Clouds

1. Cloud Brushes (JavierZhX)

Mexican artist and designer Javierzhx offers a set of crisply realistic cloud formations in this set of brushes.

2. Cloud Brushes HiRes (Leboef)

Another set of cloud brushes, this time a heavyweight high resolution set from designer Leboef.

3. Clouds Photoshop Brushes (Mila Vasileva)

Mila Vasileva designs and shares this set of high-resolution clouds. The collection features 24 different types of cloud, ranging from 190 to 1614 pixels, and includes an atom bomb mushroom cloud.

4. Clouds Brushes (Coby17)

Coby17’s cloud brushes were designed in Photoshop CS3 and offer 24 options in various resolutions.

Trees and Vegetation

5. Tree Brushes (Ki-cek)

Ki-cek presents a set of eight graphic tree brushes created in Photoshop 7.0.

6. Bamboo Brushes (Hawksmont)

This set of bamboo brushes by Hawksmont offers an Oriental flavour to digital designs.

7. Complete Tree Brush Pack (Horhew)

Horhew’s Complete Tree Brush Pack offers an extensive range of 40 trees, including dead trees, winter pear trees, maple trees, cheery trees, palms and coconut trees, papyrus and bamboo. The detailed, high-resolution brushes were rendered in Vue Professional 4.5.

8. Beyond the Mist (Midnightstouch)

This set features nine large brushes of atmospheric trees and woodland bound in mist.

9. Creepy Tree Brushes (Deathoflight)

Deathoflight has created a set of creepy, leafless tree brushes. The brushes are semi-transparent with cartoon shading, and are around 2000 pixels each.

10. Tree Brushes (DigitalPhenom)

This collection of large, realistic Photoshop tree brushes is designed and shared by DP Studios.

11. Spanish Moss Brushes (ObsidianDawn.com)

This collection features 21 Spanish moss formations, the moss that adorns the trees of tropical swamplands. The brushes come in various designs of clumps, loops and dangling tendrils; with an average size around 1500 pixels.

12. Botanical Illustrations (Butnotquite)

This set of brushes is inspired by botanical illustrations including delicately attractive petals and foliage.

13. Flower Brushset (Paranoidstock)

Paranoidstock shares a selection of seven realistic flower brush designs.

14. Flora Exotica (Midnightstouch)

Midnightstouch offers Flora Exotica, a huge collection of life-like flower designs. There are over 170 brushes to choose from, including lily of the valley, water lilies, bleeding hearts, gladiola, daisies, violets, freesia and many more.

15. Leaves Photoshop Brushes (Redheadstock)

Redheadstock’s natural brush set includes 28 leaves, vines and clumps of vegetation. These realistic designs include sassafras, sycamore, mulberry, Virginia crawler, pawpaw, honey locust, Hercules club and water hickory.

Sunshine

16. SF Sunset Brushes (SiR-FrAggZaLoTt)

The ten brushes in this set enable designers to introduce sunset imagery to their creations.

17. Sun Mini Pack (Psamathides)

This pack of brushes presents a sunny set developed from stock images.

Water

18. Stormy Seas (Midnightstouch)

This collection of 30 brushes includes photographic designs of stormy seas, icebergs and crashing waves.

19. Bubble Brushes (Tazni)

Designer Tanzi has created and shared this set of realistic bubble brushes.

Rain and Storms

20. Lightning (Elestrial)

This collection contains seven high-resolution lightning bolt brushes.

21. Rain Brushes (Koolkidd77)

Koolkidd77 offers a set of six brushes of realistic rain effects.

Mountains and Waterfalls

22. Mountain Brushes (Scully7491)

The designer rendered these natural mountain textures in Terragen, and then converted them into Photoshop brushes. The brushes offer a range of realistic rock formations at 1024 pixels each.

23. Mountain Brushes (*Kai)

This is another set of mountain brushes, offering realistic landscaping effects to digital imagery.

24. Waterfalls (Midnightstouch)

This collection features 12 exquisite waterfall brushes, each designed to realistically represent a different type of cascade.

Step 1:

Open up Illustrator and create a 3000 pt by 3000 pt document.

Step 2:

Next choose the Pen Tool.

Step 3:

Using the Pen Tool, draw a unique shape. Here is the shape I came up with. You can come up with any shape you prefer. I also incorporated some stars using the Star tool.

Step 4:

Using the Direct Selection Tool, select some of your shapes and change the color.

Step 5:

Select all of the shapes with the Selection Tool and go to Edit > Copy

Now deselect everything by clicking in a blank area of your artboard. Choose Edit > Paste in Front. This will create an exact duplicate of your shape. Now without deselecting the copy, use the right arrow key and move the shape over to the right. Give a good amount of space in between the two shapes.

Step 6:

Now go to Object > Transform > Reflect

Step 7:

Select Horizontal for your Axis to reflect and click on OK

Step 8:

Now go back to Object > Transform > Reflect and this time choose Vertical for your Axis to reflect and click on OK

Step 9:

Using the selection tool, select both of your shapes and go to Edit > Copy. Then go to Edit > Paste in Front

Finally go to Object > Transform > Rotate

Step 10:

This is where the fun starts. You can put in a simple division equation into the Angle box. I choose to put in 360/10. Then click OK

This will rotate both shapes 36 degrees.The reason I use the put in a division equation instead of 36 degrees is because it will create a perfect radial that will line up when you are finished.

If you are not happy with the preview, try a different angle.

Step 11:

Keyboard shortcuts come in very handy at this point. With the copied rotated copied shape still selected, press CTRL + C then CTRL + F then CTRL + D.

Those keyboard shortcuts do the following:
CTRL + C = Edit > Copy
CTRL + F = Edit > Paste in Front
CTRL + D = Object > Transform > Transform Again

Step 12:

Now that you have a finished radial, you can end here or add more to it. If you would like to make the radial more complicated, then continue reading.

With the Selection tool, select the whole radial and go to Edit > Copy. Then Edit > Paste in Front. Now Scale down the copy so it is in the center of the first radial.

Step 13:

Now let's add more color into the radial where the white space is.

Using the pen tool, trace around the yellow areas of the inner part. Make sure you close off the path.

Step 14:

While the outline shape you just created is still selected. Open the Gradient panel (Window >Gradient) and choose Copper Radial.

This should apply a copper gradient. Obviously it does not go good with our previous colors. So click on each of small color boxes and change the colors to shades of pink.

Step 15:

If for some reason your gradient shape is above some of the radial shapes, select the gradient and go to Object > Arrange > Send to Back.

This is what you should have now:
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Step 16:

Now we want to fill in the other white areas as well. Using the same technique above, create another path with the pen tool on the outer most area of your radial.

Step 17:

Now select everything with the Selection Tool and choose Edit > Copy. Then go to Edit > Paste. Now Scale the copy to the center of the radial and you're finished!

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