it seems to me, there a ton of grunge brushes out there

i have a lot in my brushes folder, but feel they are all very much the same, which makes me wonder why there are so many available

thing is, i rarely use them, they always seem wrong
too much texture
if you use them on a small scale you get this carpet of thick grunge, if you use them on a large scale the blotches are too big

i like text that has corroded edges, you know, bits of the edges that are missing....but it seems you cant do that with your typical grunge brush either

so are there any other grunge brushes out there, i dont know of ?
for example one with geometric shapes instead of blotches ?

EDIT: i guess we need an example
this has those corroded edge im talking about, you cant really do that with a round brush, can you ?

I have never tried this but what about using a grunge brush as an eraser tool and dab around the edges with your brush to see if that would work.

The best I can suggest is to make a selection from your text and then play with the selection>Distort option possibly try lowering the threshold.

That' s what I' d recommend to achieve the effect Esper was asking about.
I use ALOT of grunge brushes in my works but I really only have like 1 or 2 sets. I don' t need any more than that. Just find one you like and that works for you. Deviantart has alot of cool ones.

i have that problem too, i never seem to get the right kind of grunge with any brushes or textures or pattern fills. and i want to grunge my text unevenly, like it was completely randomly done, but still get a balanced effect - which means i can't just do it randomly. this seems almost impossible to achieve .

Had to have a play - done as I posted earlier and went selection distort to create the rough edged text, actually done to distortions one smoother than the other and merged them together, then I followed this tutorial Worn Text.

Here are my results

thats what i thought would be the first method to achieve this effect, but so far it never looked good when i tried it
same problem AnMal talked about

yes, i had the same idea after i saw the pic i googled
you always come with good advice, thank you !

indeed, i think i got the majority of my grunge brushes from DA

@Mike you did that with the layermode on Dissolve ? i use that technique all the time in my pictures, but im looking for a different effect

he4rty: a great tutorial you found, looks like it could really be useful! i never tried selection - distort, maybe i should.

esper: hah! i never tried that, but now i think i know the answer to something that's been bugging me for a long time - something to do with fuzzy and glittery edges that needed to be less fuzzy but still glittery *runs off to try at once*

huh ? but AnMal, thats the bit you didnt like about my "winter"diamondstar picture, the one i gave you the xcf of...
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