Now I have nothing against brushes, but guys there are plenty of great brushes around. Here are some two cool sites http://qbrushes.net/ and http://www.brusheezy.com/ I find it so strange that everyone keeps using the same brushes (smoke brush much?)
The smoke brush; such a beautiful brush yet so overused. I must have seen it in at least 10 different projects this year. Of course I’m guilty of using the same brushes too sometimes, especially when it’s a quick job (such as the title of this blog!) but take your time when using brushes, there are plenty of good ones around, keep looking, you can never have enough brushes and enough typefaces. Of course it’s so much better if you can create your own, but let’s talk about typefaces now.
Overused typefaces… we’ve all seen them, and we’ve all used them (well not all of them I hope). Guys, avoid falling in love with a typeface and using it over and over again. Find a home for your typeface, on it’s special little poster/ website and leave it there. For your next project, find a new one! There are plenty of overused typefaces, but here’s a list of the ones I see the most:
Again I admit, I have used some of these before, but after seeing them being used everywhere it's kind of hard to appreciate them, even if they are nicely composed with the image. (Helvetica is excused... only sometimes!) Well then, any others you'd like to add?
PS: For the record, the "Overused" banner above was created in a few mins using this guide: http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/create-a-cool-wet-ink-typography-effect-in-photoshop
The brushes suggested are actually pretty interesting if used correctly :)
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