45 Excellent Sets of Adobe Illustrator Brushes

By Steven Snell | Published October 20th, 2008 in Resources

While there are not as many free brushes available for Illustrator as there are for Photoshop, there are still some excellent, high-quality options. In this post we’ll look at 45 sets of brushes in several different categories.

Abstract Brushes:

35 Free Abstract Illustrator Brushes

105 Stunning Retro Tech-Shaped Illustrator Brushes

Abstract Brushes

Thin Abstract Brushes

Retro-Style Brushes:

104 Incredible Retro-Style Pixelated Illustrator Brushes

The Most Retro Line Illustrator Brushes Ever

Patterns and Floral Brushes:

30 Illustrator Pattern Brushes for Making Flowers and Circular Designs

Fresh Brushes

Floral n Veins Brushes

Free Illustrator Brushes and Vectors: Foliage

Circular Patterns

Hand Written/Drawn:

104 Scribbled Dry Erase Marker-Styled Illustrator Brushes

Sketchy and Line Art Brushes

ClickPopMedia Brushes

Tina’s Streaky Inks

Custom Drawing Brushes

16 Sketchy Illustrator Brushes

Chinese Ink

Paint/Watercolor Brushes:

Free Illustrator Brushes: Ink/Watercolor

106 Delicious Water Color Illustrator Brushes

105 More Delicious Water Color Illustrator Brushes

Paint Brushes Set 1

Paint Brushes Set 2

Paint Brushes Set 3

Paint Brushes Set 4

Artistic Brushes

Illustrator Art Brushes

More Art Brushes

Starburst Brushes:

105 Mind-Blowing Retro Tech-Shaped Starburst Brushes

50 Killer Retro Starburst Brushes

Lines and Stripes Brushes:

50 Ridiculous Retro-Style Broken Line Illustrator Brushes

Shapes Brushes:

Box-Based Circles

Kirby Krackles Brush Set

Swirl Brushes:

Swirly Curls

Swirl Rocks Brushes

28 Free Illustrator Brushes for Making Swooshes and Swirls

Tribal Dark Brushes

Other Brushes:

Bloody Splatter Brushes

The Hairbrush Kit

The Rainbow Brush Kit

Gems and Pearls Scatter Brushes

Sick Brush Kit 2 “Elementals”

Water Drops Brushes

Snowflakes Brushes

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58 Comments
  1. Eli on October 20th, 2008

    Very nice roundup.

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    Toasted Pixel…you spamming again!!!

  5. Grant Friedman on October 21st, 2008

    Wow! Thanks for all the mentions!

  6. NaldzGraphics on October 22nd, 2008

    really cool round up.great post and thanks

    Ronald

  7. lagaba on October 22nd, 2008

    great post, huge collection… thanks

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  10. larry peoples on October 24th, 2008

    Boom………..thanks…..really made an impact!!

  11. Yummone on October 25th, 2008

    thanks for cool round up, make perfect my design practice in at home. need more great post!

  12. Dainis Graveris on October 25th, 2008

    Awesome collection, very handy :)

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    hi, thanks.
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  28. Susan Wong Soon Sieng on February 8th, 2009

    Thank u very much,these brushes will help me very much~

  29. Dirk Schooner on February 24th, 2009

    A thousand thankyous, these are superb. Thanks to all the artists who created them.

  30. atomicSwoosh on March 6th, 2009

    cool, beautiful & artistic brushes! appreciation goes to these great artists!

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  37. Jim Gaudet on June 13th, 2009

    Sweet list, thanks. Just spent time downloading..

  38. Lash on July 16th, 2009

    Nice list! Thanks a lot!

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  42. Benjamin Ukoh on October 2nd, 2009

    Nice list indeed, to the creative community.

  43. pavan on October 3rd, 2009

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  46. BigM75 on December 15th, 2009

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  47. Ron on December 29th, 2009

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    Amazing collection of brushes! Going to be so useful so thanks.

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    Thank You Very much nice and beautiful brushes.

  53. Taylor on July 12th, 2010

    This is a wonderful resource for anyone looking to improve their skills in Illustrator. How long did it take you to put a list like this together?

  54. Website designers chennai on July 12th, 2010

    Useful stuff on designing brushes..very useful.Thanks for sharing this stuff.45 Excellent Sets of Adobe Illustrator Brushes i like it..thanku

  55. doris on July 17th, 2010

    Thank u very much,these brushes will help me very much~

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  57. Web 3.0 Textures on August 26th, 2010

    The hairkit can be very useful, definitely bookmarking this page.

  58. local web design on August 31st, 2010

    WoW! Excellent brushes. This is talent

    Thank you!


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