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Art Tumblr | ETSY SHOP HI. My name is Coey. I do art. This is my bullshit tumblr where I waste hours of my day just scrolling. clicking. reblogging. :U
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a PSA created by Ron Wimberly ( @d-pi ) and the National Lawyers Guild. Meant for NYC in specific but good advice to anyone out there. “I am exercising my constitutional rights to remain silent and have an attorney” and “I do not consent to a search” are the only things you should ever say to a cop asking you questions.

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This is incredibly difficult for me, but I need help. I’m a self-employed artist who’s fought a losing battle with depression for over a decade. I’m at my limit and need help affording the next level of treatment.

Above’s examples of my work and merch. Those and more are available in the shop for those interested. Even if you’re not in a position to donate or purchase, just sharing is highly appreciated. Thank you ♥

Go Fund Me campaign | Online Shop

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Thank you everyone for your outpouring of support for this amazing project! Shy and I are beyond thrilled at the turn out so far <3 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13crownsstudio/shadow-box-insect-pins As thanks we’ve designed 3 new FREE PINS ( # of free pins depend on pledge tier) - Plus one new accent pin that will be given away for free to all tiers! We  definitely plan on making more designs in the future but are going to cool it on new designs for this campaign so we don’t get overwhelmed with managing stock when everything comes in. 

Additionally- enjoy some of the sample pics we took the other day of sets 1 and 2!!! MORE INFO AND SPECS ON THE KICKSTARTER PAGE:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/13crownsstudio/shadow-box-insect-pins  XOXO - COEY @coeykuhn & SHY @shycustis

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Some Photoshop Tips

I’ve been getting quite a few asks about the process for the patterns in my stylized artworks, so I decided to put together a couple of tips regarding them. 

Firstly, what you need are

—  CUSTOM BRUSHES  —

Most of the patterns I use are custom brushes I made, such as those:

For the longest time I was convinced making brushes must be super extra complicated. I was super extra wrong. All you need to start is a transparent canvas (2500px x 2500px max):

This will be your brush tip. When you’re satisfied how it looks, click Ctrl+A to select the whole canvas and go to ‘define brush preset’ under the edit menu

You will be asked to name your new glorious creation. Choose something that describes it well, so you can easily find it between all the ‘asfsfgdgd’ brushes you’ve created to be only used once

This is it. Look at it, you have just created a photoshop brush. First time i did I felt like I was cheated my whole life. IT’S SO EASY WHY HASN’T ANYONE TOLD ME 

Time to edit the Good Boi to be more random, so it can be used as a Cool Fancy Pattern. Go into brush settings and change whatever you’d like. Here’s a list of what I do for patterns:

- under Shape Dynamics, I increase Size Jitter and Angle jitter by 5%-15% 

- under Brush Tip Shape, I increase spacing by a shitload. Sometimes it’s like 150%, the point is to get the initial brush tip we painted to be visible.

- If I want it to look random and noisy, I enable the Dual Brush option, which acts like another brush was put on top of the one we’ve created. You can adjust all of the Dual Brush options (Size, Spacing, Scatter, Count) as you wish to get a very nice random brush to smear on your  backgrounds

The result is as above. You can follow the same steps to create whatever brush you need: evenly spaced dots that look like you painted them by hand, geometric pattern to fill the background, a line of perfectly drawn XDs and so on. 

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE

—  PATHS  —

But what if you want to get lots of circles made of tiny dots? Or you need rows of triangles for your cool background? Photoshop can do all of that for you, thanks to the magic of paths.

Typically, paths window can be found right next to Layers:

Draw whatever path you want, the Shape Tool has quite a bit of options. Remember, paths are completely different from brush strokes and they won’t show up in the navigator. To move a path around, click A to enable path selection tool. You can use Ctrl+T to transform it, and if you move a path while pressing Alt it will be duplicated.

Now, pick a brush you wish really was in place of that path you’ve drawn and go to layers, then choose the layer you want it to be drawn on. Then, click this tiny circle under the Paths window:

Then witness the magic of photoshop doing the drawing for you while you wonder how tf have you managed to forget about this option for the past 2 years 

You can combine special brushes and paths for all sorts of cool effects. I mostly use them in backgrounds for my cards, but you can do whatever you want with them.

I hope that answers the questions for all of the people who were sending me inquires about the patterns. If you have any questions regarding this or any other Photoshop matter feel free to message me, I’m always up for complaining about how great and terrible Photoshop is C’:
#art#neat#inspo#useful
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HOLIDAY SHOP SAVINGS STARTS NOW!   Use code ’ HOLIDAY2018 ’ @ checkout for 10% off $15 or more! Check shop link for holiday cut off dates. XOXO THANKS EVERYONE! https://www.etsy.com/shop/CoeyAndShy  

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ADDITIONALLY DEFECT PINS FROM SERIES 1-2 OF THE HALLOWEEN PINS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE SHOP! Check the shop for examples of defects and pricing- THANKS! XOXO

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