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Hey guys

Im about to get off my arse and upgrade to photoshop CS2 and it made me realise i havent a clue where everyones getting their brushes from.. does anyone have any good links/info they fancy sharing?

My PS knowlage is pretty basic, just cleaning up and correcting but im intending to spend the summer learning more.. So have mercy

Now this is my kind of question!
I'm a brush-junkie...
One thing I'll mention, before the links, is look at the copyright that surrounds the brushes and respect it. There are TONS of great royalty, monitary, credit and copyright free brushes out there, but if something says to credit the creator, do, it's only fair. Some will just be linkware and the like but anything like that must be respected if you want to be respected yourself.

On to the links...
One of the best resources is DeviantArt ...here... if you go to browse-application resources-photoshop brushes, you'll get tons and then you can sub-search within that if you're looking for something in perticular.
Another good but limited site is this one

really DA will have nearly everything you might want but it can be a trawl... I've been on there long enough to only really need to look at the latest releases but the back catalogue might take you a while. There are tons of clubs on there too just for people who make brushes to show off their work.
And if it's not enough there are sites where you can buy cd's of brushes and use them as you will... sure you're paying but after that they're yours.

Any more questions please feel free to ask.

thanks for that! yeah DA is a nightmare to wade your way through. im all for giving people theyre credit! ive had my work ripped off enough myself to know how it feels.

thanks for the help i will be tracking you down for another question prehaps soon

Rach

CS3 Photoshop has a tutorial to create your own brushes.
Help>How to Paint and Draw>Create a brush and set painting options

Here is another tutorial for creating your own brushes.
http://www.daarken.com/flash2005/tutorials/custom_brushes.pdf
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He also has brushes available for free download.
http://www.daarken.com/Flash2005/main_02.html
On the 2nd column/row titled, "Personal", it's the very last link titled, "Custom Brushes


Hope this helps.


~j