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YouWorkForThem Brushes
What are they?
The YouWorkForThem "Brush" series are a way to customize your existing brush tools in most major applications, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator in particular. We have spent years using and creating custom brushes for our personal work and we thought it was about time to share them with the world. The Brush series is a priceless toolshead to help you work and think different whether you are a beginner or master.
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Curious how exactly our files are opened, edited, and work? Go ahead and download this free example and see for yourself!
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Saves time
We all get frustrated with tight deadlines and unrealistic expectations. These brushes save time by not having to think about how to give more dimension and detail to your work. More often then not, you will get inspired by the results of applying different strokes to the same path. This often leads you in directions you never would have thought of. More often then not, you are able to use a couple of brushes, expand off of that and complete the job.
Easy to use
If you know how to use a tradtional brush, pencil or pen tool, you can use these digital brushes. The Brush sets come as one contained file that you throw into your brushes folder, start up Illustrator/Photoshop and you can select them in your brushes palette. It doesn't get much easier than that. For vector brushes, we have also included the brushes in an additonal eps file. This allows for you to edit and tweak to your liking or if you use a different vector application, you can use these also.
Powerful Tool
It is widely known that the more tools that you have and use, the broader understanding of process and form. Using these brushes only extend off this knowledge even more. Many designers will use slightly different brushes to break up the monotony of a line stroke. These do that, but they also can create forms that you never would have dreamt of.
There are thousands of tricks and techniques you can use to take a simple brush and develop it into your style. Most applications also provide menus to affect how the brushes can behave as well. Every week we are coming up with new tricks that open the doors to many new ideas. The best part is that we all work differently, so the way they are used will be drastically different.
We are always looking for new ways to create unique results. Without a doubt, vector brushes can change the way you work. Different curves, angles, length, and sizes are all factors on how the stroke appears. You can apply unlimited strokes to any work and get a highly detailed and realistic feel to any illustration. Watch the videos for more tricks and tips or create your own techniques!
Using these brushes in Photoshop you have endless options. You can easily use them as a paint brush and paint your image via the paint brush. Another option is to use the brushes to create textures over an image. For example you could take a modern photograph and rough it up to look older and have more grit to it. As well, there are numerous methods for customizing the brush to your needs (width, opacity, shape, fade, etc), view the videos below for examples.
Examples Gallery
The images below were all created using either our Bitmap or Vector brush packages. Each example below displays a good introduction into the beauty that's possible by using our brush collections.
Bitmap Brush Example 1This design was created by layering many of the single brush strokes over top each other and using various colors. Entire image created with around 10 different brushes from one collection.
Bitmap Example 2This image started with the colors and form from one of Roy Ayer's old albums, then overlapped a drawing of his face. From there details were painted in to give form and depth of a face.
Bitmap Example 3A personal illustration, by Ben Hribar, of the jazz pianist Sonny Clark based on his record Leapin' and Lopin'.
Bitmap Example 4Image was started from a low resolution photo of Karizma (Baltimore) and we then used brushes to reconstruct the photo, going with a monochromatic palate. Tip: Use layers, a lot of them.
Vector Example 1This vector design was created entirely with YouWorkForThem brushes using only a handful of different brushes.
Vector Example 2Using YouWorkForThem brushes combined with our stock photographs and stock vector collections will create some amazing works.
Demonstration Video Gallery
The videos posted below are to give you an introduction to how you can use our brush collections in Photoshop and Illustrator. These are just basic interactions with menus in the programs, but they give you a good understanding of how open possibilities are. Each video is a few minutes, so sit back, enjoy some coffee and view a little example of what's possible!
Vector Brush Video 1
This video demonstrates how you can control the path, add points and do many other things to a Brush path and get amazing results. Video shows operation within Adobe Illustrator™
Vector Brush Video 2
This video demonstrates how easy it is to load different libraries into Adobe Illustrator™. As well, this demonstrates how these brushes work when applied to geometric shapes and the great variation of brush types our packages offer.
Vector Brush Video 3
This video shows off an assortment of different brushes from the YouWorkForThem Brush collection.
Bitmap Brush Video 1
This first video displays the endless control panels in Adobe Photoshop™ for the YouWorkForThem brush collections. One thing is for sure, that is that our bitmap brushes work the best for adding texture and grit to your images. But you will also uncover some amazing traditional brush uses by using the controls in Photoshop to create amazing strokes with fades, transparency and scattering effects. Watch this video to see these stroke control examples.
Bitmap Brush Video 2
This clip shows how to use the brush to create or watercolor type of splash over a photograph. As well, we show off a quick example of the power behind using these brushes with the clone tool. Whatever can use a brush in Photoshop, the YouWorkForThem brushes will only enhance that feature that much more!
Bitmap Brush Video 3
This video is a good example of what can happen when using our brushes. You can just start jamming and not know when to stop because they keep getting better and better the more you explore. This video was all created with just one bitmap brush set and shows numerous examples of what can be achieved by exploring a few options.
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