Paint splatters, floral flourishes, grunge worn patches: we love 'em, but we've seen them all before. Here we've compiled 50 free Photoshop brushes that are unique, different, and in many cases, down-right strange. In fact, these misfit brushes are united by only one thing: awesomeness.
1. Bloodcell Brushes
2. Modern and Random
3. X-Ray Brushes
4. Grunge Typo
5. Old Brushes
6. Stitches
7. Hi Tech Warfare
8. Fist Brush Set
9. 80's Arcade Ads
10. Grinding Sparks
11. Oil Stains
12. Wood Knots
13. Weathered Wood
14. Scratched and Cracked Desk
15. Markers on Newsprint
16. Misc Grunge Set
17. Retro Images
18. Bubble Brush
19. Pictograph Warnings
20. News Ads from the 60's
21. Marble Brushes
22. Sparklies Brushes
23. Judo Techniques
24. Architectural Ornaments
25. Lace Mix
26. Vintage Hand
27. Halftone Brush Set
28. Fire Brushes
29. Raylight and Sunburst
30. Aura Smoke
31. Poison Labels
32. Night Light
33. Skull Brushes
34. Pencil Trace Set
35. Photoshop Fire Brushes
36. Creative Doodles
37. Flourish Light
38. Retro Brushes
39. Particles and Stars
40. Abstract 04
41. Ribbon Brushes
42. Heart Attack
43. Samurai Letters
44. Stamp Brushes
45. Pencil Hand
46. Sticky Tape
47. Fabric Textures
48. Alphabet Stencils
49. Paint Smudges
50. Torn Newspaper
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Eric Salvi February 4th
Really nice set. There are some I have seen before but thanks for putting these in one place. Awesome.
( )Brent Nelson February 4th
Fun.
( )Misael Arroyo February 4th
Nice, will sure download a couple of those.
( )David Turnbull February 4th
Awesome list. Should get some good use out of these.
( )marciobda February 4th
Nice set. Downloading all…
( )insic February 5th
cool!
( )Omar the Radwan February 5th
useful
( )Devlin February 5th
What an amazing collection! Thanks for the hard work.
( )ArtBox7.com February 5th
Really nice collection…
( )chiefwakambi February 5th
More elements to my design.
( )vectorss February 5th
nice list. thanks
( )slagcake February 5th
some useful brushes there, but most of its crap: P
( )usd6 February 5th
Some still good
( )Thanks!
Bruno Abrantes February 5th
Some nice brushes there, although they are a little strange… useful nonetheless, thank you!
( )3sides February 5th
Can’t have too many brushes, thanks.
( )Jstoltz February 5th
Wow. One of mine made the list at #50.
( )Andris February 5th
I will definetly download some of these. thanx a lot.
( )loswl February 5th
These look very useful, nice list
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( )Timothy February 5th
Nice list. Thanks!
( )Frederik February 5th
Normally I don’t like using brushes like that to create my stuff, but some of these are interesting. Thanks for the links.
( )tako February 5th
I really liked the stitches brush set. so simple, yet so versatile! thanks for the list
( )Steve Mullen February 5th
There are some nice ones in there. Thanks!
( )John February 5th
These are some great Brush sets – Can’t wait to begin using them!
( )Matthew Johnson February 5th
Stellar, nice work!
( )everpress February 5th
Holy crap. It’s like Christmas in February!
( )Ruben February 5th
Nice stuff.
( )ThaClown February 5th
Whow I LOVE the bloodcells….
( )devlim.com February 5th
Some of them really weird but look good
( )Nicholle February 5th
Weird but very cool! Thanks!
( )Navdeep February 5th
Some really good ones…
( )Mediumjones February 5th
Hell yeah, nice collection!
( )o3221o February 5th
These are really cool. I wonder if they are free to use commercially. Like if I made a design using one of the brushes, does that mean I can’t sell my design? Sorry I’m a newb!
( )Bjorn February 5th
The weirdest sometimes turn out to be the most used/useful!
( )AVI February 5th
u rock
( )Nikola February 5th
excellent collection!
( )Skunkie February 5th
You guys are becoming a really time-saving resource. Thanks a lot.
( )SchubertLab February 5th
Very good brush sets,I found some on deviantART a couple days ago
Thank you very much
( )Nate February 5th
Ridiculously tight! Bravo, PSDTUTS.
( )aleksandar February 6th
Thanks!
( )Saurabh Shah February 6th
nice bunch ! thnx for sharing….
( )aoie_emesai February 6th
Nice selections of brushes again. ^^
( )heather February 6th
they’re great!
( )Webdesigner Depot February 6th
More than a few completely awesome sets in there. “Grunge Typo” was especially cool.
( )Lawrence77 February 6th
I love the rainbow and fire brushes…
remaining also very useful and looks cool!
hey Collis when you complete your 5 series Tuts…..
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Every time is say this, but no reply…
You dont have a time to reply a small question (shamed
ok, if you busy with other work, do the work carefully!
Lawrence
( )gabi February 6th
Nice!
( )Germansn February 6th
muy buen aporte siempre son necesarios los brushes…muy buenooo
saludos =D
( )Ariyo February 7th
Awesomeness! Much appreciated.
( )Wazzy February 7th
Really Awsom
( )Tom Ross February 7th
Some really nice one’s here. I especially love number 5.
( )Aloke Pillai February 7th
damn! Love it!
( )DKumar M. February 8th
Nice Collection Danny….!!
( )Joefrey February 8th
Great stuffs!
( )Ariful Alam Khan February 8th
Awesome collection. Thanks
( )Melissa February 9th
I don’t think they are really weird; some are quite useful and I’m sure someone could find a good use for each of these. Adding this to my bookmarks for future use!
Love love love this site!
( )projectautomatika February 9th
good stuff! thanks!
( )joyoge designers' bookmark February 9th
wonderful collection thanks a lot..
( )Theodorsen February 11th
Cool links, thanks!
( )strony internetowe February 11th
nice stuff
( )Y. Steven February 11th
Nice collection list, thank you
( )Athyrius February 13th
Hey Danny.. I did the set of x-ray brushes about 3 years ago. And am also on dev-art…
hmmm
Anyway, Here’s my sets.
http://www.athyrius.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=59
( )Intellect Design February 15th
Cool man!
( )shaz February 16th
Really werid set of burshes. This post has given me a few ideas of making a few of my own. I wont be as brush shy after seeing these now
( )Ben Lind February 20th
Haha, calling your own brushes “insanely weird”? Well, I agree, but they are still cool!
( )Jan March 1st
Great compilation, thanks!
( )Shjavo March 9th
nice brushes set’s…
psd tuts is teh better
( )Qmer March 11th
Fantastic list, thank u.
( )Lawrence March 12th
Nice! I’ll get some
( )Thanks
Parallax March 19th
This is the motherlode. By following links that appeared on some of the download pages, I actually ended up snagging 112 sets.
( )Brashika April 11th
Está chévere, pero sería mejor si los cosos para bajar estuvieran aquí nomás…
( )Ducked.nl April 30th
Awesome, thx a bunch!
( )melissa May 11th
gracias esta muy bueno
( )Cristobal Stanke June 8th
great post!!!!!!!!!! nice brushes!!!!
( )holly June 8th
Fabulous!!!
( )joffre from ecuador in south america July 25th
Awesome man! is great !
( )Ernesto from Iowa August 22nd
These are great…I’ve seriously underestimated the creative genius in this World.
( )Renee November 4th
These are awesome, I will definitely be able to utilize a bunch of these int he future!
( )Mirko November 13th
I didn’t really see the weirdness in these brushes, but they surely are awesome..
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