18 Absolutely Stylish Designs Using Photoshop Brushes and How to’s
- By Noupe Editorial Team
- Posted in PHOTOSHOP
- 61 comments
I think many people out there underestimate the power of well used Photoshop brushes. A good designer can use Photoshop brushes in a variety of ways to accomplish a plethora of results. If you thought the Photoshop brushes were just for those new to Photoshop or just to add a touch of grunge to a design, you are sadly mistaken.
For some good examples on how Photoshop brushes can be used, check out these tutorials:
- Funky Web Design Layout
- Fire Brushes: Photoshop Tutorial
- Design a Grungy Web Layout
- Advanced Brush Techniques in Photoshop
To really show off just how well Photoshop brushes could be used in web design, I have selected 18 amazingly designed websites that feature a good use of Photoshop brushes or elements that also come in the form of Photoshop brushes. In addition to showcases such designs, I have also linked to Photoshop brushes similar to the ones used in the designs or that are similar to the elements in the design.
1. Watercolor Brushes
Sunrise Design
How To » Free Hi-Res Watercolor Photoshop Brushes
How To » Free Hi-Res Watercolor Photoshop Brushes Set II
How To » Free Photoshop Brushes: 40 Splatters, Strokes, and Watercolor
2. Basic grunge brushes
Base 6 Design
How To » Basic Grunge Brushes
How To » Grunge 1 Brushes
How To » Brushes for PS Grunge
3. Grungy Edge Brushes
Julius Mattsson
How To » Grunge Corners and Edges Photoshop Brush Pack
How To » Grunge Edge Brushes
How To » Grunge Edges
4. Swirls and Elementals
Smile Crocodile
How To » Flourish Brushes
How To » Spiky Swirl Brushes
How To » Free Photoshop Brushes Swirly Trees
5. Sunburst and Sun Rays Brushes
Calakmul Games
How To » Vector Line Brushes
How To » Rising Sun Brushes
How To » Rising Sun Brushes
6. Glowing Lines
Simple Flame
How To » 25 Abstract Light Free Photoshop Brushes Vol.1
How To » Light Brushes
How To » Magic Brushes
7. Space and Star Brushes
Addison Kowalski
How To » Galaxies
How To » Star Brushes
How To » Star Brushes
8. Trees and Plants
Plant With Purpose
How To » Trees Promo Pack
How To » Trees Brush Set 2
How To » Hi Res Photoshop Tree Brushess
9. Abstract Brushes
2 Creative
How To » Abstract Brushes
How To » CS4 Brushes
How To » Christmas Brushes
10. Chalk and Pastel Brushes
Cerity
How To » Chalk Brushess
How To » Chalk Brushes
How To » Scratchboard Brushes
11. Cloud Brushes
1st Nature
How To » Cloud Brushes
How To » 7 Cloud Brushes
How To » Cloudy Brushes
12. Old Paper and Textures
Ditley
How To » Paper Textures
How To » Old Paper Brushes
How To » Old Paper
13. Brush Strokes
Far From Fearless
How To » Angrey Painter
How To » Stroke Brush Set
How To » Paint Experiement
14. City and Building Landscapes
Taxi Me
How To » City Skyline Brushes
How To » Urban City Brushes
How To » Photo Skyline Brushes
15. Paint and Ink Drip Splatters
Square Factors
How To » Ink and Paint Splatters
How To » Splatter Plus
How To » 10 Splatter Brushes
16. Halftones and Patterns
New To York
How To » Spirals and half-tone brush set edition 2
How To » Half Tone 3
How To » Very Large Retro Brushes
17. Letters and Handwriting
Alpine Camp
How To » Victorian Letter Brushes
How To » Handwriting Brushes
How To » Pretty Script Brushes
18. Graphic and Images
UGS Mag
How To » Vintage Hawaii
How To » Vintage Toys
How To » Vintage Anatomy
Sérgio Soares, 08 June 2009
wow fantastic job danny
thanks
sasi kumar, 01 October 2010
wow fantastic job danny
Yuda, 08 June 2009
Nice One, will be a reference for me from time to time, thanks
Jim Gaudet, 08 June 2009
I just love the word “plethora” and there sure is a plethora of brushes here.
Thanks,
Mahmud Ahsan, 08 June 2009
Awesome designs!
Thomas, 08 June 2009
Nice article, Just Stumble
azzrizal, 08 June 2009
number 11 is cloud.
other than that, great resources!
Carol, 08 June 2009
I really didn’t realise you could do so much with brushes I am going to have to look into this more, I struggle with design rarely using brushes. Photoshop is not my software of choice, I prefer Paint Shop Pro, but am prepared to change alliegence!!! Thanks for the article
Taote, 08 June 2009
Very useful compilation. Thanks!
Binny, 08 June 2009
That’s a great set, thanks.
Must get on with using these great tools.
Atlanta Printing Company, 08 June 2009
Amazing! you did it again. Nice job.
