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Freebie Friday: 5 Simple Fabric Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:19:13 +0000

This collection of five subtle hi-res fabric brushes will add some natural surfacing to your work. Each brush is 2500×2500.

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Freebie Friday: 4 Subtle Rust Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:24:19 +0000

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Freebie Friday: 7 Soft Grunge Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:37:16 +0000

I created these soft grunge brushes from my Frosted Window texture pack over at Valleys In The Vinyl. These brushes will make a valuable addition to your library and will come in handy for adding that extra surfacing and personality that your design’s require. Each brush is 2500×2000.

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Freebie Friday: 7 Scratchy Grunge Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:40:21 +0000

These brushes come from an interesting source, microscopic photos of some hand-scratched 35mm film. I scratched up some film with a thumbtack, photographed them, vectorized the lines, then grunged them up a bit in Photoshop to create these brushes. Hope you enjoy! Each one is 2500×1800.

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Freebie Friday: 5 Bokeh Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:15:23 +0000

These 5 versatile and re-usable bokeh brushes will be a valued addition to your toolbox. Each brush is 2500px wide.

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Freebie Friday: 5 Ink Splatter Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:01:24 +0000

Enjoy these 5 hi res ink splatter brushes, created from my Ralph Steadman inspired ink splatter texture set over at Valleys In The Vinyl. Each brush is 2500×2000.

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Freebie Friday: 6 Antique Postcard Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:13:16 +0000

Enjoy these six hi-res(2500px) antique postcard Photoshop Brushes. This can act as templates for your design or as a way to add some age and texture to your work.

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Brush Pilot Winners!

Jay Hilgert — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:51:18 +0000

I hope everyone got all of their holiday weekend shopping out of the way. Here are the 5 lucky winners of a free copy of Brush Pilot. And the winners are: Meredith, Carla Ceia, Josh, Adam Fondren, and Dariela. COngratulations! I hope you enjoy the software. I’ll send you license codes via email. Enjoy :)

Free Stuff: Brush Pilot Giveaway and Cyber Monday Coupon Code

Jay Hilgert — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:04:21 +0000

Ok, we have a holiday on our hands soon and I’m feeling like some of of you might want some free software. It’s been a while since we’ve had a Brush Pilot giveaway here on BittBox, so I think Thanksgiving week would be a perfect time. I’m giving away 5 copies of Brush Pilot to some lucky commenters, and I also have a Cyber Monday coupon code for 50% off. The coupon code is “ILOVEBRUSHES,” and it’s good starting Thursday and ends at midnight on Cyber Monday. Make sure you read the rules, and good luck :)

Visit BrushPilotApp.com to download a demo and read more details.

Brush Pilot™ is a fast and easy application for previewing Adobe® Photoshop® and Adobe Photoshop Elements Brushes (.abr), built exclusively for Mac OS X. Brush Pilot is designed to save you time by allowing you to instantly preview your brushes without having to load them into Photoshop.
Instantly finds all Photoshop BrushesInstantly finds all of your brushes

When you launch Brush Pilot, it automatically finds every brush file on your system, so there’s no need to navigate a Finder-like menu system. Brush Pilot also knows what version/s of Photoshop you have, and it separates your installed brushes from the rest.
Fast PreviewsBlazing fast previews

Brush Pilot has a small footprint, uses very little system resources, and previews even the most ginormous brush files at breakneck speed. It’s designed not to get in your way, but to make you more productive, as well as creatively inspired.
Install brushes with a single clickInstall brushes with one click

Brush Pilot is designed for productivity on more than one level. You can send files to the Trash, reveal their location in Finder, and even install selected files into all versions of Photoshop on your system with a single click, menus, Control/Right + Click, or keyboard shortcuts.

Check out some of the new features:

Export as PNG! When exporting, Brush Pilot will generate a PNG (with or without transparency) at full size for each individual brush inside the file and organize the collection into a folder.
“Show Volumes” menu command will show complete file hierarchy, arranged by volume, including mounted iDisks.
Double clicking on folders in file path display will open them in Finder.
iTunes style scrollbars.
File Count indicators reveal how many brush files are in each folder. (like Mail)

Contest Rules:

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment. (tweeting is appreciated)
Only comment once.
5 winners will be randomly chosen from the comments.
Please only comment if you have a Mac.
Comments will remain open for about a week.

Freebie Friday: 7 Concrete Wall Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:47:30 +0000

Happy Friday everyone, today I’m posting this set of 7 hi-res concrete brushes. Each brush is 2500×1800 and will add some instant grunge, texture, and atmosphere to your designs. Enjoy!

