Photoshop custom brushes make realistic knit heart-shaped

The production method of the effect chart is relatively simple, but the originality is very unique. The whole effect is done with a small custom brush. Before making, we need to make the appropriate brush shape, defined as a brush, and then set the corresponding parameters in the Brush preset panel, and then use the path strokes to get the desired effect.
Final effect

1. Make a brush that belongs to you: Select the Pen tool, select the shape layer in the pen Properties panel, and tick the shape shown in the following figure. Because a brush may not be able to achieve the desired effect at once, use the shape layer backup path to facilitate later modification. Copy the newly created shape layer, the grid layer, the selection tool box to the image that just grid, copy. Paste after creating a new layer. Select Menu: Edit > Define brush preset, name it yourself.

2. Set Brush: The figure below is a specific numerical setting, and the spacing between the sizes is obtained after several tests. In the shape of dynamic properties, we should pay special attention to the control of angle jitter selection, remember to choose "direction."

3, create a new graphic layer, the front has said to use graphics layers to back up the path we used, we also need to use these paths.

4, copy the path, new layer paste path, right stroke path.

5, repeat the first two steps, make other paths, until the heart-shaped fill. Continue to add a projection and bevel relief style to the drawing, and the values will be customized.

6, the main purpose of this step is to increase the plush texture, selected for the PS from the grass brush, brush settings as shown below, according to the need to set its size and spacing, change the length of the plush. Find the backup path layer just done, copy the path to create a new layer, stroke it multiple strokes, if you feel that the effect of the stroke is too blunt, you can copy just strokes to get the layer, the appropriate Gaussian blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur).

Final effect: