By building on the Simple frill tool (found under the Clothing subtool in the Decoration) as a guide, we'll create a ruffled brush suitable for a magical girl or a sweet Lolita outfit!
To start off, we'll need a blank canvas of at least 300 dpi. This screenshot shows the height, width, and dpi settings for the canvas used in this recipe:
Here are the steps to be performed to make a frilly, fluffy brush for use in your art:
First, we need to draw our ruffle for the brush tip. Start by going to View | Grid to make grid lines visible on the canvas.
On a new raster layer, draw a wavy, uneven line near the bottom of the canvas. This line should touch the sides of the canvas on the same grid line on both the left and the right sides. Refer to the following screenshot for an example:
Draw lines up from the curves on this line to make gathers in the fabric. Refer to this screenshot to understand how to do it:
