Resource: Bullet Shell Brush & Tutorial

by Tim Von Rueden

Hello and Welcome to A Concept Cookie Resource: Bullet Shell Brushes by Tim Von Rueden

Have you ever seen a concept art piece that has flying bullets being pumped out of a machine gun? Well rather than trying to draw each one individually, here is a way to speed up that process!

In this Tutorial+Resource, we take a look at how to create a bullet shell brush and playing with the different brush settings can give you a different effect. If you would rather just download the brushes they are included in the source files or can be found below ↓

Bullet Shell Brushes: Download Here

Here is a glimpse at what the video tutorial covers:

First I Defined the Shape of the Shell, making sure to keep the proportions the same on the sides

Then I add a soft value to it, enough to give it a rounded shape feel to it

Define as a Brush

After increasing the spacing, You now have a sequential bullet shell belt

After messing with the Shape Dynamics and Scattering settings, we are now left with a storm of bullets

Thanks for watching and if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them in the section below ↓↓

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Discussion

10 Responses to “Resource: Bullet Shell Brush & Tutorial”
  1. Lucas
    Posts: 10

    Saw this on Facebook, like 10 minutes ago. Already watched and like it a lot! Keep up with the good work.

    Gonna try it later!

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     Mar 28, 2012 at 5:23 pm
  2. oldman44
    Posts: 70

    Hey Tim,

    The download is crupted. I have downloaded the zip twice & both times WinZip 16.0 Pro says it is crupt.

    -OldMan44

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     Mar 29, 2012 at 1:20 am
    • Tim Von Rueden
      Posts: 635

      Hmm I’m not sure to why that was but I just re-uploaded the new compressed files, let me know if there seems to still be a problem or not for you.

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       Mar 29, 2012 at 10:36 am
      • oldman44
        Posts: 70

        Tim,

        Downloaded the new zip. Unziped it & checked all 3 files & they are fine. Don’t know what happened with the orginal WinZip kept telling me it was not an archive file & when it opened it nothing was there. Weird. You know what they say sometimes “sh__ happens”. Thanks for re-upload.

        You guys rock,
        -OldMan44

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         Mar 29, 2012 at 12:07 pm
  3. Berat Tatlici
    Posts: 2

    Hey Tim,

    Sorry I am new Photoshop user and How To Change The Brush Size?

    ( http://b1203.hizliresim.com/v/x/3×809.png )

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     Mar 29, 2012 at 7:26 am
    • Tim Von Rueden
      Posts: 635

      In Photoshop the [ and ] keys will increase and decrease your brush size by an increment at a time. I prefer using the circle sizing which is done by holding down control + option and then dragging your tablet pen left or right on the tablet to resize. Hope this helps!

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       Mar 29, 2012 at 10:43 am
  4. Andrew Krypel
    Posts: 16

    I never thought about doing it that way!

    I love how often you make videos and how thorough you are; I could sit here all day and watch your videos.

    For me, the best part about this video (and all the others) is that I can apply these concepts and tools to any sort of project that I’m working on. I get inspired just watching you and am definitely getting addicted to this site.

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     Mar 29, 2012 at 4:19 pm
    • Tim Von Rueden
      Posts: 635

      Thanks man! It’s always good to hear that and I hope to continue to provide useful resources!

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       Mar 29, 2012 at 4:22 pm
  5. Berat Tatlici
    Posts: 2

    Thank You Tim But i not have tablet or macbook :D i have not “option” key :(

    Thank You…

    __________________
    BlenderTurkey

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     Apr 1, 2012 at 8:03 am
  6. crownpics007
    Posts: 1

    so cool, have to change my citzenship status to get more on this! already trying out the brush, thank you!

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     Oct 3, 2012 at 2:27 pm

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