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Freebie Friday: 5 Ink Smear Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:50:27 +0000

These 5 brushes were made by dipping a Q-Tip in red food coloring then simply “drawing” on a piece of paper with it. If you enjoy these, check out the Red Drops and Streaks texture pack on Valleys In The Vinyl. It was one of the first texture packs I released on the site, and I always thought some of those textures would translate well into brushes. Each brush is 2500px wide. Enjoy!

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Freebie Friday: 5 Subtle Wood Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:55:48 +0000

Happy Friday everyone, today I’m sharing these five subtle wood Photoshop brushes that can add some quick surface and texture to your designs. They offer some great attributes like knotholes and some different grain patterns. Each brush is 2500×2000.

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Freebie Friday: 6 Brick Photoshop Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:23:50 +0000

Happy Friday everyone, today’s freebie is this set of six diverse and hi-res brick wall brushes. Each brush is 2500×2000.

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Flourish Photoshop Brush Winners

Jay Hilgert — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:07:18 +0000

Congrats to Dana Smith, Karen, Peter L, Daniel, and Rosanna Judah-Elliott, the 5 lucky winners of the 104 Flourish Corners from Photoshop Island! Thanks to everyone who participated and congrats to the winners. We hope you put them to good use. You will be contacted shortly via email about how to claim your prize :)

Freebie Friday: 8 Assorted Grunge Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:15:31 +0000

Happy Friday everyone, today I’m releasing this very useful set of 8 different grunge brushes. The source of these was mostly distressed wood textures I had lying around. The preview images below don’t do these justice, they will add some great texture and touch to your work. Each one is the maximum resolution of 2500px.

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Vectorpack.net Photoshop Brush Winners!

Jay Hilgert — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:34:24 +0000

Alright, how about some winners! Vectorpack.net recently had a great deal on a giant bundle of resources, and gave me some of there Photoshop brushes to give away. So without further ado, the winners are: Ryan, martyn, Brian, Jena Clark, and Cean. Congratulations, and you will be contacted shortly via email with information about how to claim your prize. Congrats, and we hope you put the brushes to good use :)

Free Stuff: 210 Grunge Brushes from VectorPack.net – Comment to Win

Jay Hilgert — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:22:43 +0000

In honor of VectorPack.net‘s Mega Design Bundle 2, I’ve got 5 copies of 210 Grunge brushes to give away! For this contest, I get to give away part of the brushes from that bundle to 5 lucky winners. Make sure to read the rules, and good luck!

Contest Rules:

All you have to do is to tweet the post, to share it on Facebook or to leave a comment on the post.
Only comment once.
5 winners will be randomly chosen
Comments will remain open for 1 week

About the Mega Design Bundle 2:

Grunge Brushes are design elements which are needed by each and every designer. This is why we, at VectorPack.net, have decided to help designers, artists and creatives around the world get their hands on these amazing 210 Grunge Brushes which is a part of the VectorPack.net Mega Bundle 2.

Who is VectorPack.net?

VectorPack.net is a design studio which specializes in creating high-quality vector art and design elements. VectorPack.net surprises designers and artists around the world with very detailed, professional stock vector art, Photoshop brushes, fonts, seamless patterns, backgrounds, textures, and WordPress themes. All in all, each and every type of vector art and design elements designers need for their work.

By offering a large variety of products, VectorPack.net is the suitable resource for all type of clients, from designers to advertising agencies and apparel creators, who are able to find here the coolest products for their artwork.

What is the Mega Bundle 2?

The Mega Bundle 2 is a collection of over 650 design elements which VectorPack.net puts at the disposal of designers for only $29 instead of $545. This incredible offer is available till the 13th of October, meaning 10 days from now on. This great Mega Bundle contains high-quality design elements which reunite all the resources needed by creative people at a bargain price.

As VectorPack.net awards its clients with this type of Mega Bundles at a discount price once every several months, you should subscribe to their newsletter as not to miss these great offers.

This amazing Mega Bundle contains the following design elements:

- 319 vector elements
- 278 PS brushes
- 66 abstract backgrounds
- 58 seamless patterns
- 30 textures
- 1 WordPress theme

Freebie Friday: 6 Wrinkled Paper Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:42:21 +0000

Happy Friday everyone! Today I am releasing this awesome and very useful set of 6 wrinkled paper Photoshop brushes. Each one is roughly 2500×1800. Enjoy!

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Freebie Friday: 5 Broken and Crumbled Leaves Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:42:01 +0000

Today I’ve got a set of 5 max-res brushes I created by crumbling a dried-out boutonniere and then scanning it. Each brush is 2500px wide.

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Freebie Friday: 4 Knothole Photoshop Brushes

Dustin Schmieding — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:53:18 +0000

These 4 brushes add an instant aged-wood touch to your work. They have great texture and depth, and at 2500px they will serve all of your needs.