Create Grungy Backgrounds With Custom Brushes

By Diana Day · Issue: March/April 2008 (v5n2)

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Do you admire those popular grungy backgrounds and wish you could make your own? Here’s an easy and fun technique that utilizes some of the many free brushes available online. In the process, we’ll also take advantage of two often-overlooked tools: dodge and burn.

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