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Brick Pixel Art Texture

Author: FotoFects Author's URL: http://www.fotofects.com More by this author
Added:Mar 24, 2005 Rating:   Level: Beginner Software: Photoshop  

A pixel art brick texture created using a combination of filters to eliminate the need of drawing.
image 1 1. Create a new document with a white background.
image 2 2. Use the Hue/Saturation tool (Ctrl+U) to decrease the lightness by -50.
image 3 3. Apply a Halftone Pattern filter (Filter> Sketch> Halftone Pattern with these settings:

Size: 1
Contrast: 2
Pattern Type: Dot

image 4 4. Use the Brightness/Contrast tool (Image> Adjustments> Brightness/Contrast) to apply the following properites:

Brightness: +50
Contrast: +100

image 5 5. Duplicate the layer (Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode to Multiply.
image 6 6. Nudge the top layer by two pixels to the left.
image 7 7. Merge the layer (Ctrl+E).
image 8 8. Use the Hue/Saturation tool (Ctrl+U) to colorize the image. These are the settings I used:

Colorize: Checked
Hue: 0
Saturation: 50
Lightness: -50

image 9 9. Apply a Median filter (Filter> Noise> Median) with a radius of 2 pixels.
Brick Pixel Art Texture 10. Here is the result that I got.