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How to do letterpress shading?

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I saw this poster and I'm wondering how to recreate the grainy shading the artist uses on the circles/bull in the middle in photoshop. Any ideas? Thanks

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    Correct answer Vishu_Aggarwal

    You can create the grainy shading effect using the brushes in Photoshop. Here is the video which can be helpful - Own noise brush in Photoshop (Simple Airbrush texture) - YouTube

    Also you can download brush presets from following link - 20 Powder PS Brushes.abr Vol.3 - Free Photoshop Brushes at Brusheezy!

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    barbara_a7746676
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    barbara_a7746676Community Expert
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    November 3, 2017

    Here's another thought. The areas may have been created on a separate layer and the layer blend mode changed to Dissolve. For example:

    On a separate layer I drew an ellipse and filled it with an orange to transparent gradient.

    Changing the layer mode to Dissolve, resulted in this:

    Vishu_Aggarwal
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    November 3, 2017

    You can create the grainy shading effect using the brushes in Photoshop. Here is the video which can be helpful - Own noise brush in Photoshop (Simple Airbrush texture) - YouTube

    Also you can download brush presets from following link - 20 Powder PS Brushes.abr Vol.3 - Free Photoshop Brushes at Brusheezy!

    Vishu AggarwalAdobe Certified Instructor, Professional and Expert
    Chuck Uebele
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    Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
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    November 3, 2017

    Most likely lots of ways to do this. Here's one way:

    Create the shape and gradient you want:

    I applied a Mezzotint filter to the layer:

    I Added a solid color fill layer above the mezzotint layer and used the blend if sliders to knock out the whites.

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