Free Adobe Illustrator Brushes to Speed Up Your Workflow

Working in Illustrator is often slow, laborious business, so using brushes can speed up the process and cut down on the hard work, which can be a very valuable commodity if time is of the essence!

There are not so many Adobe Illustrator brushes available, so we have scoured the internet to bring you a selection of varying brushes in one collection to save you even more time.

Brushes for Adobe Illustrator

Stars 3D Brushes

24 Scatter 3D stars brushes for Illustrator CS and higher.

Stars 3D Brushes

Scatter Cloud Brushes

10 cloud brushes for Illustrator

Scatter Cloud Brushes

Snowflake Illustrator Brushes

8 snowflake brushes – 4 scatter, 4 pattern.

Snowflake Illustrator Brushes

Spiral Bubble Illustrator Brushes

A set of 12 brushes

Spiral Bubbles Illustrator Brushes

Illustrator Brush Set 3

A set of scatter brushes for Illustrator CS3 and above.

Illustrator Brush Set 3

Circles and Drips Brushes

A set of 9 Illustrator brushes.

Circles and Drips Brushes

Scatter Brushes

10 colorful dots scatter brushes for Illustrator CS2 and above.

Scatter Brushes

Scatter Brushes Set

12 scatter brushes for Illustrator.

Scatter Brushes Set

Grid Brushes

10 brushes for Illustrator.

Grid Brushes

Midsummer Stars

1 star brush for Illustrator.

Midsummer Stars

Woodcuts: AI Flourish Pack

A brush pack based on wood cut flourishes.

Woodcuts: AI Flourish Pack

Construx

10 abstract construct brushes.

Construx

Technix Brush Pack

A large pack of technical brushes.

Technix Brush Pack

Smoke Illustrator Brushes

10 brushes for Illustrator 9 and above.

Smoke Illustrator Brushes

Urban Squares Brushes

A set of grungy, urban square patterned brushes.

Urban Squares Brushes

Grunge Illustrator Brushes

14 brushes for Illustrator 10 and above.

Grunge Illustrator Brushes

Vector Marker Brushes

A huge set of 230 marker brushes.

Vector Marker Brushes

Sketchy and Line Art Brushes

A set of 6 sketched lines brushes.

Sketchy and Line Art Brushes

Chalk Illustrator Brushes

13 chalk line brushes.

Chalk Illustrator Brushes

Ink/Watercolor Brushes

A set of 13 watercolor strokes brushes.

Ink/Watercolor Brushes

Mouagip’s Brushy Brushes

A set of 12 line and spiral brushes.

Mouagip's Brushy Brushes

Halftone Brushes Set

10 halftone brushes for Illustrator 10 and above.

Halftone Brushes Set

Kairy Brushes

A set of 6 fractal brushes in a paisley-style design.

Kairy Brushes

Teardrop Foliage

A set of 12 floral foliage brushes.

Teardrop Foliage

Foliage

16 foliage brushes.

Foliage

Swirly Curls

A set of 22 floral swirls and curls brushes for Illustrator.

Swirly Curls

Floral Vector & Brush Pack

This download contains the ai and abr brushes and eps and png vector images.

Floral Vector and Brush Pack

The Hairbrush Kit

A comprehensive set to aid in drawing hair in Illustrator.

The Hairbrush Kit

Tutorials

Check also some of our tutorials:

How to Create a Pattern Brush in Adobe Illustrator

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a simple chain pattern brush in Adobe Illustrator.
Pattern Brush

How to Create Textures in Illustrator

Vector artworks containing textures always look more natural simply because all objects that surround us also have textures. The texture can show itself through surface roughness and color and irregularity of objects. Moreover, the vector with some texture always looks professional, that’s why in today’s tutorial we will check out several ways to create texture in Adobe Illustrator.
Texture Brush

Conclusion

Hopefully you found some of these sets worth downloading and adding to your library for future use. As always, we would like to extend our thanks to the artists who create these free resources for the benefit of all.

If you use any of these brushes in your creations, please share the link with us in the section below so we can all get more ideas on how to use and adapt them.

Carol Francis
Carol Francis

Carol is a blogger and Photoshop enthusiast. She enjoys surfing the net in search of outstanding art, design and photography, and enjoys nothing better than sharing her discoveries through article writing.

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