There are already so many excellent tutorials out there for using Photoshop brushes that I decided to do a round up of some of the best for you. By the way, PS Hero, Bittbox and Gwip also have really nice Brush sets.
I just uploaded my Free Brush Sets that you can get via the Facebook page!
Installing And Managing Brushes And Other Presets
By PSHero
Good introduction to loading brush sets and also good tips for managing them.
Rotating Brushes
By PSHero
In this Photoshop Tip I will demonstrate how to change the angle of any brush in the Brushes palette quickly and easily.
How To Use Free Photoshop Content in Photoshop Elements
Find and Use Free Brushes, Layer Styles, Shapes, and Other Goodies
By Sue Chastain, About.com Guide
Using Photoshop Brushes
by Elated
Good basic intro to using and making brushes.
Advanced Brush Techniques in Photoshop Tutorial
Obsidian Dawn
Learn more advanced techniques for manipulating brushes such as scattering.
Photoshop Brush Tutorial: Shape Dynamics – Size Controls
By Photoshop Essentials
Shape dynamics explained further.
Turn Your Signature Into A Photoshop Custom Shape
By PSHero
Good way to sign your digital artwork or watermark it for social sharing.
How To Make A Photoshop Brush
Bittbox
Good introduction to making brushes and brush sets.
Tutorial How To Make A Photoshop Brush Set
by Vandelay Design
Nice, clear tutorial.
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just me or is the 5 sec grunge background page not coming up? it says not found on this server?
Thanks for letting me know about that broken link. They must have taken it down. Too bad, it was a good article on using brushes.
from the link to “installing and managing brushes and other presets” the linked article mentions making a shortcut to link your personal brush collection to the Photoshop brush files. How do you do this on a Mac please?
Have a look at this article: http://www.macinstruct.com/node/474