10 free Photoshop brushes for painting clothes

Remember to keep your brush size very small at all times! This workshop originally appeared in ImagineFX. You might want to blur it slightly for a more realistic effect. She’s currently a freelance illustrator. It’s easy to use – place it on a new layer (with the Multiply mode on) over the object to texture and you’re done! Brocade
I use this spackled brush for texturing brocade fabrics. At first it is difficult to achieve satisfying results, but once mastered it speeds up the process of painting fur. Material patterns
This is a set of three stamp brushes that I frequently use to create floral patterns for my characters’ dresses. I created the custom brushes outlined here in Photoshop, but, where possible, I am also sharing Corel Painter’s brush settings for achieving similar effects. When the first strokes are done, use the Gaussian Blur tool on it. It can simulate all sorts of reflections and glow on metal objects, brocade and sequins, as well as act as a star or sun stamp. Photoshop:
Opacity: 100%
Flow: 50%
(Shape Dynamics) Size Jitter: Off
Angle Jitter: 0%
(Roundness) Jitter: 73%
Minimum Roundness: 62%
(Texture)
Wrinkles Scale: 45%
Texture: Each
Tip: On
Mode: Multiply
Depth/Minimum Depth: 100%
Depth Jitter: Off
(Dual Brush) Diameter: 110px
Spacing: 15%
Scatter: Both axes, 0%
Count: 1
(Other Dynamics) Opacity Jitter: 0%
Flow Jitter: 0%
Painter:
Sketching Pencil
Opacity: 50-100%
Grain: 18%
Bleed: 10%
Jitter: 0%
02. Linen texture
This simple spackled brush makes texturing linen easier than ever. Blur (and occasionally rotate) the colour blocks for a natural effect. Embroidery
With its sparse spacing this brush looks a bit pixellated, which is a great means of achieving a realistic thread effect. Feather boas
This is a great texturing brush, which will enable you to mark out the details of a feather boa, without having to paint each individual feather separately. To push the realism of the texture, blur the specks from time to time and use the Dodge and Burn tools to accentuate singular dots to a higher extent. To touch up, play with the Opacity and Layer modes to see if you can enhance the created effect. After you have the general shape marked with an airbrush tool, add fur strands on a new layer. Lace
This stamp brush is extracted from a veil photograph I made and is perfect for texturing lace in garments or objects. After you have the basic texture in place, try to underline singular feathers by giving them some extra highlights and shadows underneath. There are dozens of possibilities for interesting patterns, as long as you keep resizing and rotating the brushes. By experimenting with layer modes you can create semi-transparent patterns for lace (I use Soft Light or Multiply, depending on the colour) or a nice basis to paint embroidery upon. Remember to keep the brush size small and change the hue from time to time. Download all 10 brushes here, and stay tuned for part three next week! Such custom brushes – made manually or extracted from photographs – are a wonderful and innovative way to add texture to paintings and have now become a standard tool among digital artists. Use this as a stamp on a separate layer with Overlay mode switched on. Photoshop:
Opacity: 20-50%
Flow: 50%
Painter:
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05. The various options offered by today’s painting software are not only making it possible for digital artists to recreate all of the effects of traditional media, but also enabling them to create their own brushes of a kind that were inaccessible to the old masters. First, block the general shape of the object and roughly shade it, marking the highlights and shadows with an Airbrush. Photoshop:
Opacity: 10-70%
Flow: 50%
(Shape dynamics) Size jitter: 0%
Minimum Diameter: 1%
Angle Jitter: 45%
(Scattering)
Both axes, 109%
Count: 1
Count Jitter: 98%
(Other dynamics) Opacity Jitter: 0%
Painter:
F-X
Furry Brush
Opacity: 10-20%
Resat: 25%
Bleed: 0%
10. Just paint the desired folds and later, on a new layer, paint some vertical and horizontal brushstrokes. Fur
This is a simplified version of Painter’s Furry brush. Photoshop:
Opacity: 20-80%
Flow: 50%
(Shape Dynamics) Size Jitter: 0%
Minimum Diameter: 10%
(Other Dynamics) Opacity Jitter: 0%
Painter:
Tinting: Basic Round
Opacity: 10-30%
Resat: 20%
Bleed: 100%
Jitter: 0%
Tinting: Blender
Opacity: 5-10%
Grain: 0%
Resat: 70%
Bleed: 100%
Jitter: 0%
Blenders: Just Add Water
Opacity: 10-40%
Resat: 0%
Bleed: 50%
Jitter: 0%
04. To underline the thickness, form your zigzags into arches instead of straight lines. In this second part I am going to look at costumes and the brushes that might be useful for creating, or speeding up the process of painting various elements of clothing and accessories. Afterwards, use the Feather brush on a low opacity on top of the existing shape. This is an easy way to create a realistic looking boa. Start off with a dark zigzag pattern and move to lighter colours. Photoshop:
Opacity: 70-100%
Flow: 50%
Spacing: 50%
Shape Dynamics:
Size Jitter: 0%
Min diameter: 0%
Painter:
Thick And Thin Pen
Opacity: 100%
Resat: 100%
Bleed: 0%
08. Switch the sizes and colour depth constantly, marking some darker and lighter areas.