When launched from Sta.sh Writer, images would be zoomed out to a large degree. Fixed by $mudimba
The horizontal flip tool stopped working in dA muro. Reported by `phoenixleo, fixed by $mudimba
In Chrome, the functioning tool would sometimes get stuck as the eraser tool, even when a pen or brush was selected. Reported by *wrongpixel and ~DashMerc, fixed by $mudimba

Sta.sh

A green background was appearing in Sta.sh. Fixed by $kouiskas
The layout of thumbs when inside of a stack was broken. Fixed by $shahyarg
Uploads to Sta.sh wouldn't appear in Internet Explorer until after refreshing the page. Fixed by $kouiskas
When logged out and leaving a comment on a Sta.sh item, the login modal layout was broken. Fixed by $kouiskas
In Firefox, portions of the upload button were not clickable. Fixed by $kouiskas
Switching from Scraps and back to Scraps in the category selector wouldn't work properly. Fixed by $samshull

Sta.sh Writer

A large amount of thumbnails would load in the Writer sidebar upon opening Writer, which would affect display performance. Fixed by $kemayo
When editing an image from Sta.sh Writer in deviantART muro, error messages were unclear. Fixed by $kemayo
Embedded deviations didn't respect mature content settings. Fixed by $Alisey
The "link" option in the toolbar didn't auto-focus the cursor on text input after opening it. Fixed by $Alisey
Error messages when saving drafts were unclear. Fixed by $Alisey
Dragging emoticons from the Writer sidebar failed in Firefox. Fixed by $Alisey
Empty space was appearing at the bottom of the skin sidebar in Firefox. Fixed by $Alisey
The "switch to image" option on deviantART muro redraw deviations didn't work. Fixed by $Alisey
Deviation images would not always scale proportionately. Fixed by $Alisey
Some HTML tags were breaking when an entry was edited. Fixed by $Alisey
For Sta.sh Comments, the "Add Media" tabs in the Writer sidebar would display unevenly. Fixed by $Alisey

Your Feedback

Thanks for the feedback left on last week's update! Here's some of the feedback you left for us.

The prices at which deviants mentioned they set commissions varied greatly, though the methods of payment mentioned were fairly consistent, between PayPal and deviantART Points.
Most deviants who replied to the discussion section said that they usually accept between 3 and 5 commissions at a time, though some said they were willing to take on up to ten at a time.
In regard to communication with the artist/client, some prefer to use Notes, while others prefer to keep in contact via email.
Feedback regarding the new Sta.sh comments was positive, and some deviants mentioned that they would like to see that functionality used on deviantART as well.
Deviants would like to be able to view more than 24 deviations per page in the Message Center. Suggested by =Yamitora1
Deviants would like for a deviation's Favourites list to display what Groups have added that deviation to their favourites as well. Suggested by =GenesisArclite

Discuss!

Conversation in Notes

One of many ways in which messaging has developed online in the recent past is the conversation view for personal messages (e.g. how Facebook messages are displayed). What are your thoughts in regard to conversation-type layouts for personal messages? Do you find them easy to navigate or organize? If you don't like a conversation style of layout, what sort of layout do you prefer for your personal messages?

Conversation view as mocked up by =MamaELM

Have a suggestion, idea, or feedback? Leave a comment on this article!
Want to keep track of known issues? Check out our Status Forum!
Find a bug? Report it to the Help Desk! (Be as detailed as possible!)

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Photoshop ver 07 // brushes found [50] Page3

by ~nocturnalbliss, Jan 11, 2007, 9:07:15 AM
Journals / Personal

Photoshop ver 07+ // Page3

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// brushes found [47]:

[link] Photoshop Brushes, Hats
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Men 7-14
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Men 1-6
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Girls 1-12
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Girls 13-24
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Orn. 37-42
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Orn. 26-36
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Orn. 13-25
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Music 23-24
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Music 16-22
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Music 9-15
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Music 6-8
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Music 1-5
[link] Photoshop Brushes A-Z
[link] PhotoshopBrushes, God
[link] PhotoshopBrushes, Hearts
[link] PhotoshopBrushes, Fish 1-9
[link] PhotoshopBrushesButterfly14-19
[link] PhotoshopBrushesButterfly7-13
[link] PhotoshopBrushesButterfly1-6
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Bugs 10-23
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Bugs 1-9
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Arches11-18
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Arches 7-10
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Arches 4-6
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Arches 1-3
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Random 2
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Love
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Diva
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Laughlin
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Random 1
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Decay 11-20
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Decay 1-10
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Scrapbook
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Regalia
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Hunting
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Butterfly2
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Butterfly1
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Techno Angel
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Last Supper
[link] Photoshop Brushes, GrungeBorder
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Hollywood
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Friendship
[link] Photoshop Brushes, F Farmer
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Bette Davis
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Carocci Blur
[link] Photoshop Brushes, Antique Auto

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// brushes found [03]:
[link] X2Delete's Gundam model manual
[link] SLOTH 6 Six Pack Of BRUSHES
[link] PS Chisel Tip brush

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Collection of useful Brushes

by *stillnotsorry, Dec 24, 2008, 1:35:18 PM
Journals / Art News / Resources

I collected a few really useful and amazing brushes.
I hope it makes your search a little bit easier

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Site Update: Commissions, deviantART muro brushes

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 7:19 PM

In our continuous effort to improve the deviantART experience, we're publishing weekly Site Updates to keep members informed and to gather feedback. Below is a list of recent changes to the site, bug fixes, and feedback that was brought up by members in the last Site Update.

