Speedline Brushes

Includes three brushes without settings and three brushes with presets (you should use the preset brushes if you just wanted to easily make speedlines, the others are there just for people who wanted to make their own brush settings or to use the brushes for something else).

It would be a sin to say I made these all by myself. I was actually following a tutorial that produced nice, fainter speedlines. In case people don't know, speedlines are used throughout comics and manga to produce a dramatic effect and make it look like the camera is rapidly zooming in or moving somwhere.

TUTORIAL - READ THE WHOLE THING BEFORE ASKING ME QUESTIONS: [link]

To use the brushes in your own comics, simply make a path with the pen tool, set the brushes to the desired size/length (by default these are at 2500 pixels for versatility), and stroke the path with the brush. You can go through all three sizes if you want.

For a radial effect, make a circle shape (as a path, not a shape) and stroke it. I like to go that extra step and select a circular marquee out of the middle, feather it and delete it for a fading effect.


Sorry for rambling on but I felt that was something I really needed to explain. There's even a way of making speedlines by playing with the Photoshop filters, but it can get messy sometimes.

See terms of use here: [link]