In Painter, I highly recommend the Acrylic brushes – aside from a 'strandy' feel, they will automatically create a very interesting texture. Start applying the hair strands, gradually moving from bigger and darker to smaller and lighter. This simple Spackled brush is perfect for this job.

To enrich the 'automatic' pore effect, create another layer on top of the existing one and, with an Airbrush, randomly place some small lighter dots on top of the previous ones.Īfter marking the hair basis with an Airbrush, it's good to start adding some texture.

Once your ABR file is selected, click the Load button to install the brush into Photoshop. In the Load file selection window, select your downloaded third-party brush ABR file. From here, click the Import Brushes option. Use it on a low opacity setting on a separate layer, so you can play with layer modes later (Soft Light usually gives the most natural effects). To add new brushes, select the Settings menu icon in the top-right section of the panel. The small spackled brush is great to render skin pores with.

Download texture brushes photoshop