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Proper use of the grass brushby *Blue-Uncia

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Photoshop tutorials: Grass tutorial 1: Using the grass brush
July, 2009

Here's the grass tutorial I've been meaning to make for such a long time: a tutorial on the proper use of Photoshop's grass brushes. I've seen them being abused for so long, that I just couldn't take it any longer. For additional tips and information, please also check out these other tutorials:

- Grass-tutorial, another tutorial about how to use Grass Brushes.
- Tutorial - Grass, a tutorial on how to make your own grass brushes.
- PS - Background Brushes, more brushes.
- Brush Techniques Tutorial, about how to fiddle with brush settings. This person also has a lot of lovely brush sets on offer!
- Creating Brushes in Photoshop, title says it all.

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~AnubisattheGates Jan 1, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Very helpful, thank you!

~WesternRidge-Stables Dec 5, 2012

Is their a part 2 yet??

*Blue-Uncia Dec 6, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Ah, sorry, no. It's kind of low on my priority list right now.

=NekoNekoKris Aug 11, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thanks a lot for this tutorial!
I used the technique for my comic page [link] Since I didn't feel like spending several hours on every panel of grass it doesn't look nearly as refined as in your example but it's much better and faster than what I did before.

*Blue-Uncia Dec 6, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Hey, sorry for the late reply. That's not bad at all. Glad it helped.

Watch out for those floating grass blades, though. Gotta make sure they stay connected to the earth.

Good luck!

=NekoNekoKris Dec 7, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Yay!

Thanks for the advice. I'll pay more attention to that. ^^

~Lunaheart1 May 14, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I used this tutorial to make my first background if you want to see it: [link]

I fell in love with it and made it into a background for my first two comic pages. I would love feedback seeing as this is my first actual background that I truly tried on, but only if you have time. It also took me less than 45 minutes to make it, ironically. I didn't know backgrounds were so easy to make.

*Blue-Uncia May 20, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Hi, thanks for using this tutorial. Glad to help.

Some feedback? Sure. ^^

I'd say maybe add some more blues and even some purples near the horizon, to suggest atmospheric perspective. Also make it a little lighter than the foreground. The moon could also do with a bit more definition, since it's a bit on the blurry side right now.

Other than that, it looks pretty good to me. A very respectable first attempt. Beats mine.

~Lunaheart1 Apr 23, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

This helped me soooo much. If you want to see what I made with the help of your amazing tutorial, here it is: [link]
Again, totally saved my horrible first handed backgrounds.

*Kierakasha Mar 25, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

What a fantastic tutorial you've done here. You're right in saying that a tutorial on a grass brush seems a little silly at first but once you get in to seeing how bad it can go, you start to see why it's needed. Well done.

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