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Metabrush is very useful for making unique textures and patterns that can be blended with other images for striking effects. Here I made a pattern in Metabrush that I used to make three versions of an image.
I used this image that I created previously. It's a warped version of an image I created for the Haunted House tutorial. I warped it using Form/Warp in iColorama.
I created this image in MetaBrush, in Brushes/Paint mode, using a medium-sized square brush at 100% opacity. In brush settings, I set spacing to its maximum value, I set position variance and rotation variance to their maximum values, and I left dynamics and extras at their default values.
This is the brush image I used in the previous step. It is a photo from Pixabay, a source of copyright-free images. (While in Brushes/Paint, to choose the brush image, touch the flower icon on the left edge of the screen and select an image from your camera roll.)
I opened the MetaBrush image in iColorama, and I used Effect/Blend to blend the face on top of it. I tried several blending modes and slider settings, including the sliders under Set.
I used Form/Crop to crop the image.
I used Adjust/EQ at low opacity for clarity, Effect/Raise at low opacity for emphasis, and Effect/Glow at low opacity for a touch of softness. I used Tone/Enhance at low opacity to tweak the color. I used Adjust/Levels to increase the contrast a bit.
I used Brushes/Artist with the Basika 1/41 brush at a large size setting to paint over the canvas, leaving some white areas around the edges, and I used a brush mask to bring back her face.
I used Tone/Tint and an inverted brush mask to change the color of her eyes. With the mask still in place, I used Adjust/Levels to brighten and increase contrast of the eyes.
I used a preset under Texture/Paper and an inverted brush mask to paint a stone-like texture in the blank white areas of the canvas.
As final touches, I used Effect/Sharpen preset 4 at medium opacity for sharpness, and I used Tone/Enhance at low opacity to provide a slightly warmer tone to the image. Call this Version 1.
Now to make a new version. I painted a brush mask over the black areas on the face, and then I used Texture/Paper to apply the same paper texture to those areas as I had used in the areas surrounding the head.
Keeping the brush mask in place, I continued painting on the mask in the areas surrounding the head. Then I applied a preset from Texture/Vintage. I used a large size, Soft Light mode, and medium opacity for the vintage effect.
With the brush mask still in place, I applied preset 38/40 under Preset/Shift2. I used a large size and medium opacity. I used the Multiply mode, and I experimented with all the sliders, including the sliders under Set. Call this Version 2.
Now to create another version. I started with this image from the Sktchy app.
I opened the Sktchy photo in iColorama. I used Effect/Blend to blend the MetaBrush image, used above, onto the Sktchy photo. I tried several blending modes and slider settings, including the sliders under Set.
Using Effect/Blend, I blended Version 2 onto the image, resizing and positioning it so that the eyes are superimposed. I used a brush mask to block the blend from the lower part of the face, where the nose and mouth didn't match up. I cropped the bottom of the image using Form/Crop.
I used Effect/Blend and a brush mask to paint some handwriting across the bottom of the face. I tried several blending modes. With the mask still in place, I sharpened the text a bit using Effect/Sharpen 3 at low radius. This is Version 3.
This is the image I used in the blend. It is a page from an old letter, written in Italian, and addressed to my grandfather.
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