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Krita brushes 2021 bundle

Published on 07 august 2021

Update:

2021-08-07: a video with full description of the brush was added, as promised in the original introduction.

Intro

My brushes are in constant evolution, and yesterday evening I thought it was time to pack the ones that survived more than a year of production without too much
mutations. I collected this way a pack of 18 brushes, cleaned a bit the thumbnails, names and created the Krita bundle.

These brushes are now classics for my practice and part of my vocabulary. Maybe they'll help you too? To get an idea before installing them, here under is a set of
pictures to present you the brushes and where I used them (you can click on the picture to enlarge them).

Instructions to download the brush and install them comes after.

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Video

Ytb: https://youtu.be/UrmoHqPUfTg
Ptb: https://peertube.touhoppai.moe/videos/watch/21b1e2dd-89b2-4d51-85be-7d6721a8e669

My new Krita brush pack: overview and description

Gallery

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Download:
Here is a direct link: 2021-08-05_Deevad_2021.zip

Install:
1. Download the zip.
2. Extract the file.
3. Open Krita and go to Setting > Manage Resources
4. Press the Import Bundles button (or import Resources in Krita 5), and find the extracted file on your disk.
5. Press Ok, Restart Krita.
6. Done!

The brushe bundle doesn't come with a "tag", the brushes blends well with the default brush kit. You'll probably have to hunt a bit for them in the list. I tested them
on Krita 4.4.5 and also on Krita 5~dev. I hope they'll install easily on your side.

License:
This brushes are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 to "David Revoy, www.davidrevoy.com". This attribution is necessary in case of
redistributing the pack, commercializing it, or modifying the brushes files. This attribution is not necessary in case of usage (you can paint any artwork you want
with it, you still own totally your artwork). This attribution is not necessary in case of doing screenshot/screenrecording of Krita while using the brushes.

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53 comments

Ahmad Zorik  
06 august 2021, 12:06 -
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I just want to say thank you :)

Sargon  
06 august 2021, 15:29 -
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Big Thanks!

Yu Tajil  
07 august 2021, 01:35 -
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Super Thanks !

Ulisses  
07 august 2021, 04:45 -
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Thanks a lot!

Wolffy  
09 august 2021, 01:28 -
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Thank you very much! They work great in 4.4.5

Andreas  
10 august 2021, 07:30 -
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Thank you very much ^_^

I know it's may a stupid question but iam curious if you using your non-screen wacom tablet also for the inking process? I try it for a while but my line control are so
bad compared to pen and ink. If yes, did you need a long time to get used to it?

David REVOY Author,
10 august 2021, 11:02 -
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Hey! I posted a timelapse about inking a comic page where I use both tablet: with display and without. It was on purpose to show both are ok for me (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkveeXHUy04 ).

Non-screen tablets offers plenty of control; but they require a decent size (one that is lower but proportionaly similar to the monitor). The feeling of control on a
display-tablet is because the digitizer is forced to be 1:1 sized to the monitor (and it impact the final price). Here I have a large area to draw on the Wacom
Intuos4XL, a 42cmx25cm active area for a 27inch monitor. It's lower than the size of the monitor, but perfect for control.

Andreas  
10 august 2021, 12:21 -
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Thank you very much for linking the video (iam not sure if I watched it before or may just forget ^^) and your explanation. That helps me a lot. Wish you a good
week!

Dandelion  
16 august 2021, 03:56 -
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Andreas, be sure that, in your settings, the tablet is mapped to the same ratio as your screen! If they're different, it can distort the path of your stylus and drawing will
be very frustrating.

If you want a quick way to see if it's off, try tracing a circular object with your stylus. A mismatched ratio will result in an oval instead of a circle.

Andreas  
23 august 2021, 10:52 -
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Thank you for your help! :-)

Luis  
10 august 2021, 18:00 -
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Great ! Obrigado / thanks !

tdendybibiana11  
21 august 2021, 01:26 -
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not where is who but want please good in so none draw out wrong deevad krita 5.0 Download?

sad love help Thank you

Artistoptimist  
21 august 2021, 16:47 -
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Thank you very much David for the brushes. :-)

Wanted to tell you that a few brushes do not work in krita 5. The pattern is not loaded correctly for 5 brushes. Whether everything else works I can not say. It looks
like the brushtip 3_rake is also not avaiable.

David REVOY Author,
21 august 2021, 16:52 -
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Thanks! Krita5 doesn't exist yet, only a beta1 was released, so its normal if you met a bug. Please report to the krita developer as all brush kit made for Krita4 should
be compatible with future 5 in theory. Thanks.

