In this article, you'll find a list of the most common sources of free and paid-for brushes for GIMP and Photoshop.
As usual, all the external links are 100% clean. If you know of a reliable source that is not mentioned, let us know in the comment section below and we'll do our best to incorporate it.
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Deviant Art (deviantart.com) is a website that promotes independent artists of the drawing and painting kind, both in digital and traditional media. As with most open spaces of the kind, the quality of the material supplied varies widely. Be aware that you will need to register an account with Deviant Art in order to download anything. If you're only experimenting with brushes and have time to invest in personalizing the brushes, then Deviant Art is the go-to destination for your GIMP brush needs; despite the website's weaknesses, there's simply nothing better out there.
(4 / 5)
Brush Lovers (brushlovers.com) is an ad-supported website that hosts tons of brushes and other graphic assets for Photoshop and similar applications. The website is nicely laid out and the visuals are consistent and very helpful.
(4 / 5)
MyPhotoshopBrushes (myphotoshopbrushes.com) is a modern repository of free Photoshop (.abr) brushes. The layout of the site is modern and the content seems to be updated on a regular basis. The brushes are described with a good amount of detail, usually to include a complete list of all the brushes in a collection.
(4 / 5)
Fbrushes (fbrushes.com) is an ad-supported repository of free Photoshop (.abr) brushes. There's a good amount of brushes available; however, the already confusing interface is further degraded by a barrage of Shutterstock advertisements.
(2 / 5)
Envato Elements (elements.envato.com) is a well-known commercial website that provides resources for digital designers. It offers a wide range of paid-for Photoshop (.abr) brushes -- around 1000 at the time of this writing. Most collections are high quality and the standard presentation makes it easy to find the brush sets visually.
(5 / 5)
Design Cuts (designcuts.com) is a web store for designers, with products priced on the higher end of the spectrum. They offer a huge amount of commercial Photoshop brush sets, many of which you won't find elsewhere. The average price of a brush set hovers around the $20 mark.
(5 / 5)
Creative Market (creativemarket.com) is a great place to shop for high-quality paid design assets. It's a well-structured virtual marketplace with plenty of options to choose from.
(5 / 5)
Behance (behance.net) is an Adobe project that acts as an open showroom for designers and digital artists to showcase and promote their work. You could think of Behance as the Pinterest of designers. Behance is not a shopping site per se, but rather a hosting place where artists can showcase their productions and get feedback.
(4 / 5)
MightDeals (mightydeals.com) is a marketplace that showcases bundles for and from digital artists and small designer outlets. They publish new offers several times a week. The prices are unbeatable. The deals are advertized as limited-time offers, but the majority of those stay on the marketplace for many months past their advertised expiry date. Use the search option to locate the active bundles that include brushes.
(4 / 5)
CreativeFabrica (creativefabrica.com) is a marketplace targeting home-based creators and hobbyists. Despite being skewed towards non-designers, Creative Fabrica offers a ton of resources for casual designers. The freebies section is huge and worth the visit.
(4 / 5)
DesignBundles (designbundles.net) is yet another marketplace for paid design assets. The DesignBundle marketplace is similar in scope, size, and content to Creative Fabrica, while in our experience it offers a slightly under-par quality of experience. On the other hand, it does have a significant freebies section that's worth looking into.
(3 / 5)
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