Next we are going to change the brushes setting by opening the brush settings window. To do this either click this button at the top, or go to Window>Brushes or hit F5. You will now be able to get a good looking brush by playing around with these settings.
I would probably spend some time dragging all the sliders back and forth so that you can get a feel of what each setting does, and find which ones you like. For this brush, click on the first setting called Shape Dynamics. This will bring up different options on the side. By selecting size and angle jitter we can break up some of the repetitive shapes that are in the brush.
Now click on the second option, Scattering. This will take the basic shape of the brush and spread it out so that you are painting with several instances of the same shape instead of all of them being in the same line. You can also control the density of the brush here.
To add some more texture to the brush you can click on the texture button. By clicking on the picture of the texture you can bring up a dialog box where you can select which kinds of textures you want to use.
Finally click on the other dynamics option. This controls the opacity of the brush based on pressure sensitivity.
This is a little sample of what the new brush looks like after changing the settings.
Brush examples:
This brush is used mainly for painting backgrounds as well as making an initial lay in for my figures.
I only use this brush for creating different textures in the background.
Sometimes I use this brush when I want to have a more painterly feel, or for textures.
I also like to use this Brush to soften edges.
This is probably the brush I use most. This brush is very versatile and allows me to paint more like I would with oils. When used at a very small size, you can get some really sharp lines, while at bigger sizes you can get a lot of texture. You can also rotate the brush in order to get brush strokes at different directions. Just go to the Brush tip shape option and drag the circular slider around.
