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are there certain techniques to using brushes found on the internet to create really cool photographs that look like this


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Just different layers with black and white brushes.
You can also use the pen tool to create vectors.
Here's a tutorial: http://aeoll.deviantart.com/art/The-Pen-Tool-Is-Your-Friend-69562860