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This week’s Photoshop resource is a collection of my favorite brushes from BrushKing. These brushes are free. Some have requirements on how you use them, some do not. Before using them, make sure to look closer at how you can use them, if you are not sure, email the author and ask them.
Photoshop Brushes
Photoshop brushes are sets of brushes (like paint brushes) that you can use to paint on a design or a texture. Textures are a great way to repeat a certain look. So if you are creating a design that uses a 30 or 40 bokehs, then could create one and save it as brush, then you could paint on your bokehs through out your project and easily custom the size without having to create a new one every time you need a create bokeh or any other shape.
The design community puts a lot free and premium Photoshop resources out for others to use. Photoshop brushes are not any different, you can find a lot of brushes for any project. There are some many sites offering free brushes, its easy to go overboard and have more than you will ever use. Below is just a small selection of free brushes you can find on BrushKing.
Savage Brushes
This is a set of 8 2500px x 300px dpi of grunge textures. The set is free for personal use, you must contact the author for a commercial license/usage policy.
Swirly Lights
The pack contains 38 swirling blue lights. The brush are in .png format and the background is separate from the lines so you can change the look for your needs. Please credit BrushKing whenever you can is the only requirement.
Bokeh Brushes
A nice set of bokeh brushes. Free use, you might want to link back to the site when giving credit.
Halftone Brushes 1
This set has 10 brushes that is about 1000px in size. Can be used in Photoshop or GIMP.
Photoshop Flower Brushes
4 high res flower brushes. There is no restriction on how you use them, but you must not claim them as your own, sell them, or use them for offensive or unlawful purposes.
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Thanks for sharing, These look great.
Hi, this is very informative post! I find this very useful, hope to see more tips, ideas and suggestions from you. Thanks for sharing this
Hi James, these brushes look like they would be fun to use. I especially like the Flower Brushes from Photoshop. I could see using them in books I am putting together for my family.