Free Illustrator Brushes: Ink/Watercolor
I’ve got another set of Illustrator brushes for everyone. I previously released these shapes as vectors, but decided to go ahead an make a brush library out of them. I hope you can put them to good use. Screenshot after the jump.
Screenshot:
Download CS3 (Brushes)
Includes: - AI Brush Library(1)
Download CS1 (Brushes)
Includes: - AI Brush Library(1)
Installation:
Even though it has an .ai extension, the file you downloaded is an “Illustrator Brush Library,” not an actual Illustrator file. You will not be able to open the file in Illustrator.
1. Unzip the File.
2. Copy or move the file to your Illustrator > Presets > Brushes folder.
3. Restart Illustrator If it was open during installation.
After you restart Illustrator, you will be able to load the brushes by clicking on the little arrow in the upper right corner of the brushes palette. Or go to Window > Brush Libraries > and choose the file from the list.
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Woah…I’ve been thinking of making some of these myself for ages but now that you have, I’m thoroughly pleased I can now use this instead…
Keep pumping out this stuff, Bitt…you’re a legend!
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cool freeebies
thanx
this might be a dumb question, but how do you use these in illustrator?
I’ve only used the photoshop brushes and they seem to work totally different.
when I click and drag they pop up instantly and I can’t seem to find out how to click in order to place it in a certain position or alter the size.
In PS, it’s just adjust the size and click, that’s it.
Any help would be incredible…
@ Mario
illustrator brushes can be much different than photoshop brushes. Heres what to do.
Draw a vector (line, shape, curvy thing etc…)
click on the vector you just drew.
Click on the brush (in the brush menu that you want it to use and watch what happens.
option 2
click the brush you want to use
draw something and watch what happens
eperiment with different lenghts of the vector and stroke thicknesses (you might have to manually do anything from .01 too 100 or more depending on how large of an area you are working with.)
read the hell out of this blog to learn more
Thank you - awesome!
thanx again
Spreading the word about the brushes already (check my blog) .BTW if you could do a tutorial on how you created that amazing art you posted on flickr in the “media mixed with..” group it would be a 1up for you from beginners like me.
Sweet.. Thanx BB
And Schott: Excellent explaination..
Thanks a bunch dude!
Thanx, great brushes, like always.
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@Scott
Thank you so much. This makes sense.
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can i use these brushes with Mac?
nice ones. Thanks! :)
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this sounds silly but how do i unzip the file? i have saved it to my documents! by the way i just found this site last night and it is amazing!!!! thank u, ur a god send!
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Thanks BB.
will put these to good use.
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Very nice!
This is really kewl… thanks for sharing…
All I can is… wow. Keep up the SUPERB work!
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Great Brush
great!!
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Sweet! Thanks!
Thanx,
This is Wonderfull
THANKS!!!!!
PNGs? I don’t have any version of CS, and these are amazing!!
nice
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Ummm… I’ve been using the CS2 package for quite a few years now. However, today is the first time I’ve tried to ever download any brushes or textures or what not.
I’ve followed the instructions BUT whenever I tried loading the brushes in Adobe Illustrator, it tells me that my version can’t support this file or something.
The only ones that work are the ones that are .AI files. But not the “ABR” files. Why is that?
getting so frustrated. Everything looks so good - I wish I could jump into the fray with all of yous! Please help me out!
And if possible, could you explain to me where I put textures? And what if they’re different files (not AI files) like jpgs and pngs - where do i put those?
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woww dats xactly wat i was looking for specially foilage brush set..it actually saves a lot of time..thanks a ton !!
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Thanks for the bookmark, I look forward to reading more from your blog :D
Great brushes. Is this possible to have them in Illustrator 10 format ?
Please Email me @t Dutchmassive(at)gmail.com if you can answer this question or help.
I had a demo of Illustrator and I loved how clean and intuitive the lines an brushes were, after it expired I got another demo of Zuezdraw which was Amazing!!!!
I can never find Brushes for photoshop that are like the Illust Brshes, for example, these Brushes look cleaner than the PS packs, is there anyway I can get ILLUS brushes to work w/ PS Elements, or a place to find those kind of clean brushes?
thanks in advance!!!!
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Right on! I’m planning on inking my comic book pages in Illustrator. These brushes will really help! Thank you. Awesome!!!!
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i downloaded the brushes , and uzipped them.
then moved them in to the brushes folder you said to but it still doesnt work.
im using CS4.
what am i doing wrong?
+ there are about 6 folders in the brushes folder.
i tried to put them in a couple of the specific folders and also in the general brushes folder.
it doesnt work..
@ORIYAN,
Have you tried restarting Illustrator?
Jay
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Great, I was looking for brushes like this, thanks!!!
do cs3 brushes work with cs4 illustrator? thanks