Tag Archives: Brushes

JW’s Natural Media Brushes

natural media brushes

I first created these brushes around January 2008. I scoured the web looking for decent and simple photoshop brushes to create that natural media look that you can get so easily in Painter. The brushes that I found on other sites fell into two categories–rubber stamp brushes (ok for design, but not for painting), and [...]

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Comic Artboard for Adobe Illustrator

This is the template I use when I’m starting a new drawing. It has the following features: Standard 10×16″ drawing space 1/2″ Gutter outside the drawing space, 1/2″ text-safe margin inside No unnecessary swatches, patterns, and symbols. Just Global Black, Global White, and a basic blue Preloaded with JW Inker Brushes Layer setup: One Guides [...]

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JW Inker Brushes

One of the secrets to my recent images is that I’ve been using a set of Illustrator brushes that I created to make strokes that look a lot like real comic book inks. I’ve been refining them for a few months now, and I think they’re ready to share. These brushes are compatible with Illustrator [...]

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