I saw a small graphic I liked on a friends facebook post. So, I decided to create this.

Birds

And, I decided to take it one step further. I am making it into a brush.

So, I thought I would document how I made it into a brush

Bird

I used the magic wand tool to select the white of the background.

Next, I right clicked on the selected white and selected “Select Inverse”

With the black bird selected, I click on edit and Define Brush Preset.

Then I click on the brush icon on the toolbar and look at my brushes on the top bar

brushes

I See my bird as the last brush. I delete all the other brushes in the palette by simply Alt-click through your brush palette to delete them one by one until the brushes you want are on there.

1brush

Click on the arrow in the top right to create a menu. Click on Save Brushes. Name it and save it. You will have an *ABR file which is a Photoshop brush

ABR

Download this brush for use in Photoshop CSx
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