Here's a Quick Way to Roughen the Edges of Your Work

Thank you so much for your amazing and so clear tutorial! I wish you were my teacher, you explain so clearly and your voice is very calm.
I am a customer of Retro supplies and enjoy much of their products and tutorials.
Thanks for the brushes.

thanks for the clear tutorial dustin, i’m using affinity photo on my ipad and i’m happy to find that it works in there too! i’m having so much fun playing with all the awesome retrosupply brushes in affinity photo and designer :)

Thanks to everyone for the awesome feedback!

Elmas, you could make the brushes smaller and go around the edges of the letters. Or you could roughen the letters with effects, as we show in this tutorial: https://www.retrosupply.co/blogs/tutorials/152748231-the-easy-way-to-roughen-your-typography-in-illustrator

Thanks for the great tip Bethany!

I wanted to share that these brushes would also work great for a hand-printed look to digital art. I used to do traditional printmaking and it was those little places where there was ink loss that gave a print it’s warmth and character, much like vintage commercial printing. Thank you for this tutorial! Now I want to go make something!!

Great tutorial.
Easy to follow and learn.
Thank you for the brushes.
Awesome.

Thanks so much Dustin (& crew)
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Great brushes and the video is very helpful. Thanks!

Great video! Any tips on roughening the ages around the bigger “Postal Service” text? Thanks.

Thank you Dustin for taking the time to present yet another awesome video tutorial! You’re a gifted teacher I must say. Roughened edges is now my new obsession, and so are these new brushes. Much appreciated! ;)

Thank You Dustin for the great tutorial and freebies. The best quality ; )

THANK YOU! Great tutorial! Simple and direct but so powerful for a novice like me. You’re help is priceless and so appreciated. Rock On!

Thanks, Dustin! Great tutorial and brushes!

Thank unfortunately Brushs not work in CS5

Thanks Dustin – very useful tutorial. I’m an Adobe illustrator purist and rarely use Photoshop for my illustration work, but can certainly see the merits here for adding that texture in PS.

Thanks for the brushes! I like the effect. The tutorial is very helpful.

Looks good! I like the effect! Thank you for the brushes!
Su

On way to make an stamp-like edging brush like that angle more easily is to set the angle in “shape dynamics” to pen tilt. This allows you to rotate the brush around to get the desired angles. You need a stylus that has tilt capability tho. It’s a great way to rotate “stamp-like” brushes.

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Thanks for the clear and concise tute (not to mention the freebie pack). Black conceals, white reveals — I like it~