Free Illustrator Brushes: Teardrop Foliage

I didn’t know what exactly to call them, but I’ve seen these shapes appear in many places across the design world. I’m calling them “teardrop foliage.” I think they are cool shapes, and they are relatively simple shapes, so they are very versatile and can be used in many different ways. I spent some time putting together a free set of Illustrator brushes to help you create these shapes quickly and easily in Illustrator. If you don’t use illustrator, I have EPS and SVG source files for you to download. Enjoy the brushes!

Screenshot:

A Closer Look:

Using the brushes:

Typically, to get the best results you should follow this rule: The longer your path is, the smaller the head on the brush should be. (the rounded part at the end). Illustrator is going to stretch your brush to fit the size of the path that you draw, therefore, if your path is really long, the rounded shape at the end will get stretched quite a bit. That’s when you switch to a smaller brush head. The opposite applies to smaller paths. the smaller your path, the bigger the head on the brush because it isn’t going to stretch much at all.

Don’t forget to play with your stroke size. A distorted brush stroke at 1px might look fine at .25px.

Download CS3 Version:

Includes: - Illustrator CS3 Brush Library (1)

Download CS1 Version:

Includes: - Illustrator CS1 Brush Library (1)

Download the AI file:

Includes: - Illustrator 10 Source File (1)

Download the EPS file:

Includes: - Vector EPS Source File (1)

Download the SVG file:

Includes: - Vector SVG Source File (1)

Installation:

Even though it has an .ai extension, the file you downloaded (if you downloaded one of the Brush Libraries) 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.

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41 Responses to “Free Illustrator Brushes: Teardrop Foliage”

1. Bruce, on June 28th, 2007 at 8:52 pm

   These brushes are just what i needed for my artwork!! Awesome!

2. Dana, on June 28th, 2007 at 9:08 pm

   GREAT AWESOME work! Thanks for your generous contribution!

3. milkberry, on June 28th, 2007 at 10:19 pm

   you are made of awesome!
   ^_^ thanks you made my day!

4. Shery, on June 29th, 2007 at 1:32 am

   Nice brushes thanks Bitt

5. Robert, on June 29th, 2007 at 2:40 am

   Thank you. This set is very nice and saves a lot of time :-) Again good work…

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7. Robert, on June 29th, 2007 at 4:01 am

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8. Respiro Media, on June 29th, 2007 at 4:07 am

   Thanks for these brushes! :)

9. pixey, on June 29th, 2007 at 4:56 am

   thx for that!

10. bevy, on June 29th, 2007 at 5:20 am

    Great brushes! Thanks!

11. zenparadox, on June 29th, 2007 at 6:36 am

    you rock. srsly.

12. calisota, on June 29th, 2007 at 7:54 am

    these are great, although they look a little like sperm…but non the less. excellant

13. Lamiseaunet, on June 29th, 2007 at 9:52 am

    Thanks for these so useful tools !

14. Amber Yount, on June 29th, 2007 at 10:20 am

    You are so awesome :)

15. wilder212, on June 29th, 2007 at 12:21 pm

    “…a little like sperm”? These ARE sperm. There’s no way I’d use these shapes in anything I did for a corporate client. They’d laugh me right out of the office!

16. df, on June 29th, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    These are awesome!
    thanks!

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18. Ali, on July 1st, 2007 at 4:37 pm

    this is the first time i m visiting this website…anf its really awesome….whoever u r u r doing a really gud deed for us (designerz)…thnx buddy….keep it up…. ill be ur regular visitor man….

19. Vasil Tonev, on July 3rd, 2007 at 6:53 am

    wonderful and hady brushes :)
    thanx

20. Raquel, on July 3rd, 2007 at 7:05 am

    I love your site. I’m a newbie in the graphic arts so i will ask you question that you may think is silly… Can you please tell wich version i should download for the use on the Corel Paint Shop Pro 11? Really thanks. Please answer to raquelaramalho@gmail.com

21. lounge, on July 4th, 2007 at 7:38 am

    er I still have CS2… which one do I use?

22. lounge, on July 4th, 2007 at 7:41 am

    it’s cool. I got it… Using CS1 VERSION :D

    Thanks.. they are awesome!!!

23. Bethany, on July 6th, 2007 at 7:30 am

    You come up with the coolest things. LOVE these. Thank you 100 times over.

24. Tino Triste, on July 9th, 2007 at 4:30 am

    downloaded thanks

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28. Chris, on July 13th, 2007 at 2:31 am

    Hi Bitt,
    just wondering if I am allowed to request these in PSD or TIFF files for PSCS 2 as I don’t have Illustrator. With many thanks in advance.

29. Anon, on July 25th, 2007 at 2:23 am

    It looks like sperm

30. Respiro, the logo design guy, on July 25th, 2007 at 3:10 am

    “It looks like sperm”

    I think you have a point here… :)

31. Debbie Holmes, on August 5th, 2007 at 5:36 pm

    Thanks!!! I’m working on a school project and this is wonderful!

32. OMG, on August 20th, 2007 at 12:14 am

    omg this is the kind of stuff i’ve been looking for, for the past year, all the foliage, splatter brushes, the AWESOME FONTS, and all the others, THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!

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34. erika, on September 3rd, 2007 at 7:24 am

    man, you are the best! :D thanks for sharing all these high quality brushes. how i wish i could create my own

35. dulce, on September 12th, 2007 at 7:22 pm

    delicious!, thanx so much for your work, and thanx for sharing. So good!!

36. habuhabu, on September 17th, 2007 at 10:17 pm

    awsome

37. vijay, on October 17th, 2007 at 1:50 am

    friends,
    plz let me know whether i can use these brush in CS2. the brush looks really good.i like it.

    Thanks.

38. Rahul Singh, on January 18th, 2008 at 10:03 pm

    Well this Question might have been asked a lot of time, but still may I know which download set i must use for Photoshop CS 2….

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41. jewellery, on March 6th, 2008 at 8:17 am

    It just generally looks better that way as well (what I’m referring to is the smaller head on the longer stalk.) These are actually great. I haven’t done any design work where they would suit, but I can see straight away where I could have used them in the past. They most certainly would have added some great affect to those pieces. I’m pretty sure I’ll definitely find a place to use these for the future; thanks again!

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