Brushes for Adobe Illustrator come in three types; Art Brushes, Pattern Brushes and Scatter Brushes. They’re all used with the Brush tool, but they each have their specific purpose. Art brushes are the most common, they’re applied to paths and are often used to create realistic hand drawn effects. Pattern brushes are configured to generate seamlessly repeating patterns, which help you easily create intricate designs. Finally, Scatter brushes are commonly used to produce grungy shading effects by painting rough textures onto specific areas of your artwork. Illustrator Brushes are rare resources compared to their Photoshop counterparts, so it’s useful to know where to find them. In this post I present 25 great quality Adobe Illustrator brush sets you can download for free!

Update

This post has been updated several times over the years to remove old downloads that are no longer available. Sadly, free Illustrator brushes are few and far between these days, so here are my picks of high-quality Illustrator brushes that cost a little money, but are comprehensive collections of professionally created tools. Still looking for free downloads? You can find the remaining Illustrator brush sets you can download for free here.

Stipple Shading Brushes for Illustrator

Stipple Shading Brushes for Adobe Illustrator

Vintage Shading Brushes for Illustrator

30 Vintage Shading Brushes for Adobe Illustrator

Wax Crayon Brushes for Illustrator

12 Wax Crayon Effect Brushes for Adobe Illustrator

Linocut Brushes for Illustrator

25 Linocut & Woodcut Brushes for Adobe Illustrator

24 Marker Pen Brushes for Illustrator

24 Marker Pen Brushes for Adobe Illustrator

VECTORHERO INK BRUSH PACK FOR ILLUSTRATOR

VECTORHERO INK BRUSH PACK FOR ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
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CHARCOAL PENCILS FOR ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

CHARCOAL PENCILS FOR ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
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GOUACHE SHADER BRUSHES FOR ILLUSTRATOR

GOUACHE SHADER BRUSHES FOR ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
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THE VECTOR BRUSH TOOLBOX FOR ILLUSTRATOR

THE VECTOR BRUSH TOOLBOX FOR ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
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THE WOODCUT BRUSH KIT FOR ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

THE WOODCUT BRUSH KIT FOR ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
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THE DEAD PEN HAND DRAWN TOOL KIT

THE DEAD PEN HAND DRAWN TOOL KIT
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WAX & OIL VECTOR BRUSHES

WAX & OIL VECTOR BRUSHES
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Flow Brushes for Adobe Illustrator

Flow Brushes for Adobe Illustrator

CHEMIST Illustrator Brushes

CHEMIST Illustrator Brushes

Shader Brushes for Illustrator

Shader Brushes for Illustrator

Real Rope – Illustrator Brushes

Real Rope - Illustrator Brushes

Stipple Brushes For Illustrator

Stipple Brushes For Illustrator

Character Drawing Toolkit

Character Drawing Toolkit

Zen Fine Liner and Mandala Creator

Zen Fine Liner and Mandala Creator

Finest Vintage Illustrator Brushes

Finest Brushes Illustrator Brushes

Chunky Markers – Illustrator Brushes

Chunky Markers – Illustrator Brushes

131 Handmade Marker Pen Strokes

131 Handmade Marker Pen Strokes

Ultimate Brush Toolbox – Markers

Ultimate Brush Toolbox – Markers

Dry Marker Brushes for Procreate

Dry Marker Brushes for Procreate

Marker Illustrator Brushes

Marker Illustrator Brushes

Stipple Shading Brushes

Stipple Shading Brushes

The Stipple Brushes Kit

The Stipple Brushes Kit

Tattoo Style Art Brushes

Tattoo Style Art Brushes

Stipple Brush Set for Photoshop and Illustrator

Stipple Brush Set for Photoshop and Illustrator

Ultimate Brush Toolbox – Crayon Brushes

Ultimate Brush Toolbox – Crayon Brushes

Crayon Procreate Brushes

Crayon Procreate Brushes

Cray-Cray Crayon Brush Pack for Procreate

Cray-Cray Crayon Brush Pack for Procreate

Wax Crayon Brushes For Procreate

Wax Crayon Brushes For Procreate

Crayon Brushes for Procreate

Crayon Brushes for Procreate

Scribbles Procreate Brushes

Scribbles Procreate Brushes

Essential Hand Drawn Brushes

Essential Hand Drawn Brushes

The Master Engraver

The Master Engraver

DEEP CUTS ENGRAVING BRUSHES

DEEP CUT ENGRAVING BRUSHES

Illustrator Vintage Engraving Brushes

Illustrator Vintage Engraving Brushes

Illustrator Brush Sets You Can Download For Free

Rodeo: Hand Drawn Rope Brush

Rodeo: Hand Drawn Rope Brush

FREE Halftone Vector Brushes

FREE Halftone Vector Brushes

“Paper Tooth” Line Brushes

57 Illustrator Multi-Colored Paint Brushes

57 Illustrator Multi-Colored Paint Brushes

Free Vector Brushes

Free Vector Brushes

Free Hairy Fur Illustrator Brushes

Free Hairy Fur Illustrator Brushes

Childs Play Crayons Illustrator Brush set

Childs Play Crayons Illustrator Brush set

Natural Sketch Doodle Lines Brush Set

Natural Sketch Doodle Lines Brush Set

Free Natural Line Illustrator Brushes

Free Natural Line Illustrator Brushes

Free Lino Cut brushes for Illustrator

Free Lino Cut brushes for Illustrator

Free vector scatter brushes

Free vector scatter brushes

51 Free Vector Brushes

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  1. C’est vraiment un superbe Pack! merci pour cette générosité et pour votre créativité. A chaque fois que j’ouvre un dossier, il y a des bonus qui surgissent de partout !!

  2. Muchas gracias, Eres fantastico, Con todos estos cepillos ayudan a que todo sea mas fluido y sencillo

  3. Somebody please tell me how to use these after they are downloaded and unzipped. I want to use them in photoshop and I can’t figure out how to capitalize on such awesomeness.

  4. Amazing collection! I had a couple of them but there’s so much more to find! Thank you.

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