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Best Photoshop brushes for web designers
Here is a (huge) compilation of the best free Photoshop brushes out there. They are the ones I use, and the ones it took me a very long time to find over the web.
I've selected the best of them, and along with a preview and a description, I've made a zip file that contains the whole compilation.
For all brushes hosted at brushes.500ml.org you'll have to navigate to the brushes, since they don't allow direct linking...
If you enjoy this set of brushes consider blogging about it
- Download the zip file with all of them - 25,7Mb (Megaupload link)
Take into account that this is a huge list of brushes, and it takes a long time to download. Also, the mirrors might only be available for a limited time, so if you find them to be broken please notify me
And here is the list (Alphabetically ordered)
Art nouveau
This beautiful set features 8 brushes with patterns and designs following art nouveau techniques and style.
Visit the brush homepage

Botanical flowers
This is a very nice set of brushes, specially for "natural" websites or just as footer decoration.
Visit the brush homepage

Bugs and Angels
This is indeed a very strange combination of brushes to put in a set, but both of them are very beautiful and make a good "innovative" design element.
Visit the brush homepage

Elegance
One of the best web design brush sets I have ever found. This provides you with some very elegant lines and circles. Worth checking out
(I couln't find the author's website, so if you want the set, download the pack)

Feathers
Strange brush set, filled with feathers, but it makes a beautiful texture I guess.
Visit the brush home page (Scroll down a bit, by Sheishido)

Floral swirl
A very beautiful brush set, largely used in modern web designs (And in this blog's design too)
Visit the brush homepage

Foliage
Another brush set of plant elements. This time it is packed with tree branches, leaves, bushes... Great for some "wild life" designs:
I couldn't find this brush homepage

Fractals
A nice set of fractal images, these are great to put in backgrounds for scientific websites or pics...
I didn't find the original brush set website, but here at getbrushes.com you can find tons of fractal brushes.

Frames
This are good sets (I've put here two sets of frames) to enclose your images in.


I don't remember where I found them, but just search for frame brush sets and you'll find a lot more.
Garden of Decay
One of the most beautiful sets here, nice textures and images. It comes with some handwritten text too.
You can find it here, along with a lot more brushes by Annika

Good & Evil
A nice set, featuring some trees, skies, and other textures. Great for image edition, and adding header decoration too.
Brush set website (And also in Annika's website)

Grunge flowers
Probably the best brush set exposed here. I used it a lot for my backgrounds in this blog's design.

Grunge texture
A set of textures to use in "rough" designs probably

Hair
I really don't know where or why you would use this, but it is a good set of high quality "hairs"

Illusionist
Very strange set of cut & inversed faces. I really don't know how to describe this set. It is very cool though, so check it out.
By Annika Von Holdt

Paint
This is a very useful brush set, it is also the one I used for the header background, those paint strokes. It has both strokes and splatters...

Patterns
Some patterns for backgrounds or buttons, or whatever you want them for.

Splatter
Another set similar to the paint set, but this time focused on Paint splatters. If you want to add splatters to your designs, this is your set!

Valentine
A very romantic set, with hearts, roses, hand-written text... You'll love it

Victorian people
This is probably a very strange brush set you might think you'll never have to use, but once you have it, you'll use it. Guaranteed. It features full-body pictures of Victorian people.

Important notes & download
Please do not hotlink the images nor the zip file with the compilation, instead link to this article please.
I couldn't find most of the brush sets websites because over the years I have renamed most brush set names, so if you are the owner or creator of them and I have not placed a link to you please comment it below.
Also, if you think a link was misplaced do comment.
Download the compilation
Here you can download all of the brushes before. They come in a zip file, ready to send to photoshop.
- Download compilation (Megaupload link)
You don't know how to import them in photoshop?
Simply go to the install location of photoshop (Normally in C:\Program files\Adobe\Photoshop). Open it up and search for a folder called "Prestablished settings", once there go to "Brushes" and paste the content of the zip file.
If you had Photoshop already opened you'll have to close it and re-open it to use your new brushes.
Enjoy
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about 2 years ago
Nice brush set! I got this linked and blogged on my site. Nice.
about 2 years ago
Thanks a lot digitalpharaoh, well yea it took me a VERY long time to get this list here…
I had to prepare all of the small previews… xD
I was planning on doing a new smaller zip file for each brush, so one can download each set individually, but for today, I’m done
about 2 years ago
I think you should keep it as is. There’s a LOT of useful brushes here.
about 2 years ago
Hey great list but is the zip file broken? I can’t seem to download it, which is a pain as I can’t find some of these brushes either.
about 2 years ago
I just checked it right now and it is working.
There is a high number of downloads, plus the size of the zip is quite big (25Mb) So it may take you a very long time to download, but there should be no problem with the file.
If it keeps on not working I’ll upload it to mirrors like fileshack or something
Thanks for the interest
about 2 years ago
hi! i cant download to zipfile either. Hopefully you can upload it somewhere else too or mail me the file?
/ Tobias
about 2 years ago
Alright,
I just uploaded the file to sendspace, and now I’ll add the mirror to the article.
Hope you can now download it
If it keeps on like this I’ll upload the file to other sites too, just in case.
Enjoy
about 2 years ago
great set! thanks
about 1 year ago
salam is up on you , great job my friend , thanx alot . Do you know something , am seeking for a strange brushes , and i wish i can learn how to make a brush by my self , i can draw . hhhhh am talking so much , sorry . thnx alot .
about 1 year ago
Before you try to create your own, i recommend that you try searching google for that brush. If you still can’t find it, you can look on google for some good tutorials on how to create your own brushes. If you find it and you want to share it let me know, I’ll put it in the article.
Thanks