Brush Tool is probably one of the most used tools in Photoshop. There are some default brushes coming along with Photoshop, but usually you are looking for something more. Custom brushes can make your projects much easier and the effect is usually better too.
But dont make the common beginner mistake learn how to use Photoshop first, learn how to create the effect you want to achieve with brush and only then download all the brushes you need. A good designer does not really need a lot of brushes, he needs a few, but good ones. I think you will be able to find the good ones for you in this massive, over 400 set, collection of Photoshop brushes.
1. 50+ Amazing Free Abstract Photoshop Brushes
In this article youll find a list of high quality and professional abstract brushes that;are found very useful either in web, wallpaper or even print design. The brushes are mainly for Photoshop but some of the brush creators have provided other formats of the brushes in PNG or for Gimp. The brushes licenses range from free for personal use only to free for both personal and commercial use as well
2. 24 New Photoshop Brushes: Best of April 2010
24 best Photoshop brushes for April 2010 listed in no particular order. All of these brushes are free to download and use for personal purposes, provided that you conform with the terms set by the authors.
3.; Free For All: 2010 Photoshop Brushes
Set of 2010 Photoshop brushes in nine categories.
4. 250 Hi Res Splatter, Spray, & Watercolor Photoshop Brushes
Dont have the time to buy the right materials and create your own traditional-style-painting Photoshop Brushes? Maybe you just dont know where to start? No worries ;this article contain nearly 250 of the best Splatter, Paint, Spray, and Watercolor brushes that we think youll love!
5. 500+ Space Brushes for Photoshop
Want to create a space scene and dont know how to start? Maybe some of these brushes could help you.
6. Oriental Photoshop Brushes And Vector Images For Mysterious Designs
The collection includes Chinese dragons, Japanese, Chinese & Arabic texts, People, Houses, Mosques;and various figures.
7. 500+ Photoshop Textures Brushes
Textured graphics are obviously very popular right now, and fortunately there are tons of free Photoshop brushes that will help you to quickly and easily get the textured look you want. This post is a showcase of some of the best sets of brushes available anywhere for creating textures.
8. 400+ Floral Brushes for Photoshop
Floral brushes are usually great with vector style artwork and they can bring something special to your artwork.
9. 350+ Retro and Vintage Photoshop Brushes
In this post well take a look at 23 sets of Photoshop brushes that will make it easy for you to create your own vintage and retro styled designs. Theres a variety of different types of brushes shown here, so take a look around and see if any might be of use to you.
10. 500+ Watercolor Brushes for Photoshop
Watercolor effects are very popular in web and graphic design right now. Achieving an impressive look can be much easier if you have the right brushes to create the watercolor effect.
11. 500+ Splatter Brushes for Photoshop
Splatter effects can make a big impact on a design. Fortunately, this effect is pretty easy to achieve thanks to Photoshop brushes that are readily available.;This post;features 26 sets of splatter brushes.
12. 200+ Paper Brushes for Photoshop
You dont have to always use textures to get a paper look. Achieving a paper look can be made much easier with the help of Photoshop brushes.
13. 600+ Nature Brushes for Photoshop
Trees, leaves, skies, clouds its all here. You can use these for photo manipulations or as web design elements as well.
14. 250+ Stains Brushes for Photoshop
20 brush sets with different kind of stains.
15. 75 Sets of Unusual Photoshop Brushes
Some useful brushes that doesnt fit into one exact category. Youll find some useful brushes for photo manipulations and photo improvements.
16. 100 Awesome High Resolution Photoshop Brushes
Some random brushes you might find useful.
17. 1000+ Free High Resolution Photoshop Brush Sets
Some of the finest brushes around the web sorted in 10 categories.
18. 50 Must-Have Photoshop Brushes
In this roundup;youll find a collection of quality brushes that every designer should find handy.
19. 300+ Vintage Style Textures and Photoshop Brushes
Vintage design, when done well, can make a user feel like they have been transported back in time. Here is a big roundup of textures and Photoshop brushes.
20. 50 Free Photoshop Brush Sets for Modern Design Trends
In this collection, youll find over 50 free Photoshop brush sets for current design trends and styles such as vintage, retro, grunge, hand-drawn, swirls, and nature-inspired.
