Photoshop ®: Doodle / Sketch Custom Shapes

Doodle / Sketch Custom Shapes for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements

 

Thumbnail gallery of doodle shapes pack 122

Thumbnail Gallery of doodle shapes for Photoshop and Elements

thumbnail gallery of all the doodle custom shapes in the custom shapes pack 122

 

Thumbnail gallery of sketch shapes pack 8

Thumbnail gallery of the sketch shapes

thumbnail gallery of all the sketch shapes in the pack 8 - vector designs for any size of work

 

Thumbnail gallery of split scratchy custom shapes pack 18

Thumbnail gallery of scratch and scribble shapes

Thumbnail gallery of the split scratchy - pack 18

 

Additional examples of the doodle / sketch custom shapes

doodle scratch custom shapes for Photoshop elements

doodle / sketch examples from pack 122

 

sketch shapes for Photoshop

examples from pack 8

 

split scratchy shapes for Photoshop and elements

examples from pack 18

 

Using (doodle) shapes with small and large documents

1) The doodle / sketch custom shapes are vectors so can be used with any size of document. The quality of the line might vary and errors in the design might become more noticeable with larger file sizes (i.e. the smoothness of the line). The document is set to 240 x 240, the size of the images on this page

 

image size for custom shape document

 

2) The doodle design is drawn with the current foreground color at 240 x 240 and 72dpi

 

custom shape for Photoshop drawn

 

3) The document size is set to 3000 x 3000

 

distress custom shapes for Photoshop and elements - example by graphicxtras

 

4) The same design is drawn but now on a document 3000 x 3000

 

custom shape drawn in 3000 x 3000 size document

 

5) Now a new document is open with a width of 8000 and height of 8000 pixels

 

distress custom shapes for Photoshop and elements - example by graphicxtras

 

6) The custom shape is drawn again and now the zoomed to 8%. The document could easily have been 30000 x 30000 depending on memory etc. The design is not a vector as the fill pixel open was used. If the shape layer was used then the design would have remained as a vector: the design could have also then been printed to a postscript printer etc

 

custom shape is drawn in a document 8000 x 8000

 

Opening doodle shapes in Photoshop and Elements

Access the CSH custom shapes via the file open command or the edit menu preset manager (not elements which for some reason allows brushes etc but not shapes) or via the custom shapes palette

 

photoshop elements open doodles

example shows the pack 122 CSH custom shapes 'doodles' being opened via the file open command in Photoshop Elements

 

Access the shapes via the shapes tool in Photoshop and Photoshop elements (slightly different icons in their respective applications)

 

custom shapes tool

example showing the custom shapes tool

 

coffee cup elements

example above shows the custom shapes 'coffee doodle' in Photoshop elements

 

 

doodle frame shape

example - a doodle frame shape from pack 122 is applied using the custom shape tool. It is applied as a standard fill using the current Photoshop foreground color but it could equally have been applied as a selection or a shape layer and as a shape layer it could have a metallic style or gel style etc applied (as below)

 

doodle metallic frame

example showing the same doodle frame shape but now with a metallic effect applied (using the styles palette) in Photoshop

 

doodle scratch lines

example using a scratch line grid design from the pack 122 custom shapes set. Applied using a light blue color for the first layer, black for the top layer in Photoshop CS6 / CS5

 

painted faces

example using the sketch shapes from pack 8. Each shape interior is selected using the Photoshop magic wand tool and filled with a different color. The black stroke is part of the sketch shape.

 

Free doodle / sketch sampler / demo

 

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Date modified: April 28th, 2012

 

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