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If you smudge the brushes a bit and make a new layer and brush some more you can get results like the second one ^^
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Perfecting you brush
For making Brush Sets
Summary
Well now that you have your brush its time to perfect it for a brush set! Right now its kinda...meh...But this chapter helps perfect your bush by certain techniques such as
Sharpening,Smudging, and ect.

Now lets begin-

Step 1

Ok now check other dynamics under brush settings and set all the way to 100%. After that brush randomly around. Now you need some flow in the brush so then take the eraser (soft brush) and erase to create a shape. But not too much (so it doesn't look blurry on the edges) . Then uncheck other dynamics and brush more but not too much, you don't want to too be too dark.

So this is my result-



Step 2

Now to add some depth. Duplicate this layer. And take a circle brush and smudge it a bit. So the smudged layer should look like this-
I have the dots in mine because it looked to dark in those parts.



Now place the layer under you unsmudged layer so it should look like this-


Now lets compare

Before-
After-

Step 3

Now its time to add some finishing touches-
First Apply image and then filter-sharpen-sharpen. Erase in ugly parts.
You should get something along the lines of this-



Now make a new layer and for stylize-trace contour. Use the wand tool to remove the white areas. And erase.



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Foreground Background Jitter- I have no idea what it does but i'd put it at 50%