Custom brushes for texturing? Cheating?

[Jedah]

@ Jedah: I'm sorry, but that post you made is just plain BS. When you say stuff like this:
"If art is what you want for your career then you need to actually be an artist who understands what he/she is doing, because if you don't then what happens when all these tools become obsolete"
you assume that by using other peoples photo's or brushes, you don't understand what you're doing, or understand less? And if current techniques become obsolete, then does any of this really matter? You'll have to learn the new technique anyway.

I didn't mean "If you do this, you don't know what your doing" ( which I would agree with you is definitely BS ) What I was trying to say was "If you don't know what your doing, and do this, you probably shouldn't." I'm saying that they screw themselves by doing it if they don't know what they are doing - not the other way around.

But I probably could have worded it better. Sorry for the confusion.

[doylle]

aight, that does make more sense indeed

cheers

[samgriffiths]

I've decided to try and texture without using custom brushes so i can improve my drawing skills, thank you for the mixed responses!

[bupaje]

Or you can just learn to create your own custom brushes. They are a valid tool and can speed up your work so I don't see what the issue is? I remember hearing similar conversations over different programming languages, using plugins and many other subjects. The key is that when you understand the principals -or how to do stuff the hard way- you can effectively use so called cheats to improve your workflow. Cheats should be tools to get a job done, not props to hide a lack of ability.

I don't work on textures professionally but I love 'em. I've created a few PS brushes these last couple of weeks and expect to use them whenever I can.

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