Stroke Path with dynamic brush strokes
In Photoshop you can create a path with the pen tool and then go to the paths palette and select Stroke Path to hit the path with whatever tool is selected.
By default this just strokes the path with a shitty little 1 pixel harsh pen.
To enable dynamic brush strokes, click on the stroke path icon while holding down the ALT key. This allows you to select the tool to stroke the path with, but more importantly – allows you to put a checkmark in the Simulate Pressure checkbox.
Now when you stroke the path the brush settings such as the bush tip shape and other brush dynamics will be simulated according to the direction of the path and your path will now be painted with dynamic brush stokes.
