One of the oldest art hosting websites on the net, DA has a huge community of active artists who create and release new brushes regularly for a range of different programs. One of the best sources of new GIMP brushes is the online art community named DeviantArt. While I’ve been careful to select popular GIMP brushes that I think you’ll actually have a use for in your work, there are far more good brushes available out there than I can fit into this list. Even More GIMP BrushesĪs you’ve probably noticed, the number of GIMP brushes that are available online seems almost limitless. Read the complete tutorial on how to make custom brushes in GIMP here. It takes a bit longer to do, but it’s far more flexible. It doesn’t use the brush editor at all, but uses a whole separate image as the brush source, giving you complete control over its design. The long method for creating custom brushes is actually a bit too long to include in this article. Name it, and it will automatically be saved into your Brushes panel (though you may have to click Refresh brushes to see it). You’re limited to a few basic shapes when using this method, but it can still be useful for creating custom sizes that you use again and again in your work. You can extract them into a custom folder on your desktop for easy access and tell GIMP where to find them, or you can place the brush files into the brushes folder of your GIMP installation in five steps. Installing your fancy new brushes in GIMP is just as easy as downloading them. The Quick Guide to Installing GIMP Brushes Sankyaku also has an active brush for fall leaves, which is linked on the DA page for these complex grass brushes.ĭownload the grass brushes here. The result of all that work allows you to create neatly randomized pattern effects with a minimal amount of effort. I was hoping to include more animated/active brushes in this list, but the incredible attention to detail that is required to make high-quality image hose brushes seems to put most people off. When painting with an image hose brush, one of the images is randomly chosen for each imprint of the brush, usually with its own random angle, size, and position. These image hose brushes are a unique type of GIMP brush that actually contain several different images. These brushes are available for free on DeviantArt but must be credited when used, or you can buy a license for a few dollars.

20 different cloud styles, although this pack is mostly the kind of fluffy cumulus cloud seen on beautiful summer days. With these brushes, suddenly you’ve got a headstart. If you’ve ever wanted to adjust a sky in one of your photos, you’ve probably discovered how hard it can be to draw photorealistic clouds.

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