35 Tutorials for Mastering Photoshop Brushes
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For designers, downloading free Photoshop brushes and creating your own custom brushes can quickly help you to achieve more effective results and improve productivity and efficiency at the same time. There are essentially unlimited options when working with brushes, so it’s a skill that can always be further developed.
Regardless of your skill level in working with brushes you should find some tutorials here for you. Some cover the basic uses and functionality of brushes, some will teach you various ways to create your own custom brushes, and some will help you to develop your skills by using them as an integral part of a design.
You may also be interested in the following collections of Photoshop tutorials:
Photoshop Tutorials for Working with Brushes
Rotating Brushes
A simple way to rotate any brush to fit your needs.
Managing Your Brushes and Brush Libraries in Photoshop
Once you’ve downloaded and created a number of brushes, managing and organizing them will become more important.
Photoshop Brush Tutorial: Shape Dynamics – Size Controls
This tutorial looks at the basics of working with brushes and how size control can impact your results.
Define Brush Photoshop Tutorial
A simple tutorial for getting started with creating and working with brushes.
Custom Brushes Tutorial
A quick tutorial to help you create your first brushes in minutes.
Funky Web Design Layout
Create a layout using several different brushes for the header.
How to Install Photoshop Brushes
Knowing how to install brushes is a basic, but necessary, skill.
Creating Your Own Custom Adobe Photoshop Brushes
A nice tutorial for creating useful brushes from public domain images.
Fire Brushes: Photoshop Tutorial
Using brushes can be a quick way to create excellent fire effects.
Adobe Photoshop Brush Dynamics Tutorial
This tutorial will show you how to get the most out of simple brushes.
Create Photoshop Brushes for Coffee Stains and Splatters
Use real coffee stains and a scanner to create effective brushes.
Master the Brush in Photoshop
Learn more about various aspects of working with brushes.
Create Custom Photoshop Brush from a Photo
Learn how to create awesome brushes straight from a photograph.
Building a Lego Bricks Photoshop Brushes Set
A fun way to work with brushes and Lego shapes.
Creating Your Own Grunge Brushes
Get a trendy grunge look by making your own brushes.
Design a Grungy Web Layout
A real-world example of brushes in action while creating a layout.
Creating Grunge Brushes
Veerle shows us some simple techniques to create impressive results.
This tutorial shows how to create a brush from a texture image.
Photoshop Brush Tutorial
See several different possible effects that can be created with brushes.
Advanced Brush Techniques in Photoshop
Go beyond the basics with some of these techniques.
Photoshop Brush Tutorial on deviantART
Learn how to quickly create stunning light effects.
How to Make a Photoshop Brush
Bittbox’s tutorial for creating brushes.
Create Eye-Popping Graphics with Photoshop Brushes
This tutorial from SitePoint shows a few different styles that can be created by using brushes.
Stroke Text with a Brush
A simple way to add some life to text, with plenty of possibilities.
How to Make an Awesome Grungy Paper from Scratch
This Bittbox tutorial uses brushes for creating the grungy paper.
Grunge Type Photoshop Tutorial
Creating Grunge-style text is easy with the help of brushes.
Lighting Effects in Photoshop
This tutorial from Digital Arts makes heavy use of brushes.
Add a Sparkle Trail to a Photo
Use a sparkly brush to enhance a photo.
Really Cool Eclipse Effect in Photoshop
Fabio shows that brushes can even be used for creating an eclipse.
Create Cool Watercolor Effects in Photoshop
Several different brushes are used here to create the watercolor effect.
Amazing Photoshop Light Effect in 10 Steps
Brushes can be used to create sparkling light effects.
Create a Space Explosion from Scratch
Brushes are used here to create the debris in the explosion.
Easily Create a Beautiful, Unique Website Header
Brushes are used for creating the lighting effects on this header.
Abstract Dust and Spray Effect
Using brushes to create this abstract effect.
For more even more Photoshop tutorials, please see:
- Photo Editing Tutorials for Photoshop
- Photoshop Tutorials for Textures and Patterns
- Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials
