Had fun exploring brush creation. I ended up with this thing - not sure I would use it in anything but it was interesting. I got a decent feel for the dual brush setting.

Did my best and managed to get some (decent) brush tips. I use Clip Studio Paint, so a number of the tools covered in the video have different names than they do in Photoshop ("Linear Dodge" in PS, is apparently "Add (glow" in CSP). But what's really given me trouble was that I can't seem to use a linear dodge brush the same way as we're shown in the video. Well I can, but then I'm left with a solid white background that's not transparent (and yes I did lock transparent pixels). I thought I'd found a solution when I the properties featured below, but then any time I tried changing the layer into a multiply layer and so on, I ended up having a solid white background (or the image disappeared altogether) Anyway, I'd love to know what I'm missing here, so that I might better explore the different kinds of brushes I can make.....

Used the same image twice (the cliff wall to the viewer's left of the river as the base and the foliage on the viewer's right for modifications) to make the 2nd stamp.

I made a few texture brushes. Top two are for fur (one matted, one bristled) and bottom two are for fabric (one coarse, one fine/silky). for the eggs/orbs, I applied brush strokes in a clipping group and put the blending mode on soft light. I'm using Krita, which has slightly different features than PS but the differences translate well enough. These worked better than I expected but I would change some things about the flow and contrast (especially the fabric brushes). Though I designed them for texturing the highlights and shadows of focal points, they took some experimentation to blend as intended and have some contrast issues when not in a blending mode. Though I will note I have not used them for any actual piece yet and could look better on actual details and planes shaded and formed for the material they're intended to be.

Very scientific approach here, I’m intrigued. I’ll watch this lecture once more than dive in. I have a feeling this class will really help me soar in digital art

@Jon Neimeister what are your thoughts on this custom brush?

My texture brush i made in clip studio, i had play around with the engine a bit to understand it what are you thoughts any insight is appreciated. I started traditionally as a artist.

Enjoyed this lesson a lot. I've never really messed with the texture setting in the presets before as I've never been sure how to apply it to my own brushes. And I'm not sure how to implement a photo bashed texture brush into the workflow other than it being a nice sorta pallet starter, I guess? At least that's what I settled on here.

I tried to make it from a picture of Asparagus. It is more difficult to make a new brush and adjust the settings than I thought, but at least it looks organic! Maybe need to cut the edge more?

Hey, first of all thank you so much for the awesome lesson, it had so much useful information I knew nothing about. These are my first attempts at making brushes. for the first one I tried to make a little pine tree stamp by using the brush tool. The second one I made by using a few different fur textures, but it ended up looking more like foliage to me so that's what i used it for. For the third one i just used a a picture of a cottonball and added a little bit of contrast and grain. I don't know if they'll be useful in the long run, but I had a lot of fun making them.

This was also my first attempt at custom brushes! For the first one I tried for a sketching type brush without texture but still with some interesting edges. The second one was supposed to test out using texture, but it didn't really have the directionality I was hoping for.

Here's my first attempt at custom brushes, I made one set for painting a space scene and the other is meant for painting the northern lights. I struggled a bit with the northern lights brushes, I had to combine a couple of them to get the desired effect, but overall I'm relatively happy with how it turned out. I do think there's room for improvement with all of these, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated. :)

I created these two brushes the left one from brushes I already had the other from a flower pictures I made years ago in my garden I gave it color dynamic (just to test it out I guess) I don't know yet how I'm gonna use these I'll have to probably play around with them a but to see where I can implement them.

Created what I thought could be an interesting line art brush, but I was wrong 😅 Then proceeded to created a textured brush, that also turned out a bit weird, but all in all, a very interesting exercise to get to know the brush tool a bit better and get more familiar with it.

Hey Jon just found this site and really liked the videos you have made. Is there a timeline on the second part of your courses? Digital illustration and advanced…

Made three different brushes today and tried to play with their different effects. I understand a bit more now about how the different properties affect the brush's look. Not sure yet what they might be useful for, if it all, but they make funky textures.