Creativity - Does Presets Matter? how much brushes and patterns make the project?

I am a photoshop designer and i really see too much people using brushes and brushes making every creation with a gradient background and... you already know , brushes and patterns. Isn't that already seen? There are too many creations with a sky , and conture of people dancing or jumping Just downloading and downloading brushes.I don't use brushes so much. Patterns are needed , but many times the default ones made the work for me. I experiment with typography , mask effects , blur stuff , contrast and shadows , but brushes are more like an addon for finishing my work. There are few cases when you need brush at the start , but anyway , that's not it. Sometimes the brushes do the effect or represent motion or movement , but that doesn't mean every creation should be like a "template". I see people who think , ummm , the logo should be in center , the background must be radial gradient , the text must be white with black shadow.Umm, people this is art. You can do what you want , you don't have to use only gradients , and only brushes. You don't need always Lens Flare. You don't need to add not important shadow on a text. I use shadows for text when i need to make it more readable , to give some effect of surface.What do you think?

i totally agree with you, i use photoshop to make logos, templates, headers and even small icons. i use it to do all my designs, and i found out that if you want to make a true and unique design, you need to have a little of everything, like patterns, styles, brushes, fonts, gradients..ect. this way like you are preparing the ingredients before baking a cake . and if something missing then your cake will not be perfect. in fact, right now i spend more time choosing what i need to make a design like the font, the color, the brushes than making a one. for example it takes me a day or two choosing what i want when making the design only takes an hour or two. but after all that, i must say that i am fond of using brushes and use them in every single design i make. with brushes i really feel like an artist holding a real brush .