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Transform Brushes in Masterpieces

Author: amitk Author's URL: www.talk-mania.com More by this author

I am sure you have a lot of brushes on your computer,

I will show you how to transform your brushes into a very nice art work

This is the final result:

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And you can see here the original image

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For this tutorial i will use a simple rose brush. ( You can download from www.free-photoshop.com )

I will not explain how to create a brush because it is very easy.

So let's start with a new document.

Load the brushes, then create a new layer ( press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N )

Select a red color #c8202e and press son time on your document

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Then duplicate this layer ( press Ctrl=J )

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Now set your Foreground color to Green : #0f8307

Create a new layer ( press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N )

Select Brush tool, and create another rose exactly on the other ones

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One more time press Ctrl+J to duplicate this green layer

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If you look on your layer palette you must have something like that

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Now select the layers with the red roses, and press Ctrl+E ( this will merge the layers )

Then select the layers with green roses and merge this layers too

This is the result

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Now comes the funny part.

Select Eraser tool, and start deleting some parts of the green rose

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Do the same with the other layer. I will show you now how should be your layers, and results

I will hide each layer so you can understand better what i am doing

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Now i will hide this layer and i will make visible the other layer

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Now we will duplicate the red rose layer

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Then go to Filter > Stylize > Glowing edges and use the following settings

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This is my result

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Next go to Image > Adjustments > Hue / Saturation and use the following settings

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This is my result

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Now do the same for the green layer. This is my result

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You can add more details. Go to Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen More...

This is my outcome

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Now you can change the background color, to see better the end effect. this is my final result

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I hope you like it. And do not forget to use Brush Tool...