| There are alot of Blood brushes you may find to Download, however, many of them lack a sense of depth. I will show you below how simple it can be to Create realistic looking Blood that can then be turned into brushes. |
| BLOOD BRUSHES |
| 1.) Create a New Document. Go to File > New. Make it at least 500 X 500 pixels at 300 dpi in RGB Mode on a White Background. Now, press D on the keyboard to set the Foreground Color to Black. |
2.) Now, go to the Layers
palette and click the Create a new layer button 
to generate a New blank layer. |
3.)
Select the Brush tool  .
Carry it over the work area and Right-Click to Open the Brush-Picker.
Select the Hard Round
19 pixels brush,.then hit Enter on the keyboard to
Close library. |
(If the Library is
different, click the blue arrow 
(Top Right corner) and a pop-out menu will appear. Select Reset
Brushes. A dialog box will appear, just click OK and
the correct library will load.) |
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| 4.) Go to the work area and Draw a blob of some type as shown on the Left. Right-Click on the work area to Open the Brush-Picker again. This time Select a smaller brush to paint with and add more detail. Continue painting with smaller brushes until you get a result similar to the image on the Right. |
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| 5.) Here's the Magic part. Go to Filter > Artistic > Plastic Wrap. Max out the Top and Bottom settings, then play with the Detail slider a bit. Click OK to apply. |
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| Now, press Ctrl+F three times (to apply the Filter 3 more times.) This will bring in the Liquid effect needed. |
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6.)
Go to the Layers palette and Ctrl+Click on the
image layer to Create a Selection to the image. Hold the Shift key
and press O until the Burn tool
becomes Selected. Go to the Options bar and Set perimeters as shown.
(I Selected the Soft Round 35
pixels brush.) |
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| Go to the work area and Click+Drag over area's of the image to make it Darker. When you are pleased with the results, press Ctrl+D to Deselect the Selection. |
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| 7.) Now, go to Layer > Layer Style > Bevel and Emboss. (This will give us a little more Depth to the image, though the effects will be slight, this is the key to fine tuning the image.) When the Layer Style palette appears, Select Inner Bevel and play with the settings until you get a good result, then click OK to apply. (You can click on the blue bar (Top of palette and Drag to the side so you can watch changes to the Document window as you adjust.) |
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8.)
Hold the Shift key and tap R until the Smudge
tool 
becomes Selected. Go to the work area and smear (soften) any areas
that needs fixing. Use a small brush here and adjust Strength
in the Options bar to about 30% to give you a certain amount of
control over the brushes effects. Now, Save the brush. Go to
Edit > Define Brush Preset. Name it
as you wish, then click OK to Create. |
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| Using the New Brush... |
| 1.) Create a New Document. Go to File > New. Make it at least 500 X 500 pixels at 300 dpi in RGB Mode on a Black Background. |
| 2.) Now, go to the Layers
palette and click the Create a new layer button
to generate a New blank layer. |
| 3.)
Click the Foreground Color swatch and change the Color to a Bright
red. (I used #FF0000.) Select the Brush tool .
Right-Click on the work area to Open the Brush-Picker.
Locate the New brush (it will be Last in the library), then Double-Click
it to Select it and Close the library. |
| 4.) Click once on the work area to stamp the image. The brush does quite well and can be used as is (as shown on the Left). With a 3 pixel brush using White, I highlighted some areas, then Selected the Smudge tool and smeared it to create some highlights to replace some Depth (Right image). |
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| SPATTER BRUSHES |
| 1.) Get yourself a sheet of White paper and some India Ink (I used Black Tempera paint watered down) and a brush, then Spat and Dribble the substance across the surface and give it time to dry. |
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2.)
Take the goods and scan it into your computer. Open the file and
expand it to 100%. Press D then X
to set the Foreground Color swatch to White. Select the Rectangular
Marquee tool 
and Drag a Selection around an area you wish to turn into a brush. |
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| 3.) Now, press Ctrl+C to Copy. Ctrl+N to Open the New File Dialog box (It will already be Preset for the New image size.) just click OK. Press Ctrl+V and the New image will be deposited. |
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| 4.)
Select the Brush tool .
Now simply paint in any details you wish Not to be included in the
brush. (I usually Select a Hard Round brush to do this work.) Here,
I also Selected the Black Background Color swatch and smoothed out
some details. |
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| 5.) Create the Brush. Go to Edit > Define Brush Preset. Name it as you wish and it will be added to the current library. |
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| You can then Save or Close the file and go back to the Original and repeat the process for the next brush. When your through with all the gory details, change the Foreground Color to a Bright Red and try them out! |
| I Have included in the Presets.zip folder two Blood paks for you to use. You will find them listed as SD-Blood-Spatter and SD-Blood-Drips. (Use the Drips in strategic places and erase what's not needed as you work.) |
Sample
or Preset files are available at the main index
Mastering Brushes for Photoshop. |
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Copyright © 2006-2007 Glenn Schemenauer - Spacific
Designs™ - All rights reserved. |
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