Quote Originally Posted by Ezookiel View Post
That was the one thing I did differently to Rick's instructions. In the very first step where you create a new blank document, I scrolled down slightly in the create new document dialogue box, and for "background contents" I selected "transparent"
Not sure it made any difference to the final result, but I wanted to be sure just in case.
Not really cause a brush always has a transparent background. Once you have your design done, and make the selection and select to save it as a brush, the background (white) automatically becomes transparent, for the end result.