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I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to produce the grungy shadows on the girl's face in the illustration below. Is it just a matter of finding the right brush and fine-tuning, or is there an easier process?

Guts Gig Poster by Jake Sauer

Source: Guts Gig Poster by Jake Sauer

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It's most likely a grunge brush with fine tuning as you mentioned. Not everything has an automated feature in the Adobe suite. –  OghmaOsiris Jan 12 at 4:53
Right, I figured. The reason I'm unsure is because the shadows have a fairly uniform quality (vertically-oriented, grungy). Does seem likely that it's a grunge brush that's painted on, and maybe the same grunge brush used to erase. –  Glenn Plebeian Jan 12 at 4:57
That is a halftone effect. It's meant to mimic the printing process. Here's a tutorial that illustrates one of the ways you can achieve a similar effect youtube.com/watch?v=cXaMpsZIk9Y –  OghmaOsiris Jan 12 at 5:45
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