What's New

Introducing Commissions on deviantART

We've launched our new Commissions widget to everyone, enabling artists to generate real earnings through custom creations. Artists can list their commission availability through the widget on their profile, clients can then request commissions from them, and once the artist accepts, they receive payment which then shows up as profit on their My Earnings page.

Read more

Brush Updates for deviantART muro

Several additions have been made to deviantART muro in the form of new brush tools!

We've been beta testing a text brush that is now released to everyone. You can paint on your canvas with words, and there's a large variety of fonts to choose from!

Based on a suggestion by *WilloughbyArevalo, we've also added to the eraser tool, so that you can erase using some of the same stylistic brushes that you use to draw! This allows for an even more dynamic creation experience with deviantART muro.

Coming Soon: The New Submit Art Page!

One of the most heavily used features on deviantART is getting an upgrade! We'll soon be releasing improvements to the submission process. From uploading and selecting files to choosing a category, every step has been re-designed and reviewed by our teams to ensure a user-friendly submission process. It's a whole new way to get your art out to the world. And with this comes new technology that will allow us to add even more features in the coming months.

The New Submit page has been in limited release to a group of several hundred thousand deviants and we've received an amazing amount of feedback. Thanks to such feedback, we've made further improvements to the page and fixed issues that arose during the limited release. Our data has since shown a significant increase in successful submissions among those using New Submit. Thanks again to all who have provided feedback; we're almost ready to release it to everyone!

Change Log

The Collections sidebar of one's Favourites page could not be re-arranged in Google Chrome. Fixed by $shahyarg
There were some minor issues with dragging thumbnails in some browsers. Fixed by $shahyarg
Custom Gallery Folder icons were overlapping when viewed in Firefox. Fixed by $shahyarg

Sta.sh / New Submit

When using the left and right arrow keys to browse through stacks, sometimes the image would shift. Fixed by $drommk
The "remember settings" option didn't work properly if "My Scrapbook" or "My Journal" was selected. Fixed by $drommk
Under rare circumstances, a "loading editor failed" error would occur. Fixed by $drommk

Sta.sh Writer

Embed codes for film and deviantART muro redraws stopped working in Writer, and would instead disappear. Fixed by $kemayo
For Sta.sh comments, if the comment was posted with an unclosed HTML tag, the comment would display as cut off in Internet Explorer. Fixed by $inazar
Sta.sh Writer would delete skinned journal entry contents when editing in Internet Explorer. Fixed by $Alisey
An extra empty line was added when splitting up a blockquote. Fixed by $Alisey

Your Feedback

Thank you for the feedback left on the previous two Site Updates! Here's some of what you had to say, in the midst of the holiday season.

Feedback regarding the changes made to literature thumbnails with preview images was largely positive.
In addition, some deviants mentioned that they would like to add preview images to literature deviations submitted through Sta.sh Writer, as well. For reference, this is something we do intend to implement in the future!
Some deviants would like a word count to display in Sta.sh Writer. Suggested by =ohsparrowsong

Discuss!

Commissions and deviantART muro Brush Updates

What do you think of the new options that have been added? How do you think you'll make use of the Commissions widget? What are your thoughts on the new brush tools? If you create something using the new brush tools, please link to them in your comment!

Have a suggestion, idea, or feedback? Leave a comment on this article!
Want to keep track of known issues? Check out our Status Forum!
Find a bug? Report it to the Help Desk! (Be as detailed as possible!)

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Brushes

Mon Jul 25, 2011, 3:25 AM

This is somehow a continuation of the previous journal with a listing of tutorials I use.

People ask me about what brushes do I use even more often than about me making tutorials. Unfortunately here I might help only Photoshop users as I've never used SAI or GIMP and my Corel Painter worked so unbelievably slow on my machine that recently I've simply uninstalled it.

To be honest, the brush I use most often is a simple round brush with tablet pressure controlling the opacity.

With that baby I paint almost everything starting from under-painting and ending on medium details. Yet, there are all sorts of different brushes I use for other things - hair, texturing, backgrounds, foliage and so on. Here are a few sets I have installed. I do not use every single brush from them and I've deleted most of them right after installation... sometimes leaving as much as 1-5 brushes from a set of 30. You can get rid of unwanted brushes by either using the preset manager in the brush menu panel or by clicking a brush while holding ALT key. It's not good to have too many brushes on your list. Not only will it confuse you but also it might cause slower brush-list loading on older machines.

After downloading and installing a brush set always test every single brush - play with it on a clear canvas, test it in different colours and using different strokes. Pick only those which you like and know how to use, delete the others or at least move them to the bottom of the list, leaving the most often used at the top.

If you have any questions related to using brushes, then go ahead and ask. I'll try to answer all your questions and use my awesome engrish skills to explain as much as possible.

PS. A friend of mine recently opened a role-playing forum. Want to play?

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Mood: Lazy
Listening to: Me Myself and I - Sou-Au
Playing: Portal 2

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