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Previously I showed how to make some interesting patterns in MetaBrush. You can find that tutorial here. Now in this tutorial I will show an interesting variation on that method.
Start by selecting some images that you think will make good patterns. Usually I will put these in their own folder on my iPad so that they will be easy to find. Now open MetaBrush. Touch the plus sign in the top right corner of the screen to create a new project, and choose one of the offered options for the dimensions of your canvas. A new blank project should open. On the top bar, select Brushes and then select Paint. Touch the round icon at the top left of the screen. A color palette should pop up. Choose a color. Then touch the layers icon at the top of the screen towards the right side; the icon looks like 3 stacked layers. The Layers menu should pop up. Now touch Fill on the Layers menu. Your layer should be filled with your chosen color. We are starting with a completely filled layer to be sure that there are no unpainted pixels in our final image. Now touch the icon on the top left side of the screen that looks like a circle with a flower shape. A window will pop up that allows you to select a photo from your photo library. Choose one of the images you had previously chosen for this project. We are going to paint using this image as the “paint”!
Now choose a large square brush from the Basics brush set. To do this, touch the brush icon at the top of the screen towards the right side. The Brush menu should pop up. The top-most brush group is the Basics set. Click on the top square box (it looks like it has a blurry sun inside it). Then select the seventh brush, which is a large square. After selecting the brush, check the size and opacity vertical sliders on the left side of the screen. Make sure they are both set to their maximum settings by sliding each of them all the way to the bottom.
Now open the brush settings. Do this by touching the brush settings icon at the top of the screen towards the right side. The icon looks like a set of three sliders. The brush settings menu should pop up. The Basics pane of the brush settings menu should be open. Set the basic settings so that the Rotation is zero and the Spacing is around 1.66.
Now touch Variance on the brush settings menu. The Variance panel of the brush settings menu should open. Set the variance settings so that the Position Variance and the Rotation Variance are both zero.
Now touch Dynamics on the brush settings menu. The Dynamics panel of the brush settings menu should open. Set the dynamics settings so that the Rotation Dynamics is 1 and the Size Dynamics and Opacity Dynamics are both zero. With each change in the brush settings, the picture of the brush stroke changes to show you what your stroke will look like.
Now we can start painting! Paint with straight lines so that the strokes completely cross the canvas from one side to the other, or from the top to bottom, or even in a slanted way from one side to the other. Use even pressure and speed and make a clean stroke. Paint so that each stroked is just below the previous stroke (or, if you are painting with vertical strokes, paint so that each stroke is just to the side of the previous stroke). If you don’t like a stroke, just hit the Undo arrow that is on the right side of the screen, and try again. Here are some patterns that I made in this way.
Notice that although in most of these patterns I painted with straight strokes that didn't overlap, in some of them I painted strokes that overlapped somewhat. And in a few of them I painted with circular or random strokes. Long strokes seem to work best.
Notice that although in most of these patterns I painted with straight strokes that didn't overlap, in some of them I painted strokes that overlapped somewhat. And in a few of them I painted with circular or random strokes. Long strokes seem to work best.
Here I used iColorama to blend one of these patterns with itself. In Effect/Blend, I offset the top image by dragging it with my fingers. Then I tried several blending models and slider settings, including the sliders under Set. Here I used Phoenix blending mode. Then I used Adjust/Channels and Tone/Tint to change the colors, and I used Adjust/Vibrance to reduce saturation. I used Adjust/Levels as needed to increase contrast.
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