Artistoptimist  
21 august 2021, 17:55 -
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Hey David, thanks for the fast reply. I really like your brushes and the contribution to krita, really thank you very much.Hey David, thanks for the fast reply. I really
like your brushes and the contribution to krita, really thank you very much.

It looks like your brushes uses 4-paper-soft-grain_testdark-black55.png and other patterns which is not delivered in your bundle and also not in the krita default
resources. In Krita 4 the pattern plops up only when you select a brush, idk if it is only stored in the preset. And now in the beta they aren't avaiable. Looks like the
bundle was maybe not right created in krita 4? Same for your bundle Krita_4_extras. Ramon also checks all his bundle too right now and doesn't say it is a bug or
got fixed in the release. There is a big thread in the krita-artists forum. Maybe you only need to reselect the pattern to export it correct in the bundle and all is fine for
both bundles?

It looks like your brushes uses 4-paper-soft-grain_testdark-black55.png and other patterns which is not delivered in your bundle and also not in the krita default
resources. In Krita 4 the pattern plops up only when you select a brush, idk if it is only stored in the preset. And now in the beta they aren't avaiable. Looks like the
bundle was maybe not right created in krita 4? Same for your bundle Krita_4_extras. Ramon also checks all his bundle too right now and doesn't say it is a bug or

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got fixed in the release. There is a big thread in the krita-artists forum. Maybe you only need to reselect the pattern to export it correct in the bundle and all is fine for
both bundles?

Tau Myx  
25 august 2021, 05:56 -
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Hello everyone.

I've been drawing digitally since the 1980's. I've tried a bunch of different programs that simulate "Natural media", and I find them quite frustrating. What is the
point of simulating all these different physical tools that are themselves used to simulate the subject the artist actually wants to draw? It's like a car that needs a whip
and horseshoes to drive.

Why can't digital brushes be made that directly draw common subjects, like leaves, grasses, stone textures, hair, excetera? There used to be some programs that did
this, but they don't run on modern machines.

David REVOY Author,
25 august 2021, 10:25 -
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A brush that simulate that will never have the accurate brush stroke rythm of the artist, the ready made light setup as in your scene, the resolution of the floor with
right amount of detail and blur...etc. Ready made pattern are weak in personality in a painting and suffer of that. If you feel such workflow is the way for you, learn a
3d software like Blender where many objects can be used like 'brush' and will have variation of 3d form, perspective, light and depht blur. Then, apply a little paint
over on top if necessary. (Note :Krita default pack contains a lot of brush to help for shaping silhouettes of leaf, mountains, rock, clouds, hair)

Tau Myx  
25 august 2021, 12:47 -
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Lighting, detail, and blur need to come from the artist in either case, that wouldn't be different. But when I look through this huge list of brushes, the vast majority of
them I am left wondering why I'd ever want it. I also find myself spending hours with the settings and controls of these brushes to get them to do what I want, and
then end up using the clone tool instead.

Real life isn't made of brush strokes. A painter doesn't make their oil paintings look like marble sculpture, why am I being pushed to make my digital work look like
oil? I guess I'd like to see fewer, more useful brushes, rather then so much attention on simulating tools I've never used in real life. (I've tried 3D, but the software
goes obsolete and stops running too fast.)

BTW, sorry to dump this here, where someone seems to be doing a good job satisfying other artists. But I don't know where else to ask this.

AJ  
31 august 2021, 08:00 -
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Try Clip Studio Paint. It comes with a set of brushes that do what you're asking: they automatically draw grass, trees, flowers, rope, zippers, etc. It's not too hard to
learn how to make your own CSP brushes which will let you draw something once, turn it into a brush, and use the brush to automatically draw it after that. Also,
CSP has an assets store where you can find many more brushes that let you automatically draw common items and patterns. Lots of these item/pattern brushes are
free to download as needed:

https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/

Because of its massive userbase, you can find Photoshop brushes that will automatically draw all kinds of common items. If Adobe is too expensive, Affinity Photo
is a much lower cost, one-time purchase, and it uses Photoshop brushes. Here, for example, is an Affinity/Photoshop brush set that automatically draws leaves, earth,
water, fire, rocks, etc.

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/store/product/concept-master-vol1-nature-brush-pack/

You should also take a look at Black Ink: "Unlike most other digital painting solutions Black Ink doesn't try to mimic traditional tools but uses your computer as a
really unique creative platform."

https://blackink.bleank.com/

Hope this helps.

AJ  
31 august 2021, 08:11 -
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Thank you for sharing this brush set, and for your helpful YouTube videos about Krita & digital art! Your webcomic is gorgeous, and I'm excited to try out some of
the tools you've developed to help you create it.

Daniel Steinborn  
04 september 2021, 17:52 -
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Those are really great brushes! Had a bit trouble getting them to work though.

