Hi I have very basic Photoshop skills. I've downloaded a lot of special brushes but I don't know how to make them look real. Water, blood, and paint are big problems. Can anyone point me to a good tutorial on how to use these bushes and make them look realistic?

Hi tkdrobert! Are you ready for the information overload I'm about to give you? lol I did some Google searching and here's some good tutorials I found:


Water

Photoshop:Water Droplets
https://www.instructables.com/id/Photoshop-Water-Droplets/

How to Create Realistic Water Drop Reflections in Adobe Photoshop
https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-realistic-water-drop-reflections-in-adobe-photoshop--cms-23135

Tutorial: Realistic Water Drops In Photoshop
https://www.dreamstale.com/create-realistic-water-drops-photoshop/

6 Free Water Drop Photoshop Styles (Just in case you don't feel like going through a tutorial.)
https://freepsdfiles.net/styles/6-free-water-drop-photoshop-styles


Blood

Draw Blood with a Photoshop Brush
https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/draw-blood-with-a-photoshop-brush/

Creating Special Effects in Photoshop: Adding Fake Blood
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2274037&seqNum=8

Dripping Blood in Photoshop
https://designbundles.net/design-school/dripping-blood-in-photoshop

Free Bloody Style (Just in case you don't feel like going through a tutorial.)
http://www.photoshoplayerstyle.com/free-bloody-style/

Blood Drip Brushes For Photoshop ( Again, just in case you don't feel like going through a tutorial. These blood drip Photoshop brushes come with blood Photoshop styles.You have to join this website in order to download them, but the website is free to join.)
http://www.psd-dude.com/tutorials/resources/blood-drip-brushes-for-photoshop.aspx


Paint

Photoshop's Mixer Brushes: Realistic Wet and Dry Paint Effects for Creating Luminous Images
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2258414

Create stunning watercolours
https://blog.photoshopcreative.co.uk/blog/tutorials/create-stunning-watercolours/

Realistic Thick Paint Effect (Scroll down to aartika-fractal-art's post to see the tutorial for the thick paint effect.)
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2204244

Dripping Paint Text Effect Photoshop
https://designbundles.net/design-school/dripping-paint-text-effect-photoshop

Lovely Watercolor Shapes & Styles for Photoshop (Just in case you don't feel like going through a tutorial.)
https://pixelcandypaperie.com/lovely-watercolor-shapes-styles-for-photoshop/


I hope all of these tutorials and Photoshop styles will help you! If you need anymore help, then let me know. Have fun!

Deenamic posted at 7:17AM Wed, 24 October 2018 - #4337845

Hi tkdrobert! Are you ready for the information overload I'm about to give you? lol I did some Google searching and here's some good tutorials I found:


Water

Photoshop:Water Droplets
https://www.instructables.com/id/Photoshop-Water-Droplets/

How to Create Realistic Water Drop Reflections in Adobe Photoshop
https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-realistic-water-drop-reflections-in-adobe-photoshop--cms-23135

Tutorial: Realistic Water Drops In Photoshop
https://www.dreamstale.com/create-realistic-water-drops-photoshop/

6 Free Water Drop Photoshop Styles (Just in case you don't feel like going through a tutorial.)
https://freepsdfiles.net/styles/6-free-water-drop-photoshop-styles


Blood

Draw Blood with a Photoshop Brush
https://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/draw-blood-with-a-photoshop-brush/

Creating Special Effects in Photoshop: Adding Fake Blood
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2274037&seqNum=8

Dripping Blood in Photoshop
https://designbundles.net/design-school/dripping-blood-in-photoshop

Free Bloody Style (Just in case you don't feel like going through a tutorial.)
http://www.photoshoplayerstyle.com/free-bloody-style/

Blood Drip Brushes For Photoshop ( Again, just in case you don't feel like going through a tutorial. These blood drip Photoshop brushes come with blood Photoshop styles.You have to join this website in order to download them, but the website is free to join.)
http://www.psd-dude.com/tutorials/resources/blood-drip-brushes-for-photoshop.aspx


Paint

Photoshop's Mixer Brushes: Realistic Wet and Dry Paint Effects for Creating Luminous Images
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2258414

Create stunning watercolours
https://blog.photoshopcreative.co.uk/blog/tutorials/create-stunning-watercolours/

Realistic Thick Paint Effect (Scroll down to aartika-fractal-art's post to see the tutorial for the thick paint effect.)
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2204244

Dripping Paint Text Effect Photoshop
https://designbundles.net/design-school/dripping-paint-text-effect-photoshop

Lovely Watercolor Shapes & Styles for Photoshop (Just in case you don't feel like going through a tutorial.)
https://pixelcandypaperie.com/lovely-watercolor-shapes-styles-for-photoshop/


I hope all of these tutorials and Photoshop styles will help you! If you need anymore help, then let me know. Have fun!

Wow, that is a lot to explore. Thank you.

You're welcome! Yeah, it is a lot to explore, but I hope you have fun exploring it!