Actually, pretty much any digital artist could find use in these brushes. Adding highlights to eyes and lips is a quick yet easy way to make your artwork really stand out. Every medium is covered: oils, inks, watercolors, even pencils and ink. However if you just want an exclusive set of watercolor brushes look no further than this pack by Favete Art. Get used to the brushes panel and how to use the software, then worry about paying for premium brush packs. This brush set is one such example with a default of $0 to download(although you can tip). His brush sets emulate a wide range of brush types, including a selection of specialty bristle mixer brushes.
Fun tip: play with the opacity to create the appearance of watered-down inks.
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. You’ll also get some bonus brushes for adding rocks, trees, clouds, and foliage. Ink can take a lot of forms and that’s why the variety in this pack can be so useful. Also included is a no-texture blending and detailing brush that can be used for the early and late stages of the painting process. This means there’s a much larger variety to pick from, but also more volatility in pricing. It’s better to test one brush set at a time until you find something you really like. Also, when I clicked to buy (before I realized I needed to know if it would work with Elements), it would not take me to a page where I could pay. This set is indispensable for scenes with bodies of water, bubbles, rain, interiors, or anywhere else water could be present (which, honestly, is any scene at all). This brush pack is exactly what the name says: an incredibly versatile set of brushes with lots of different stroke qualities. Anyone can work with these brushes and start painting fast; but you’ll need a background in digital painting & general artistic skills to really craft pro-level work. Artist Rico Holmes has put in the time to create the perfect mixer brushes so that once you start, you won’t have to tweak a thing to get the smooth, beautiful color blending you’re looking for.
Disney character designer Shiyoon Kim released these brushes on their Gumroad page as an example of what’s possible given the right pack. Oh and they’re totally free.
Loish does some really nice stuff and if you’re not familiar with her work definitely have a look at her Instagram and see what you think. If you want to bring that feeling into your digital work then check out this pack of ballpoint pen brushes all made for Photoshop users. All-in-all a nice starter pack for getting more traditional marks in your art. They give a sense of solidity and a level of darkness that you just can’t find in other drawing mediums.
Grass, leaves, and bushes are a big part of environment painting works. A few years back she released this custom brush set with all of the brushes that she uses for her work. Which means you can simply click and BAM.
This one’s lots of fun for sure. Again, worth checking out if you’re into the watercolor texture. Well a canvass is like a blank slate until a color is put on it, it seems meaningless otherwise. Again these can be used strictly for concept art, but could also be used for background painting or layout design. And maybe even find better ways to do things you’ve already been doing in Photoshop for years. I love packs like this because they tend to be really comprehensive and contain just about everything you need to create your best work, or at least a lot of variety in your work. You’ll find tools for thin, smooth lines as well as bold, scratchy lines (and everything else you can think of).
More practice helps but sometimes you might want to try some new brushes too. TsaoShin released this 4-pack of brushes as “basic brushes” all used in their artwork. DA user SoldatNordsken released this pack as a freebie on his website Evenant.com. In this pack you’ll find 100 brushes for shading and quickly rendering grey tones in all different values and textures, whether you’re into classic dots and crosshatching or if you want something new. There’s a total of 54 brushes here offering a variety of scatters, splatters, and general paint brushes. This pack is perfect for adding all kinds of texture to your concept art. This set by digital painter Aaron Griffin features beautiful texture and art brushes to make your work look unbelievable. After all: digital painting isn’t changing much regardless of what software you choose. You’ll find over 70 brushes all with different presets and varying styles. These brushes by Istebrak are designed for different stages of the painting process, from blocking in large shadows and edges to blending for the softest surfaces. Good brushes won’t magically transform you into a truly skilled digital painter, but bad brushes will make it very difficult to get there.
Both packs are totally free and they’re both designed for all modern versions of Photoshop. While the title of this set may seem like it’s for older users, the brushes hold up remarkably well in newer versions of Photoshop. 14 Traditional Photoshop Brushes + 4 Bonus ‘Stroke’ Styles. Here’s another super useful cheat pack for you to fall in love with.
You’ll get 16 high resolution brushes you can use for creating all sorts of fun textures and shapes in your drawings. Set at a price of $25 this pack includes over one thousand brushes made exclusively for Adobe Photoshop. Price: Between 50-200 ‘Points’ ($0.60 – $2.50). That’s exactly what you’ll find in this pack of Photoshop brushes built around marker designs. As far as ink brushes go, I think this pack might take the cake.
One more charcoal brush pack for good measure, this one from DeviantArt user WojtekFus. There’s brushes for inking, storyboarding, manga drawing, sketching, oils, pastels, everything. This is the brush pack you never knew you needed. A versatile artist is one of its kind and he should be applauded for his talent. This pack of over 30 brushes will help you quickly and effortlessly create natural-looking organic shapes. Its strength comes from the generic style of each brush meaning you can format the final output any way you want. Price: $12
Now in the collection you will get the clue that what sort of brushes can be used to create characters, digital paintings, illustrations, digital portraits, digital characters, digital cartoons, environments, still life objects and more. This does come at a steeper price point of $10 but you get a handful of custom ink brushes that are perfect for animation artists. If you draw a lot of stone or marble interiors then you’ll love these 3 texture brushes that include small, medium, and large marble grain textures. This does come at a larger price of $30 but for everything you get, I’d say that’s still quite a steal. Use these brushes to add movement and grit to your concept art or comic book drawings. Here you’ll get 50 unique brushes designed to look like vintage woodblock prints. This is a quick way to create some grunge and drama in your next digital painting. Or even if you aren’t familiar and just wanna try this out, why not? But they take forever to draw by hand, and some texture brushes just don’t cut it. And if you’re more familiar with traditional work you’ll be delighted to try these out. Yes you can always use the default brushes and work with what you’ve got. There’s also a handful of blending and smudging brushes that you can use to restyle your artwork and get it looking tip-top. Creator ramstudioscomics released this brush set online for free as it was their very first set when starting to paint digitally. Creator and founder of Cubebrush Marc Brunet released his own Photoshop brush sets onto the marketplace and they’re pretty darn nice. I find that these work best with realist paintings such as concept art pieces or photobashed paintings. You can still do the same work from the above set, however I prefer this one just for the more realistic textures.
Sketch the outline Lois starts with a rough sketch she created using a pressure-sensitive stylus and tablet and paints over it. The full list of brushes can be found on the product page so check that out and see if you could use these in your work.
Shading is often the most time-consuming and least fun part of drawing your own comics. Inside you’ll find over 40 brushes with 31 of them being screentone brushes. I’m sure you can think of all kinds of uses for this pack. If you love what you see here and want to try emulating some of this work, definitely grab this set!
Cale Atkinson is an artist & illustrator with a very unique style. Inside you’ll find a massive collection of brushes, far too many to list here, but you can see a full list on the Gumroad page. Let’s be real: game art is huge. Digital Painting Photoshop Brushes. For this pack you’ll find a bunch of custom oil brush styles.
Lots of high quality textured brushes for general use, as well as more specific applications, such as skin, folds, organic, dust and dry oils. Well this free brush pack comes from the creator Terrana Cliff who wanted to release these for free to the art community. No other brush pack has goodies like this!