Binary Pen
A brush with no anti-aliasing, named after Paint Tool SAI's binary pen. Also equivalent to the photoshop pencil tool. For me, I use it at 100% zoom to retain the crisp, crunchy edges. The lack of anti-aliased edges makes it very convenient for use with the magic wand and fill bucket tools—just be sure to disable anti-aliasing on those, too.
Binary Rough
Same as the binary pen, but this time the brush tip is a rectangle that randomly rotates, creating a roughened edge. I use this primarily for background elements and as a base for foliage - it's great for creating a roughened edge. I also use it for sketching sometimes - typically thumbnails, as its roughness and lack of control means it's not suited to fine detail. So good for rough work!
Thick Paint
The brush I do the bulk of my painting with. By toggling Colour Mixing, I control how bold the strokes are.
Additionally, the colours are slightly randomised with each stroke, adding a little variety and natural colour to the painting. Lowering the density increases how dry and textured the brush is.
Other than painting, I also use this brush to lightly add texture to my lineless works.
![](/brushes/images/thickpaint/sample.png)
Dry Paint
This is not a brush that's intended to be used by itself, but rather a brush that's used on top of others to add additional texture.
![](/brushes/images/drypaint/sea.gif)
Ink Brush
I used to draw in my sketchbook using a brush pen. I don't really do this much anymore, but occasionally I want to recreate that feeling, so I made this brush. However, the ink-like appearance is created by Layer > Selection From Layer (or CTRL + Click the layer thumbnail), and then using Clouds 2 to lightly erase!
![](/brushes/images/ink/sample2.png)
On its own, it's good for blocking in large areas of flat colour.
![](/brushes/images/ink/sample.png)
Clouds 1
* This is not my brush. You can get it for free from the asset store here. By turning colour mixing on and off, you can change the feeling.
![](/brushes/images/clouds/1.png)
Clouds 2
* This is modified from a free brush from the asset store, which you can get here here. By adjusting the opacity and enabling/disabling colour mixing, you can create different effects.
The brush is created by applying the Seamless Paper texture that comes with my brush set, with the following settings:
![](/brushes/images/clouds/2.png)
Fur Blend
* This is not my brush. You can get it for free from the asset store here as part of a different set. I like to apply the same texture as is used in my brush set to integrate it with my brushes.
![](/brushes/images/blend/texture.png)
I use it to create the feeling of a rough bristle brush, especially for hair.
Flat
A brush for drawing with—it has a low minimum size, so it has a lot of line width variation and is very responsive to pen pressure. Personally, I use it for looser drawings & thumbnailing.
![](/brushes/images/flat/a.png)
![](/brushes/images/flat/b.png)
Mid Flat
A variant of the flat brush that I use a little more often. It has a high minimum size, which means it has little variation in width—I find this lends it to slightly cleaner, more refined drawings.
![](/brushes/images/midflat/debs.png)
Big Flat
This is not actually a brush intended for drawing with, I made it to make filling in large areas faster as I will often black out solid shadows & dark areas (e.g., Callisto's arm tattoos)—but if you make the brush size smaller so you can draw with it, the sample shows the kind of line quality you will get.
![](/brushes/images/bigflat/a.png)
Two of Them
I personally like the loose feeling of drawing the same line twice, and I do this manually. But, sometimes, it's useful to have a brush that draws two lines with a fixed width apart—for example, it's especially useful for drawing laces.
It can also be applied to vector lines as a brush shape.
![](/brushes/images/two/shoe.png)
![](/brushes/images/two/vector.gif)
Low Density
This brush is not used for drawing with, but used for toning my sketches.
![](/brushes/images/low/kis.png)
Texture
No sample image for this one, it is simply an airbrush with the same texture as all the other tools in this set. I use it to apply a light texture to images, or to create tones like with Low Density.