First I tried them with krita-4.4.8-x86_64.appimage on Manjaro/KDE, but most of the brushes had an "X" in their thumbnail and did not work.

But in Krita 4.4.7-1 from the repositories they worked flawlessly. Will stick with that for now. Let me know if I can help in any way to debug this.

rusiani  
06 september 2021, 09:40 -
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Quick question here, i was wondering in gallery on sketch, the 2nd girl with the horns, on the left of her is it used the 2nd brush?

And i want to thank you so much for puting these out, use them every day!

David REVOY Author,
06 september 2021, 10:53 -
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Hey,

The artwork with full resolution and layer is on the Pepper&Carrot gallery here: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/sketchbook__2020-07-14_Research-for-
Wasabi_by-David-Revoy.html . If you open the high-resolution (click on the art, or open the "source & license" panels with top right button on the viewer) you'll see
the brush I used more clearly. For the big wash of grey, I used the default watercolor set part of Krita 4.x (a contribution done by Ramon Miranda).

rusiani  
06 september 2021, 13:01 -
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Hello again, i've been struggling a bit trying to find the default watercolor brush you used there, i was wondering do I have to download it from somewhere or is it
already in the latest krita version? if i do have to dowload it from somewhere, if you can share a link that would be great!

I downloaded some bundles from Ramon Miranda but i could't find it, sorry for the confusion.

David REVOY Author,
06 september 2021, 13:06 -
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If you have Krita over version 4.4.2 (should be easy, it was 6 version ago, current is 4.4.8); the watercolor brushes are part of default, in "All" category, they start by
j)_WaterC and have a icon with blue on it to see them on the family.

rusiani  
06 september 2021, 13:29 -
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I got it, thank you!

Do you have a texture on the whole canvas here? https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/sketchbook__2020-07-14_Research-for-Wasabi_by-David-Revoy.html

David REVOY Author,
06 september 2021, 14:52 -
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Yes, check the source files (the "Sources and License" button on the gallery); in the source Kra file, you'll find the texture on the bottom group.

rusiani  
06 september 2021, 15:50 -
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Thank you for your time, have a good day!

kaley m.  
13 september 2021, 16:10 -
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thank you beautiful brush

Fable  
22 september 2021, 12:41 -
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Hi David great brush set! I was wondering, do you have any plans to release your brush sets for Clip Studio Paint at all? Would love to use them in that program if
possible.

David REVOY Author,
22 september 2021, 16:06 -
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Hi Fable, thanks for your nice words.

For Clip Studio Paint: I would require two conditions:

1) They adopt a Free/Libre License and open the code. I use only that, my operating system too.

2) They port Clip Studio Paint on Linux; because of (1) this is the operating system I use.

If you can convince them, I'll be happy to help with a portage :-)

SAMUEL JOSUE en SALLE MAPPA  
23 september 2021, 20:05 -
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Bonjour s'il vous plait y'a t'il des brosses pour faire de speed line sur Krita.

Actuellement j'utilise le vanishing point mais il est limité

David REVOY Author,
24 september 2021, 10:19 -
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Bonjour,

Non, je n'en ai pas sous forme de gros tampon en brosse (principalement à cause de la limite de Krita pour la taille des brosses, et pour les temps de chargements des
brosses au demarage; devrait être résolu dans Krita5).

La méthode sous Krita est d'utiliser le vanishing point, ou plus recemment les calques SeExpr.

En tuto, j'avais fait ça en 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvQ5l0edsq4

andy castle  
02 october 2021, 15:49 -
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Thanks so much Daivid, love your work

Brittany T  
06 october 2021, 23:27 -
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SOS

Hey David, long time user and fan- I love your brushes, thanks so much for sharing them. I updated Krita yesterday and noticed today a lot of brushes were missing,
specific ones i always use. So i uninstalled and reinstalled the previous version but im having the same problem. I re downloaded this brush pack and its in my
resources, but when i try to move them into active the program is telling me the bundle doesnt exist. Ive been playing with it for hours and all i can seem to do is lose
more brushes and i dont know what to do.

David REVOY Author,
07 october 2021, 00:21 -
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Hi Brittany T,

Oh no! That sounds very difficult and stressful to get this type of experience. Have you tried accidentally to update to the development version? (Krita 5.x ?)

That can be a source of issue: It is still beta and in development, and a lot is happening with brushes (resources system is being totally rewrited with another system).

In any case; in Settings > Manage resources > you should find a button to "Open resources folder". This is where all the files and preferences are stored. (in case you
want to remove manually a bundle; or erase the files "blacklist" that contain brushes hidden from the interfaces , the one you deleted before or Krita keep hidden). If
the problem persist; a good idea could be to copy in a safe place the content of "Open resources folder" , then delete all. So, you'll start fresh; it can be useful to test.
Good luck, and let me know how it goes and if I can help.

