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Grunge in Photoshop CS3

CATEGORIES: Living In Layers | RC | June 24, 2008

Happy Tuesday everyone. Check out this really cool article from Veerle Pieters on the grunge art form in Photoshop CS3…

From Designers – Get the Grunge Out In Photoshop CS3 – Veerle Pieters

A popular style that has been around now for a couple of years in graphic design is grunge. A touch of grunge can easily be added to your artwork with a set of custom brushes. Once you create your set of brushes, you can save them and call them up at any time to achieve the grunge style. In this tutorial, we’ll use both Photoshop and Illustrator to create the brushes, and then you’ll learn how to apply the brushes in Photoshop.

1 EXPERIMENT ON PAPER
One way to create your own set of grunge brushes is by first experimenting on paper. Creating a grunge style means you can go wild—the dirtier the better. In the first example, I used watercolors on a piece of rough-textured watercolor paper. If watercolor painting is out of the question, try coffee. All you need is paper, coffee, and a straw. Suck a tiny bit of coffee into the straw and blow it onto the paper. It’s a simple and fun technique, and it’s really effective for achieving the perfect grunge splatters. You could also start from a digital image—just look for concrete or rusty structures.

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From Designers – Get the Grunge Out In Photoshop CS3 – Veerle Pieters

Thats it for today, everyone. Have a great one!

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