There is this one tool in Photoshop that is powerful. With it you can create anything; the possibilities are endless. It goes by the name of "brush."
Now when do we usually use a brush? In the real world you need a brush to paint and in Photoshop the tool is basically the same.
The brush tool is one of the numerous tools that is available in Photoshop. It is located on the right side (by default) of the canvas, inside the toolbox. You can easily access it by pressing the letter B on your keyboard.
Mother of tools!
I would say that this tool is powerful because most of the tools in Photoshop was based on brush and/or functions like one. Only that for different tools, they have different functions (duuh), but to explain some tools, you would have to refer to it as "use it like a brush."
The Power
Brushes are amazing. You can literally make an artwork just by using brushes - just like the picture above. I used a variety of brushes to mask and design the photo. Photoshop allows you to use a variety of brushes. There are presets available. To view these, you can click the arrow on the side of the brush preview (after you select the brush tool) or just select the brush tool and then right-click anywhere inside the canvas. You can also change the size by accessing the same menu that shows the other brushes available, just toggle the toggle thingy (I don't know the right term teehee) or just use the [ key to make the brush diameter smaller and the ] key to enlarge it.
The Power: Part 2 - Just can't get enough
But that's not all. Photoshop allows even MORE options to customize each brush. On the left side of the canvas you'll find an icon that looks like a can of brushes (if you're not able to locate it, it's probably disabled, so you'd have to go to Windows>Brush or just use F5 on ya keyboard) left-click it and it'll take you to Wonderland - of brushes for that matter. More options await you such as Shape Dynamics (allows you to change the angle, roundness, and size of the brush), Scattering (gives the brush an automatic scattering effect so you don't have to scatter each and every brush point no mo'!), and Color Dynamics (my favorite one! basically, in one brush stroke, there will be variety of shades, tints, and colors available.)
The Power: Part 3 - You didn't thought it's gonna be this interesting with brushes
Okay, did I already tell you brushes are amazing? Because it is some kick butt tool you know. Now this is like the cherry on top of the features of the brushes tool. I have already told you that Photoshop gives you a variety of brush presets you can use. But if you get bored (which is less likely to happen because BRUSHES ARE AMAZING), don't you worry, Photoshop allows you to install brushes to its system. Aaaaaah! That's more brushes for you. You can download brushes online (don't worry a lot of them are free). There are websites such as brusheezy.com where you can download several brushes/brush packs for you to install. And don't get worried about installing them, it isn't very technical. After selecting the brush tool. Go to the menu that we use to resize the brush. Now, just near the size toggle thingy there's a little gear, left-click that and then choose "Load Brushes...", now find the file you downloaded, choose "Load" and voila! the set of brushes you just downloaded are now loaded along with the pre-existing ones.
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE. The Photoshop gods have allowed us, puny, creative humans to make our own brush. Which is fun! Just load the picture you want to make as a brush. Now, you can select a part that you want to make into a brush using the selection tool (and other tools that allow you to select). It can be ANY shape you want. Now, having selected the part you want to use, go to Edit>Define Brush Preset, you can rename it, then choose OK. And now you can finally use your face as a stamp!
IN SUMMATION
Photoshop gives us a variety of tools to help us with our design/designing. Most of them functions just as their real-life counterpart and/or namesake. And with the power of brush tool you can create anything.
signing out . . . . . . . .
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