Brittany T  
07 october 2021, 01:00 -
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Thanks for your quick reply- No, i didnt update to the beta version, it was the update from august, i think 4.8 cant remember the third number. I tried what you
suggested and reuploaded the bundle into the cleaned out resource file and it still isnt working (I also closed and reopened the program. still no luck.) From what I
can see i believe its only your bundle that isnt showing anymore, as I dont have the updated move tool brush, the new smudge brushes, ect, that i use all the time, but
i have many presets and other bundles ive imported.

Brittany T  
07 october 2021, 01:37 -
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Hey so i think maybe i might have just goofed up- originallly when i downloaded this bundle, a lot of the other brushes updated too, like the move tool brush and the
layer change brushes- and i assumed those were in your bundle but and were replaced, but i see now that your bundle only had 18 brushes. So now I need to figur
eout why i dont have the updated pre-loaded brushes anymore.

David REVOY Author,
07 october 2021, 02:09 -
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Good, at least now I know it is the default pack that have an issue. What happened if you try to download the default pack as a bundle
https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/raw/master/krita/data/bundles/Krita_4_Default_Resources.bundle?inline=false and then install it as a brush bundle?

Christine  
11 october 2021, 16:46 -
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Thanks for the brushes!

Chris  
31 december 2021, 22:37 -
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Thank you, you are the best. I subscribed to your channel and think it's great

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Sarena  
07 january 2022, 03:52 -
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I came here from your video about the new brush set. Thank you so much for all your work! Your videos and your brushes are incredibly helpful. I love following
how you create your amazing artwork.

Please give your cat some extra pets and scritches! To be honest, I had to restart the video because I was looking at the cat instead of listening to you ;-).

Cesar Coelho  
13 january 2022, 00:25 -
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Just to thank you on your generosity and talent. All the best.

Tamly  
16 january 2022, 07:21 -
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Awesome, Thanks a lot!

Gigi  
19 january 2022, 14:23 -
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Greetings David Revoy,

I just want to thank you. I have migrated from adobe Photoshop etc. and my son actually showed me Krita. I looked for brushes, found yours and it is heaven. Bless
you for this gift that you could have charged a pretty penny for. It is truly appreciated.

David REVOY Author,
14 february 2022, 08:50 -
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Thank you!

Hanna  
12 february 2022, 21:52 -
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Hello! i absolutely love your content pack very much, but i would like to ask, is visible credit needed when the artwork painted with your brushes is posted onto
internet, like instagram or tumblr? english is not my first language, and i couldn't understand the whole thing, and i just want to make sure! thank you!

David REVOY Author,
14 february 2022, 08:50 -
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Hi Hanna,

No, no credits is required or needed to post artworks painted with it. You are free to use them, even for pro, commercial and published art.

I only ask the credit in case of re-sharing the brushes themselves. Have fun! :)

mia  
13 april 2022, 23:47 -
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Hi David! i came here to give your brushes a try because they seem very cool!! however, i kind of struggle to download this brush pack, im still new to the program
and the way importing new brushes into it work. But anyway.. is there a simple way to download brushes? Hope you see this message even when i am late, Lol. In
case you see this message, i wanted to ask you this very important question, I downloaded krita about a month ago, and everything worked very fine, I loved the app
LOTS, especially the new brushes they offered! i believe it is named as ''RGBA brushes" It's about the textured brushes If I am being correct. Anyway! so I was
slowly experimenting those lovely brushes and i started to obsess with them, the next day I open krita again, I didn't find the brushes, ever again. they seem to be
missing, not one, two, MANY brushse, especially the textured ones, is there anyway i can fix this? thanks in advance!

Zachary  
05 june 2022, 09:50 -
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Hey Mia! The only thing I can help you with is downloading the brushes. I'm guessing that your having a problem extracting the file so Krita can use it? I use
windows so we don't have an extractor already installed, but I use 7zip. It's free to download and it will be in the options when you left-click a zipped file. You can
extract it to the destination you choose and then add it to your program!

Let me know if you need more help!

fnd  
23 may 2022, 04:56 -
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Hey David.Thanks a lot for the brushes and all your tutorial videos. You are one super awesome dude. Keep on rockin'!!

David REVOY Author,
23 may 2022, 07:27 -
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Many thanks!

Zachary  
05 june 2022, 09:47 -
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Seriously thank you so so so much! I've felt at a crutch without some custom brushes to get into digital painting. This is an incredible gift to beginner digital artists. I
cannot thank you enough for giving me such a head start!

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