Sullivan’s fur tutorials, brush packs, and texture resources.
See the original devART post here: LINK
Download custom Photoshop brushes here: LINK
Sullivan’s Fur/Feathers/Scales wildlife texture brushes: LINK
The eyedropper blending tutorial mentioned in the Q&A: http://youtu.be/XMM3Z7lXPwA
Sullivan says:
The Brushes (Tutorial Part 2)
Hard Round 25 Fading
Take your normal hard brush, make it 25px large. Now go to the Brushes menu and click “Other Dynamics”, and set the Flow jitter to Pen Pressure in the drop down menu.Hard Round 5 pixels
This is your basic, default hard brush when you load up Photoshop with the regular brushes it should be right at the top… no need to change it!Airbrush Detail
Load up default Photoshop brushes and scroll down til you see the soft brushes—- pick one that is at least 60px large. Open the Brushes menu and click “Shape Dynamics” and set it to Pen Pressure, then click “Other Dynamics” and have the Opacity and Flow jitters set to Pen Pressure as well.Tips For Custom Sullivan Fur Brushes
- these are easiest to use when highlighting, try picking a color that is lighter than the area you are drawing on.
- the brushes are pressure sensitive, so you’ll want to use these with a tablet. try drawing lightly for softer fur, and push harder for more tufty fur.
- just scribbling one of these over your drawing will make it look dumb, trust me. try layering the different brushes, or going over with your own brushes to add in your own details for a more realistic look.
- try playing around in the Brushes menu… color effects can look really neat with these, see what works for you :]
Rules
- you may NOT attempt to resell or redistribute these brushes; if you want to share these brushes with others just link back to the original deviantART post.
- please give credit when you use these! i’m not normally fussy about giving credit, but i worked hard on these so it would be appreciated.
rebloggin’ for my roommate!
Alright, I guess it comes down to these two…. I’m still not completely satisfied??
Critique is super cool! If anybody’s got the time…
nebquerna replied to your photo:
This firset is amazing. It took all the Momo’s color and the design is great ! I like dress up ;o;
skynnyapprentice replied to your photo:
I really like the top AND bottom left. something like #4 on the top is what I would actually WEAR, so that one has my vote too. >w
lecchedoko replied to your photo:
bottom right most !!!!
idiggiantrobots replied to your photo:
I really like the first one, as well as the third one on the bottom for some reason. That last one in the first row is crazy and neat and I’m no good at this either weh. ;o;
keiyoshi replied to your photo:
ooh, i like the first top left-most and the last bottom right-most..
Seems like the top-left it is! These are all things I’ll consider as her wardrobe, but I need to settle on one for her reference sheets and general doodles. I’m still gonna play with it, but I agree that’s the “vibe” to go for. The trouble is trying to clean it up a bit…. I want something layered, but still clean enough to tell what she’s wearing. And something I’ll understand the structure of enough to draw it again, and again, and again….
I need to just take a “designing clothes for characters” class, that’s what I need. Has somebody made a book about that??
I’m really no good with outfits— as an alternative, I spent today thumbnailing TONS OF SEPARATE ARTICLES OF CLOTHING and making myself a little dress-up game in photoshop. I had way too much fun =w=;;
I’m still as uncertain as ever about the outfit. Something like the top-left, but cleaner? Help me out here, tumbles
Still trying to find a way to make my sketches more presentable, but now it feels like I’m dressing them up too much? Still, going hunting for a bunch of paper textures was the best idea ever.
Bipedal Momo body-study! Now she’s actually her dragon, not just a modified me. I’m still not sure about what I’ll do for her outfit design, but it’s going on next. I’m gonna use this one for an earth dragon language guide once I’ve figured out what this gurl’s gonna WEAR.
Since I don’t have time to actually draw it!! Here’s a thumbnail for something I’d really like to do this summer. Gods ‘n their respective wind runes. (One of four languages I’ve gotta figure out gosh dang)
Everything’s sort of subject to change…. mostly because it’s wroooooong!!
I’m really sorry this blog’s been so dead, everyone— I’ve been meaning to have more art to post, but I’m crazy busy on things that I really don’t think can be posted here. This is upsetting, because I was so close to having all the lineart done for Momo’s new ref and now I’m going to have to be pulled away to give 100% to this student game and my classes. I’m really bummed out about it.
I’ve got so many paintings and drawings I want to do… there’s so much inspiration and so many ideas in my head!! but there’s absolutely no time for me to get them out.
Booo.
In the meantime— this is more a request for my closer friends than in general— is there anybody with some spare time in June that would like to do me a HUGE favor?? I hate to do this but I’m really counting on the generosity of my friends to make this happen. More details below the cut.