Free Photoshop Brushes

February 9, 2007 by · 157 Comments 

Every good designer needs an arsenal of brushes to use within Photoshop, whether its a grunge effect or some tehno swirls that are required there is sure to be a brush that fits your needs. Here we have dugg out the very best we could find. If there isn’t a suitable brush, we have also included some links on how to create your own.

  • Foliage Brushes – These brushes are big, and meant for print. You can use them for Web stuff as well, but you might need to size them down. Most of them are around 1800 pixels wide.
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  • Gabriele Magurno – Excellent collect of high quality brushes.
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  • VPDesigns Omega Brush Set 200+ – Inside you will find grunge sets, vector/tech sets, cloud brushes, fractals, abstract sets, all in all there are some 200+ brushes within 9 collections.
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  • Anodyne Light Brushes – A beautiful collection of magical light brushes for Photoshop.
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  • Jenn B’s Hair Brushes – Small yet splendid set of human hair brushes based on her own scanned locks/curls and they look great.
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  • Typographic Grunge Brushes – A random collection of grungy, decayed typographic brushes.
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  • Misprinted Type – Excellent collection of grunge brushes
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  • Angryblue – A collection of grunge brushes and bloodspots etc.
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  • Veerle’s Blog – Tutorial on how to create yourown grunge brushes.
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  • Photoshop Brush List – From photoshop support, large collection of links to brush downloads.
  • Brushfind – Brush search engine.
  • Miss M – Photoshop brushes, loads of different categories.
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  • Worn Photoshop Brushes For High Resolution – If you are new to the brushes that I make, you should know that they are mainly for working with materials meant for print. You can use them for Web stuff as well, but you might need to size them down.
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  • Tasty Tattooâ„¢ Photoshop Brushes – Tattoos, Tatoos, Tattos, Body Art, Super Cool Body Paint For Your Mom, whatever you want to call it.
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  • Graffiti Photoshop Brushes – Graffiti styled brushes in high resolution for print.
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  • Massive list of Photoshop Brushes – tutorialtomb forum presents a list of brushes.
  • PSBrushes – 368 photoshop brushes listed in categories.
  • Brusheezy – Stupid Name. Cool Brushes! Categorised photoshop brushes.
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  • Make your own brushes – Good tutorial on how to make brushes.
  • Coffee Stain Brushes – Photoshop brushes, at one point in your life you’ll probably have a need for a good old fashioned coffee stain and this collection is just the right thing.
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  • Desert Cracks Brushes – Large scale, high quality texture brushes of desert and dry ground cracks.
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  • Abstract8 Brush Set – A beautiful, energetic abstract collection of Photoshop brushes.
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  • Deviant Art Brushes – Thousands of user-created brushed at Deviant Art community.
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  • Hazard Brushes – Warning ahead! This is an interesting brush set, showing a bunch of warning signs, exit signs, biohazard signs and so on.
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  • VBrush – Large collection of photoshop brushes
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Comments

157 Responses to “Free Photoshop Brushes”
  1. Jason Gaylor says:

    Yeah! Thanks for the props.

  2. Oli says:

    No worries, cheers for the great brushes!

  3. Josiah Pugh says:

    These are really really nice. I wish I had the hair brush back when I did a lot of 3D+Photoshop art.

  4. sweet! thanka a lot for putting this together

  5. faith says:

    Thank you for the list! I’ve done my own research for Photoshop brushes and I think I’ve pretty much saw everything but your list got some that got my attention. :) Great brushes… how did you find them?

  6. Oli says:

    Thanks for the comments,
    Faith – the list was compiled by going through del.icio.us, google and my own bookmarks.

  7. Ian says:

    Another good site for Photoshop resources:
    http://www.22pixels.com

  8. Mjuboy says:

    Great brushes, buddy.

    Thanks a lot!

  9. Oli says:

    They’re all free!

  10. ia says:

    Wow ! Great job ! Thanks !