John Watson, 08 June 2009
Wow, absolutely amazing. Right when you thought Photoshop couldnt get any better!
Eric Magnuson, 08 June 2009
Wow, this is a great list of great brushes! Thanks for taking the time to make this. It’s a good mix of different styles that I’ll definitely be using.
grazz, 08 June 2009
Excellent brushes as well as excellent design examples! Bookmarked.
gecampbell, 08 June 2009
Bummer… I was really hoping for some ‘could’ brushes. But they were just clouds. :)
Seriously, good list. Thanks a bundle.
bgouban, 08 June 2009
Nice post! Theres a mistake : “could brush” -> “cloud brush”.
Thanks again for this cool resources ;)
Nalie, 08 June 2009
Love it! Keep it coming!
Television Spy, 08 June 2009
The grunge corner effect is underused.
Mel, 08 June 2009
Many thanks for including my brushes here!
Ben Sky, 09 June 2009
Brilliant article, nice to see an article combining inspirational examples with how to’s an resources to help viewers recreate the effect. Great work Danny.
Sklep Zoologiczny, 09 June 2009
This is absolutely amazing post 0_0
How do find all this stuff?! Examples, sources and resources spoon-feed…
sonichtml, 09 June 2009
Wow~~ Super collection~
Giovanni Campigotto, 09 June 2009
Thank you about the post. I put the link on my website.
Senthil, 09 June 2009
WOW………
Jamie Allsop, 09 June 2009
This is a really great post with a lot of really cool brushes and great tutorials to go with them. I have already bookmarked this page and will use it for future reference.
Gregory Raby, 09 June 2009
Brilliant, I need to get started on PS brushes !
e11world, 09 June 2009
This is one of the best articles to give you most (if not all) types of web design trends. Thank you sooo much.
Lola, 10 June 2009
Your site looks done by a technician and not by a Designer. Furthermore, the examples posted are really very basic examples, nothing much to do with “absolutely stylish designs”.
A 101 Design would come in handy for you. Your twitter also looks very amateur.
Dani, 10 June 2009
My composition using this brushs is here: (www.luciaconde.com)
Ps: Sorry about the inglish!
Gizelle, 10 June 2009
This is a massive list of quality brushes. Thanks for including some links to tutorial on how to effectively use brushes in designs. Great post.
João Pedro Pereira, 10 June 2009
I loved this selection! Good job!
Jun, 10 June 2009
Great list of brushes, really nice to include the tutorials too. Thanks.
squareart, 12 June 2009
This is GREAT! Really comprehensive list of brushes and some fab examples too. Thanks for the collection.
Jason, 12 June 2009
Great set of references! Good job!
honour chick, 15 June 2009
great collection of tutorials. thxs for the resources.
Charlotte, 17 June 2009
Great post! Some really good references there.
robb, 19 June 2009
great resource there.
keep it coming.
ilike2photoshop, 21 June 2009
Wow, very good list.
abed el salam, 23 June 2009
thanks
good work
Sumeet Chawla, 27 June 2009
Geez.. what a collection !! How do you come up with such a huge resource of brushes! lol Anyway, very useful post.. Keep providing such awesome designing resources! Thanks ;)
rathaseth, 01 July 2009
It’s very nice and good idea. :-)
domy nad morzem, 13 July 2009
great! i love it
Nick, 16 November 2009
This is great except that the howto links don’t go to any howto articles!
chaitrax, 24 November 2009
wow… great coolection….. :)
kris de jong, 08 December 2009
Wow realy nice tuts and brushes thanx a lot
Formulis Logo Design, 24 February 2010
Looks fantastic! I love that chalk/pastel look from Cerity… it’s too bad the website is no longer up.
mayank, 07 March 2010
wow man great..bookmarked
Annagloul, 22 June 2010
Super Sharing if i may say, thankx loads
Brett Widmann, 22 October 2010
These brushes are excellent! I can’t wait to start using them!
Glaiza Bernaldez, 29 October 2010
This is awesome! Great!
GLADvertising, 10 January 2011
Great samples, very inspiring. THANK YOU!
eldeep, 06 February 2011
there is a very good website for downloading free ps brushes (www.brusheezy.com)
Arnhem, 03 March 2011
Great list, thanks for collecting and putting it all together.
niklasniklos, 05 August 2011
increible
PSO, 16 September 2011
Simply it’s Great
Craig McPheat, 19 October 2011
Love the rising sun brushes!
myke, 21 March 2012
i can;t beleive all of these are blocked by my school’s filters. completly redicules. i’m trying to pursue a career and their keeping me off of stock photo and brush sites, i’m tired of being stock blocked.
myke, 21 March 2012
sorry for my spelling
Ajman, 26 March 2012
The spikey swirl brushes are very nice, also some good references here. Brill.
Rod, 17 July 2012
Nice selection of everything. Looks like you invested quite a lot of time on this post. Well done!
Kory Allen, 21 September 2012
Aw sum collection thanks for sharing..