Stencils

Stencil technique:

• start with any photo
• make black and white
• Image -> adjustments -> levels and bring outer pointers into centre
• select black parts with magic wand
• create new layer and hide initial image layer
• use large airbrush and spray selected area, leaving some parts lighter - by changing opacity 
• inverse and spray a few light bits around edges of images to give spray paint effect
• add drips and sprays by downloading or making brushes

Heres a few examples of the photos I started with and the end result

Brushes - Kate in Stars!

Brushes

• You can make a brush out of any image in Photoshop – Internet, scan etc
• Start with image
• Extract part that you want with elliptical marquee
• Copy
• File new (will be size of copied image)
• Paste
• Unview background
• Remove any white parts
• Adjust levels to make image brighter or more contrasted if desired
• Colour doesn’t matter, as it is a brush – make it any colour you like when using it
• Select all – edit – define brush preset
• New document
• Window- brush
• Select brush tool – find your brush
• Can now change colour on colour picker
• In brush window can squash, turn, flip, change size ([smaller ]bigger)
• To write with a brush –
• Pick font, write what you want
• Create new layer
• Use brush to go over text – can change sizes etc
• Unview text layer
• marge visible layers (not background)
• to save brush to computer – go to brush pallet – middle button at bottom – select what you want to save – save set and save to wherever you want