  11. Joost says:

    Great list, more at deviant art if you look up brushes.

  12. ScottY says:

    Cheers for this, some awesome brushes here.

  13. dtamas says:

    Nice collection. Thanks!

  14. Anthony Persaud says:

    Great find! I’m glad some of the ones I liked in this article are a free download.

  15. Rekzai says:

    Excellent list I’m gonna be downloading a lot today :)

  16. Katie says:

    Very helpful, thanks for putting the links together!

  17. Andrea says:

    Thank you very much m8.

  18. subcorpus says:

    awesome stuff …
    thanks …

  19. Auron says:

    Thank you, we can never get enough of these tutorial and tool lists!

  20. Logotipos says:

    Thanks a lot, dude!

  21. John says:

    Pretty sic. Now if I just had the skills to make my images look like the ones above I’d be a happy man. It’s like buying $200 shoes and thinking that I’m going to be able to jump higher.

    —-
    John
    http://www.monomachines.com

  22. Amiyu says:

    Nice collection.Thanx a lot!

  23. Medica says:

    These are great! But you left out one of my favorite sites for brushes! Just in case you hadn’t found it yet…

    http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/

  24. rXp says:

    O M G !! ThX !!!! I love you !

  25. Luciano says:

    Excelente. Gran trabajo. Gracias. !!!

  26. Kodan says:

    Thank you, people for that good work:)

  27. munu says:

    Thanks. Awesome.

  28. nelchee says:

    This “very best” list is missing only one thing – my brushes :)

  29. Cheloo Emil says:

    thanks man ! I will use this brushes for sure !

  30. Thanks for the link! Great post!

  31. Fjong says:

    Coool Thanks man !

  32. senn says:

    helpful thx

  33. Tim Leezy says:

    Thanks alot for tha brushes…They r awesome!

  34. Deek says:

    Jen you need to load the brushes into your brush folder and then you can choose which brush you want to design with. Their are several options for using brushes and strokes to display the pattern but I’ve found it best to just open up a blank document and start playing around. I am also new to photoshop and you can find a lot of free support for it if you just search through google past the ads. I hope I’ve helped.

    Thanks for the brush links! Exactly what I was looking for.

  35. Mohammad says:

    thanks , very very Goood

  36. SG says:

    These are amazing… and so needed. Thanks !

  37. Timbo says:

    does anyone know where i can find brushes of workshop tools like hammer, saw, nails, that sort of stuff??

    great brushes by the way i downloaded most of them i’l be having some fun with these!

  38. juan says:

    ohhhh chet

  39. os says:

    Gracias.. Trksssssss

  40. sdjflkjkl says:

    Thank ssssssssssss

  41. tomato says:

    정말 고맙습니다
    운영자님 덕분에 너무나 멋진 브러쉬들을
    다운받을수있었네요^^*

    Thanks!

  42. Kam says:

    That’s a grate brushes. It’s really good work. Every designer will need some of them.

  43. bryant1418 says:

    thankx

  44. bryant1418 says:

    klk

  45. dave says:

    Tutorial blog compiles a list of excellent free Photos hop-brushes for all needs. My personal favorite: the Foliage set. Go get these……
    This is very interesting article click on the link Photoshop tutorial

  46. zack28 says:

    Would be helpful if you could search for categories,
    otherwise cool. Good to have it in bookmark.

  47. Steve says:

    Thank very much!!!!!!!!!!

  48. Jody T. says:

    Thanks for sharing such awsome brushes!

  49. Karlito says:

    thanks for the brushes. “astig”

  50. J( )seph says:

    Tis is freaking awesome!!!!!!!!!Thx vy much!!!!!!!!

  51. evan says:

    This list is awesome, but unfortunalty(Sp) i dont have photoshop.

    getting it though.

  52. Hafida says:

    Fantastic!!! Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  53. Tim Lee says:

    Thx. These brushes ROCK!!!! Woooo!!!!

