Photoshop Brushes from Scratch

Join us in this series to learn how to create your own Adobe Photoshop brushes from scratch. Ideal for beginners and pro a like, these tutorials cover the basic textures to more advanced techniques taking your brush making skills to the next level.

Posts in this series

Create Your Own Grunge Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
Learn how to make a brush in Photoshop from scratch in this grunge brush Photoshop tutorial. We've also got the best grunge brush Photoshop add-ons for 2021.
Mary Winkler
1 Sep 2021
Design & Illustration
Create Your Own Blood Spatter Adobe Photoshop Brush
Adobe Photoshop allows us to use many types of custom brush. You can get them freely from designer's forums such as DeviantArt or buy them. In this tutorial,...
Mohammad Jeprie
30 Oct 2014
Design & Illustration
Create Custom Coffee Ring Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
Coffee rings are a special type of grunge effect that tends to turn accidents into elements. The fluid nature of the effect makes it difficult to reproduce...
Kirk Nelson
7 Nov 2014
Design & Illustration
How to Make Your Own Watercolor Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
Creating custom watercolor brushes is as easy as dripping ink or watercolor paint onto paper. You will have custom, ready-to-paint brushes in no time thanks...
Mary Winkler
20 Nov 2014
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Custom Smoke Brush in Adobe Photoshop
Smoke trails are elegant, beautiful, and amazing to watch. Thin wisps of smoke dancing through the air reveal just how fluid our atmosphere really is. The...
Kirk Nelson
26 Mar 2020
Design & Illustration
How to Create Custom Water Drop Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
Learn to make your own water drop brush Photoshop effect and how to add water droplets to photos. Also, explore our best water brushes from Envato Elements!
Kirk Nelson
9 Feb 2021
Design & Illustration
How to Create Custom Shattered Glass Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
Find out how to safely create custom shattered glass brushes in Photoshop for some smashing design ideas!
Kirk Nelson
2 Jan 2015
Design & Illustration
How to Create Custom Water Splash Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
Get wet as you learn how to capture your own water splash images to use as custom brushes in Photoshop.
Kirk Nelson
23 Feb 2015
Design & Illustration
How to Create Custom Hand and Foot Print Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
Learn the best way to capture your own hand and foot prints and turn them into a useful custom brush in Photoshop.
Kirk Nelson
26 Mar 2015
Design & Illustration
How to Create Custom Brushes to Render Fur in Adobe Photoshop
Learn how to make a custom fur brush Photoshop set in this fur tutorial for Photoshop. If you need ready-to-use add-ons, we'll share top Photoshop texture...
Mary Winkler
16 Sep 2021
Design & Illustration
How to Create and Apply a Fish Scale Brush in Adobe Photoshop
Create scales quickly and easily to apply to all your favourite fantasy and armoured creatures!
Rowena Aitken
6 Apr 2015
Design & Illustration
How to Create Custom Scratched Metal Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
Scrape, scratch, sand, and otherwise distress sheets of metal in this Quick Tip on crafting your very own scratched metal brushes in Photoshop.
Kirk Nelson
9 Apr 2015
Design & Illustration
How to Create Custom Dirt and Decay Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
Tired of perfect, pristine pixels? Get dirty with this technique for creating easy custom grime brushes in Photoshop.
Kirk Nelson
10 Apr 2015
Design & Illustration
How to Create a Smoke Effect for a Photoshop Brush
This video tutorial shows you how to create and photograph actual smoke tendrils that you can then use to create a Photoshop brush. I start with the...
Kirk Nelson
21 Aug 2015
Design & Illustration
Create Your Own Rust Brushes From Scratch in Adobe Photoshop
Speed up nature and craft your own authentic rust brushes using regular household materials.
Kirk Nelson
22 Sep 2015
Design & Illustration
How to Create Your Own Fog Brushes in Adobe Photoshop
Learn how to easily create your own fog brushes which you can use in variety of photos and photo manipulations to create a more interesting atmosphere.
Jarka Hrncarkova
29 Sep 2015
Design & Illustration
Photoshop in 60 Seconds: Create a Custom Texture Brush
Got a minute? Learn how to create your own custom texture brush in Adobe Photoshop in this 60 second video.
Kirk Nelson
28 Sep 2015
Design & Illustration
How to Add Light Rays in Photoshop With Your Own Brushes
Learn how to add light rays in Photoshop with your own custom sun ray brush. Plus, you'll see some top light ray Photoshop brushes from Envato Elements.
Jarka Hrncarkova
8 Jul 2023
Design & Illustration