Creating sewing stitches in Photoshop can be a bit tricky. I’ve got a method involving custom brush tool presets and some fancy actions, and it seems to work well enough for my purposes. What’s your method? Download the brushes, the actions, and watch video #2 after the jump:
Download the brushes and actions here:
SketchboxPresets_100407.zip
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Adam O'Hern is an industrial design consultant specializing in visual brand languages, and has designed products ranging from laptops to power tools, classroom toys to bathroom fixtures, and robots to lint rollers. He has published with 3DWorld Magazine, CGTuts+, and Luxology, and works with Josh Mings of SolidSmack.com on EngineerVsDesigner.com. |
lolz! great tech. but i just break out the old dusty wacom and do it old skool!
:D
Thanks for the reply Adam. I’ve been watching CS5′s new features in adobe.tv and yes, the content aware fill is impressive!.
Cheers,
josé
Hi Adam!
Thanks a lot for sharing all these tips with us, really helpful.
On the side note, you are using CS5, aren’t you? Would you mind sharing your feelings about the new CS5 features?
Have a nice day,
josé
For me (and probably for anyone who regularly “paints” in PS) it’s worth the upgrade. The content-aware fill is friggin’ amazing too. I mean really… it will blow your mind.
Thanks for all those quality tutorials, I love your site.
I just downloaded the preset brush and action for the sewing stitches, but the preset brush doesn’t want to load in Photoshop. Is there a particular procedure to load it.
Thanks.
Brilliant technique! I’m not doing ID these days, but it’s bound to be a useful way to create some brushes for fun illustrations.