  54. nanaki says:

    Very Cool

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  56. Eren says:

    wow thanks…

  57. Duy Vu says:

    Oh! how nice! I love it. Thanks a lot!

  58. Matty says:

    Thanks a heap, I have been looking for brushes for over 10 mins on Google, these are great!

  59. eduard says:

    es buenisimo vealo

  60. Brittney says:

    okay I have a question.
    Does anybody have a photoshop
    that can like hmm..ruin your
    face i suppose you can say.
    just like this picture. =]

  61. 流水 says:

    Cool!

  62. suzie says:

    thanks, great work…

  63. Ruslan says:

    The flowers rule !

  64. Carrie says:

    Thank you for this wonderful brushes!
    I love them =)

  65. Black Tiger says:

    wonderfull brushes… i like all

  66. Romina says:

    Hello,
    Thanks fow all information, All brushes is very grate. Sorry for my english, I live in Argentina
    Kisses
    Romina

    Visited my page: http://www.underdesign.com.ar

  67. Becks says:

    Thanks for this! Love some of these sites (okay, love *all* of them). Appreciate the effort you put in to finding them all.

  68. My Photoshop Brushes:

    http://www.peamarte.it/02/download.html

    Thanks, Emiliano:)

  69. Laah says:

    :) (: :D :x
    :@

  70. Best says:

    Adobe Photoshop Tutorials : http://best-web-tutorials.blogspot.com/

  71. Kat says:

    OMG!!! thnx SOO much , your site helped me soo much you cannot belive!!! THNAKS A MILLION!!!!

  72. oyunlar says:

    OMG!!! thnx SOO much , your site helped me soo much you cannot belive!!! THNAKS A MILLION!!!!SS

  73. libigo says:

    Thanks a lot, finding all of these would take a lot of time :) I’m thinking about posting my selfmade brush-library for free use, but I’ll have to “tidy” it up a bit before I do! I’ll let you know though!

    libigo
    http://www.freegraphicstools.com

  74. Tom Warner says:

    I have 3 sets of free brushes consisting of dead trees, asian dancers, and ballet dancers at:

    http://nikontom.com/blog/?p=4906

  75. john says:

    Thank you for this wonderful brushes!
    I love them =) Thanks

  76. Nice brushes but i didn’t download this :S

  77. kozmetik says:

    Wonderful brushesss.

  78. oyun sitesi says:

    Wonderful brushes.

  79. oyun says:

    nice collection thanks a lot

  80. D. [RIOT] says:

    This collection of free brushes has been one of the single greatest things to happen to me in the last 2-3 days. I thank you so much.

  81. thank you tutorial blog ;) good work

  82. CmFmFan says:

    thanks for your efforts :)

  83. Thanks good article

  84. vbulletin eklentileri says:

    nice collection thanks a lot ;)

  85. vbulletin eklentileri says:

    thank you tutorial blogs ;)

  86. forum says:

    thank you good job ;)

  87. Msn Nickleri says:

    thank you :D

  88. s-lan says:

    Very nice thank you

  89. great brushes

  90. Komik Video says:

    thanks.. good brushes.

  91. Emma Watson says:

    very good!

  92. Very nice graphics.

  93. kurslar.net says:

    Very nice.

  94. cans says:

    Very nice graphics.

  95. john says:

    Beautiful.

  96. thankx :D

  97. Msn Nickleri says:

    thank you :)

  98. thanks a lot

  99. Thanks a lot. This is great collection of Photoshop brushes. Very useful.

  100. Aliyev says:

    thanks for brushes

  101. Tomas says:

    thank you

  102. Lincoln says:

    thanks

  103. thanks you web sites

  104. thank youu

  105. Estetik says:

    Thanks…

  106. Matbaa says:

    Thank you..

  107. Estetik says:

    Harika :)

  108. mirc indir says:

    thanks.

  109. Jezziik says:

    Thnx

  110. tasarım says:

    thank you. its nice article.

