How do I get this effect in PS ??

[Ignatz]

Ive noticed that many character concept designs use a splochy water droplet texture effect for the backgrounds (Looks almost like airbrush sputter) ... I cant seem to figure out the right brush/texture settings to get this effect. Can anyone help?



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[Dan.v.D.]

any example at hand?

[Snarfevs]

Something like this?

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/8105/sputterbleh6zu.jpg

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking for in your description, but this was achieved with photographic brushes, i.e. someone actually sputtering ink and scanning it. I don't know where these brushes are from - I believe I picked them up from a compilation on HOON's Mess Studios but he doesn't say where he got them from - just a lot of surfing. He lists a 19 mb collection of random brushes on Mess here (http://www.messstudio.com/chillroom/PSBRUSHcollection.zip).

You could always make your own by taking a stiff bristled brush and some ink or tints and sputtering away, or I'm sure you could find a whole heap of similar brush packs.

Hope this helps.

[Ignatz]

any example at hand?

Yeah, check out the background on this character design. Notice the blurry water spots in the background.

http://designstudiopress.com/books/darkwatch/slideshow/8-9.jpg


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[britt]

looks like a scan that has been multiplied

[Snarfevs]

Like I said, custom brushes very likely at use there. Gradient or blurry painted background, splatter brushes at medium opacity overlaid (normal, multiply, colour or linear burn) a few times (turn on angle jitter). The artist may or may not have run a pass of gaussian blur on top of the pic, depending on the crispness of the original brushes.

Hope this helps.

[Ignatz]

Thanks for the tips guys. I'll give it a try.


Igz