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default subtitle Making a Swirl Brush

 

Here's a tutorial for making a classic swirl brush.

 

1.  Open Adobe Photoshop and open a new image with a transparent background (around size 120 by 120)

 

2. Click on the type tool (it's a giant 'T')

 

3.  Type in a capital Y (color: #CCCCCC), change the size to 100 and change the font to a cursive-y style. (I used Script MT Bold)

 

4. Drag the Y to the right-hand edge so only half the Y is showing

 

5. If your layers palette isn't open, go to Window- Show Layers and click.  Then go down to the layers panel and right click on the word Y on the layer.  Click on rasterize layer.

 

6. Go to Edit- Stroke and click.  Change the width to 3, color to black, and location to outside.  Press ok.  Go to the layers panel again and change the opacity to 70%.

 

7. Go to Edit- Define Brush and click ok.  Done!

 

Note: this brush can only be used on the right side of images.  If you want a brush for the other sides, go to Edit- Transform.

 

 

NOTE:   There are other ways to make a swirl brush, but this is the most common way.  You'll get the best results if you use a very thin cursive font.