Once you have a photo, convert it into grayscale and then go to Image>Adjustments>Levels (or ctrl+l). In this case I used a photo of my sister's dogs just to show that you can use any subject matter and still get a cool looking brush. It doesn't really matter what kind of photo you use. Now that I am happy with my shapes I am going to open a photo to use as a texture overlay. I lay that down and then start drawing and erasing on top of it. Sometimes what I like to do is use a custom brush that I have already made as a starting point.
Try not to make anything too symmetrical, as this will make your brush look weird and fake. Let's start making a custom brush by putting down some random shapes and lines. It also allows you to learn how to paint different textures using the same brushes, instead of relying on a brush to paint a texture for you. This also helps to improve your speed, since you do not have to look around and try and decide which brush to use next. I like to stick with just a few of my favorite brushes when painting. I find that most of the time there are too many brushes to choose from, and most of them are just plain gimmicky. These are the brushes I use, although a majority of all my illustrations are painted using primarily the two brushes circled. When painting the figure I normally use the standard brushes and save my custom brushes for textures and for backgrounds. Usually when I paint I only use a few brushes, most of which are just Photoshop presets with a few tweaks to the brush settings.
A lot of people ask me what kind of brushes I use and how I made them.
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