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• Auto Dab World (Painter IX and Above) Part 3

  Directional Effect Painter Plug-in Brushes As mentioned in part 1, apart from the Drip Method variants, there are five brushes in the Plug-in Method Subcategory Plug-in Method brush types whose dab characteristics can be directionally influenced, albeit... Posted Dec 30 2007, 10:14 AM by David Gell with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: brushes, scripts, AutoDabWorld

• Auto Dab World (Painter IX and Above) Part 2

  In this second part, I am going to talk about several ways in which the scripts can be used with a selection of brush variants. These methods can be divided up into two basic categories, those employing Drip Method variants, and those using non-Drip Method... Posted Dec 27 2007, 06:35 PM by David Gell with | with no comments Filed under: brushes, papers, scripts, AutoDabWorld, SeamlessTexture

• Auto Dab World (Painter IX and Above) Part 1

  Before I explain about the Auto Dab World custom palette and associated resources, I want to give a short background introduction into two less known or utilized Painter features. Auto Clone In Painter IX and X, Auto Clone may be accessed from the Effects... Posted Dec 24 2007, 11:52 AM by David Gell with | with no comments Filed under: brushes, scripts, AutoDabWorld

• Static Pencils / Colored Pencils.

  The following custom variants are all based on the Static Bristle Dab type, and have been developed to supplement the default Painter Pencil and Colored Pencil brushes. Many of the variants in the library make use of Painter's Jitter feature which... Posted Dec 09 2007, 03:10 PM by David Gell with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: brushes, pencils

• Soft Grain Colorize

  In Painter, Soft Grain Colorize can be found in the Eraser method subcategory of the brush controls. In this article, we will be taking a closer look at this subcategory, and there is an associated brush library available for downloading at the end. Before... Posted Nov 26 2007, 02:05 PM by David Gell with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: brushes, SoftGrainColorize

• Sharing Custom Paper Textures

  The problem with most Painter resources (paper textures libraries etc.) is that although they are traditionally forward compatible, they are seldom backward compatible with earlier Painter versions. Prior to Painter X, many of the resources were also... Posted Oct 14 2007, 08:14 PM by David Gell with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: brushes, papers, SoftGrainColorize, scripts

• Kaleidoscope Revisited

  I have learned from experience not to take any Painter feature at face value. The Kaleidoscope Plugin is a classic example of a feature which may appear an interesting novelty, and after a few plays, is left in the bottom of the toy cupboard and forgotten... Posted Oct 09 2007, 11:18 AM by David Gell with | with no comments Filed under: brushes, kaleidoscope, papers, SoftGrainColorize

• Birth of a Sand Art Brush

  In my previous article on brush creation, I mentioned that the current project I am working on is to simulate sand art. Those who know Painter will generally agree that because of the broad and immense depth of the application, there is often more than... Posted Oct 03 2007, 07:21 AM by David Gell with | with no comments Filed under: brushes

• David Gell on Brush Creation

  More is Less or More is Best? Looking at some of the posts on various forums from artists new to Painter, one of the comments made is related to there being so many brushes, where does one start. In the trial version of Painter X, dddo has reported 833... Posted Sep 23 2007, 09:15 PM by David Gell with | with no comments Filed under: brushes

• A New Twist on Palette Knives (Painter IX/X)

  A while ago on my Brush Port Blog I posted a 2-part article on the subject of creativity and inspiration. Although aimed more at the concept artist, in part 2 of the article, there are links to a collection of custom Painter resources which you may care... Posted Sep 21 2007, 11:59 PM by David Gell with | with no comments Filed under: brushes