  111. Non Fa3re says:

    So much fun, thank you!

  112. Non Fa3re says:

    Amazing!

  113. mp3 indir says:

    thanks tutorial.

  114. mirc indir says:

    thanks

  115. thanks a lot man

  116. Johan says:

    Every good designer needs an arsenal of brushes to use within photoshop, whether its a grunge effect or some tehno swirls that are required there is sure to be a brush that fits your needs. Here we have dugg out the very best we could find. If there isn’t a suitable brush, we have also included some links on how to create your own.

  117. Toni says:

    very nice tips for the photoshop users. thanks a lot!
    br,
    Toni

  118. thanx a Lot

  119. thogori says:

    i could kiss you for sure!!!!!!!!! thanks a whole lot….FABULOUS BRUSHES

  120. dj jolyn says:

    wena vola cauros :D

  121. bobby says:

    thanks so much for all thıs photoshop brushes

  122. Newton says:

    good resource ! thumb up !

  123. Silvia says:

    Nice collection :)
    Maybe I’ll be on the list one day…

    S*

  124. christina says:

    ok ive been downloading brushes all day and i CANT figure out how to put them on my photoshop and im sad and upset because i want ot use the mall so badly,
    please email me with help PLEASEEEE

    forever
    Tina The Zombie
    emorella@hotmail.com

  125. bilim says:

    thank you

  126. Alex says:

    Every good designer needs an arsenal of brushes to use within photoshop, whether its a grunge effect or some tehno swirls that are required there is sure to be a brush that fits your needs. Here we have dugg out the very best we could find. If there isn’t a suitable brush, we have also included some links on how to create your own.

  127. Web says:

    very good designer needs an arsenal of brushes to use within photoshop, whether its a grunge effect or some tehno swirls that are required there is sure to be a brush that fits your needs. Here we have dugg out the very best we could find. If there isn’t a suitable brush, we have also included some links on how to create your own.

  128. porthc says:

    cool …

  129. Black Arts says:

    thank you

  130. photograper says:

    nice …

  131. teknoloji says:

    I like them all

  132. history says:

    These are really really nice.

  133. scarlett says:

    Nice collection

  134. capital says:

    thanks

  135. samba says:

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  136. Silvia says:

    very useful list, yes!
    I love them!
    /download in process/

    S*

  137. One of the best and good explained tutorials i have ever seen.
    I learnt so many tricks from this site.
    Thanks

  138. www.amok.lv says:

    Some brushes is very well!

  139. Jason says:

    great Photoshop brushes. Great for any designer. thanks!

  140. boris says:

    Thanks.

    http://www.ooYes.net
    The Best Adobe Brushes Collection

  141. Agilius says:

    Grate share. Thanks for the effort and keep going! I’ll link to you soon on my blog ;)

  142. blah says:

    awesome

  143. Fatih says:

    Those grungy typography brushes are damn fine looking. Downloaded.

  144. MoldySprinkle says:

    These brushes are the best I’ve seen! I like the Coffee Stain one…

  145. nadine says:

    THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!

  146. jdm says:

    I’m amazing with Jenn B’s Hair Brushes!! This is incredible!!

  147. Are these brushes compatible with Fireworks MX 2004? I know some of the photoshop plug-ins will work, but how are the brushes different? I would love to use some of these if I can. Thanks

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  149. Grup hepsi says:

    thanks a lot

  150. prang says:

    It very cool!!!!
    I like it+++++
    Thank You for your idea

  151. Masoud says:

    wow
    its really really wonder
    thx alot
    ;)

  152. amin pishevari says:

    hello.thank you.these are the best brushes i have ever seen

  153. Shruti says:

    wonderful brushes…wow thnx a lot!

  154. loadbrush says:

    thank a lot.

  155. hikaye says:

    hello.thank you.these are the best brushes i have ever seen thanks good article

  156. ceren moray says:

    thanks ceren moray

  157. estetik says:

    Great post. Thanks for sharing.