21. 75 Insane High Res Photoshop Brushes
75 sets of high resolution and quality Photoshop brushes.
22. 18 Photoshop Brush Sets for Creating Incredible Lighting Effects
Achieve fantastic lighting effects with these brushes.
23. 64 Beautiful And Free Nature Brush Sets And Vectors
24. 270+ High-Res Rough and Grungey Photoshop Brushes
This collection of hand picked brushes feature various spraypaint, splatters, watercolor brushes and grungey textures all of which are of exceptionally high resolution, making them crucial additions to any designers toolbox.
25. 50 Free Photoshop Brush Sets You Should Bookmark
26. High Quality Photoshop Brushes, Resources and Tutorials
Marvelous set of more than 45 high quality Photoshop brushes along with some great tutorials to offer an assortment of techniques for making your next brush set, how to use brush tool and a list of top resources where you an get your favorite brush set.
27. 55 Free Human Brush Sets And Vector Images
28. 300+ Excellent Photoshop Brushes for Creating Painted Effects
Over 300 excellent Photoshop brushes to save you time in creating painted style designs.
29. 200+ Free Abstract Brushes To Use For Light Effect
Use these brushes to relieve your work;in abstract or lightened artwork.
30. 24 New Beautiful Photoshop Brushes
31. 45+ Beautiful Light Abstract Photoshop Brush Sets
A great collection of some really beautiful light abstract brushes, which can be used to enhance your design work. The best part of the 45 sets of brushes is each brush is available for free of charge.
32. 30 High-Quality Grunge Photoshop Brush Sets
In this collection, youll find 30 beautiful Photoshop brush sets to help you grunge up your designs. There are over 400 individual brushes here for giving your artwork some grunge.
33. 500+ Free Photoshop Retro Brushes
If you are one of those designers who finds retro fashion fascinating, heres a set of photoshop brush resources that you can download and use for your designs.
34. 33 Remarkable Photoshop Brushes That You Must Bookmark
35. 850+ Super Cool Tech Brushes for Photoshop
Save time with these brushes while working on your futuristic artwork.
36. Whopping Collection of 600+ Light Effect Photoshop Brushes
37. 30+ Stunning Photoshop Brushes
38. 50+ Free Vintage Photoshop Brush Sets to Download
39. 200+ Free Grunge Photoshop Brushes
40. 50 Insanely Weird but Awesome Photoshop Brushes
50 free Photoshop brushes that are unique, different, and in many cases, down-right strange. In fact, these misfit brushes are united by only one thing: awesomeness.
Silicon Brushes by Xavier Durand Hollis
Evasion Brush Set by ShiftyJ
Best of BittBox Part 1: High Resolution Photoshop Brushes
Stunning Smoke Effects: 42 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes
Dirty Spray Photoshop Brushes
WaterColor Reloaded;by env1ro
Light Beams + Rays Brushes;by redheadstock
Night Lights Brush Set by Muhanad Ajinah
Comet Brushes by Eduardo Rubina Hidalgo
Random Splatter Brushes by KeepWaiting
Teh Smudge Brushes by Michiel Nijenhuis
High Res Dirt Brush Set
Further Resources
- 30 Websites Providing High Quality Free Photoshop Brushes for Download
- 35 Tutorials for Mastering Photoshop Brushes
- 45 Sites to Download Photoshop Brushes
- How To Make A Photoshop Brush
- Make Abstract Wallpaper with Brushes
- Brushing Up On Photoshops Brush Tool
- 40 Amazing Photoshop Brush Directories and Collections
- 65 Best Websites To Download Free High Quality Adobe Photoshop Brushes
- 24 Useful Tutorials on Creating Photoshop Brushes
- Brusheezy
- Qbrushes
- Psbrushes
In this article I compiled a list of high quality and professional abstract brushes that I found very useful either in web, wallpaper or even print design. The brushes are mainly for Photoshop but some of the brush creators have provided other formats of the brushes in PNG or for Gimp. The brushes licenses range from free for personal use only to free for both personal and commercial use as well, you might want to check the license before starting to use the brush or even consider contacting the author for permission.
Let us know if we have missed some thing awesome and we will be happy to update the article.:)
