AD Textured brushes, Monet strokes

[Craig Deeley]

Attached are a set of AD Textured Intensity brushes made from actual brushstrokes from the famed painter.

 

Usually I would not try to make strokes so literal. Nor would I borrow from such a famed source.

In that sense these strokes are a bit of a digression for me.

These are examples of brushes that use real strokes almost exactly. They carry the texture and variety of their source. Thick, skittering oil paint, and swashes of thinner oil run over uneven surfaces. 

 

I have become more and more a digital painter... but I love the texture of natural media. I find myself drawn to digital emulation of natural media. Or emulation perhaps of the texture of natural media - with a digital twist.

I have never deliberately tried to make a textured brush for such applications as Photoshop, Expression3, Synthetik Studio Artist or Affinity Designer - that looked exactly like a natural media brush stroke. 

The idea seems a little too in conflict with what makes digital art potentially its own (great) thing.

 

However. These are very nice, heavily textured oil paint strokes. Great for bold paint looks.

 

Enjoy.

CD_Monet_oilstrokes.afbrushes.zip

[Alfred]

Thanks, Craig. Although you've copied from the original artist, you could probably quite reasonably charge some 'monet' for these! :D

[MEB]

Thanks for sharing Craig. I haven't installed them yet but they look fantastic judging from the sample you posted.

[paolo.limoncelli]

Great Craig!

Are these designed for short and quick strokes mainly, am I wrong?

[Craig Deeley]

Thanks all,

 

Paolo,

Yes.

All but one are made for shorter to medium length strokes. 

"CD_monet01b_rep" repeats.

[vincer]

Thanks!

[Guest]

Thank you!

[retrograde]

We are starting to amass a great library of stuff from the community here.

 

Thanks Craig and Paolo and everyone else who continue to make us all look good. ;-)

[bebop]

I'm new to Affinity Designer, so I'm having a great deal of fun experimenting here. Thanks!

[JimY]

Is this a vector brush or pixel brush?

[walt.farrell]

11 hours ago, JimY said:

Is this a vector brush or pixel brush?

From the first post they're Textured Intensity Brushes, which is one of the brush types that AD calls vector brushes.

[JimY]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

From the first post they're Textured Intensity Brushes, which is one of the brush types that AD calls vector brushes.

I'm an Affinity newbie. I have no idea what Textured Intensity Brush even means. Thanks for clearing that up.

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

14 minutes ago, JimY said:

I'm an Affinity newbie. I have no idea what Textured Intensity Brush even means.

Help is your friend

The first hit when searching the Help for Textured Intensity Brush explains it: https://affinity.help/designer/English.lproj/pages/Panels/brushesPanel.html

[DM1]

On 7/19/2016 at 2:20 PM, Craig Deeley said:

Attached are a set of AD Textured Intensity brushes made from actual brushstrokes from the famed painter.

Craig I tried painting with these but alas, I'm no Monet😩 Seriously though, great brushes, thanks.

[daveb2]

These are Vector brushes and do not work in affinity Photo. Correct me if am wrong.

 

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, daveb2 said:

These are Vector brushes and do not work in affinity Photo. Correct me if am wrong.

 

Correct, as mentioned earlier.

[daveb2]

Walt.Farrell, you are correct.