Class:MFA Illustration 2021/Week 15
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Contents
This Week
- Image compression in Photoshop
- Appearances in Illustrator
- Making your own Brushes
Notes
Brush Creation: Adobe Photoshop
- HelpX: Create and modify brushes
- Watch Kyles video Getting started with advanced custom brushes
- YouTube: How to Make a Perfect Grass Brush - 1 minute tip
- YouTube: How to Create a Pencil Brush In Photoshop CC
- YouTube: The Quickest Way to Create a Custom Brush in Photoshop CC
Brush Creation: Adobe Illustrator
- How to Make Your Own Brushes in Adobe Illustrator
- YouTube: Learn How to Create Art Brushes in Adobe Illustrator
- YouTube: How To Make Custom Brush In Adobe Illustrator
- YouTube: Create a Seamless Pattern Brush in Illustrator
- YouTube: How to Create Custom Brushes in Illustrator Part 1
Brush Creation: Adobe Fresco
- YouTube: How to create a Brush in Adobe Fresco
- YouTube: How to Create Brushes with Adobe Capture and Adobe Fresco
Brush Creation: Procreate
- How to Create and Customize Procreate Brushes
- YouTube: Spilling my best kept secret - how I create Procreate brushes
Video Notes
- Everything you need to know about image compression
- Intro to high dynamic range workflow concepts
- Making your own illustration brushes overview & assignment
Assignment
Your assignment this week is to build your own custom brushes and use them in a new illustration. Building on what we looked at in class (and discussed a little last semester), you will be making and sharing 4 brushes as part of this project.
The subject matter is up to you. I trust that it will be amazing!
Output
- One standard/working resolution Photoshop file containing your layered composition working file, sketches, or production parts.
- One flat compressed version of your illustration that you created above.
- Four custom brushes with a name that contains your name. See below for instructions.
- One demo "spec" file that shows your custom brushes (with title), here is an example.
Note
- You can make custom brushes/illustration for Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, or Procreate. You will be sharing the brush files via a shared Adobe Library (preferred) or Google Drive link.
Process
- Figure out your illustration plan and what 4 brushes you will need. Inversely, you could invent 4 fantastic brushes and figure out the illustration part.
Project Delivery
- One LAYERED Photoshop/Illustrator/Fresco file of your working resolution illustration and sketches if you have them.
- One demo "spec" file that shows your custom brushes (with title), here is an example.
- Google drive folder: svaMFAI_20220117-brush-making-illustration-assignment
- Give your brush file/preset a fancy name (that includes your name) and add it to the shared Adobe Library:
- I have invited you all to the "MFAI co2023 Brush Share" library, check your email.
- Here is a link if you can not find the invitation.
- If for some reason your brush can not be added, you can put the brush file in the Google Drive folder.
