So I recently posted about all (the ones I could find again, anyway) the Procreate brushes I got for free. Most of them are awesome - my favorites are mostly from Abbie Nurse - but I also bought a few brushes. And I must admit, I use the ones I bought more frequently than those that I downloaded for free.
So here I'm making a list of all the brushes I bought, noting the ones I use most often and what my favorites are.
Chalk Dust by Ian Barnard - I tried out a couple of free chalk brushes, but I find none that is as easy to use and as smooth as Ian Barnard's brushes. This set comes with 6 lettering chalks, 7 chalk effects, 2 script brushes from Stefan Kunz, 6 blackboards, an installation guide, tips and tricks sheet, and alphabet examples. The ones I use the most are the Stefan's Chalk Brush and Dust.
I modified the Chalk Brush and made it into a monoline brush.
Creative Lettering Procreate Bundle by Dawn Nicole - Dawn is one of the first had letterers I followed. I read her posts, joined her Facebook
group, and basically stalked her on social media. Her lettering style is not something I would do myself (because I can't do it lol) but I enjoy looking at her bold colored designs. Plus, her blog is really informative! This is comes with 15 brushes - 7 brushes and 8 stamps.
This is one of my favorite projects. The color palette is also Dawn's.
Step By Step Floral Bundle and
Step By Step Floral Monogram by Karin Newport - Karin is admittedly my favorite lettering artist. She is very responsive on Facebook (she answered all my questions about the brushes when I messaged her, and is very patient despite my many questions), and her lessons and tutorials are easy to follow. I got the Monogram bundle first, but I had so much fun that I also bought the Floral bundle after a while. The bundles come with all sorts of flowers and leaves stamps. The Monogram bundle comes with, yes you guessed it, monograms that you can use as template. Karin also has a tutorial about it that is very useful for first timers like me.
I spent hours working on these. I'm going through all the letters of the alphabet.
Watercolor Advanced Set by Karin Newport - This is my favorite watercolor brush set. I have tried a few, but this is the only one I paid for, and it was worth it! I don't use real watercolor as a medium (because let's face it - I suck at it), but using these brushes feel like I'm actually painting with real watercolors. This set comes with 20 individual brushes, but the ones I use the most are the Watercolor Calligraphy brush and the Wet Blend. Oh, and this comes with a watercolor texture file, too!
This is my first watercolor project. I followed Karin's tutorial on this. I may have gone a little bit overboard on the colors.
Keep Lettering Set and
Lettery Set by Karin Newport - By now, you might have figured that most of my brushes come from Karin. I swear, it's all worth it. And no, I'm not getting a commission nor is this a sponsored ad. I just really like her brushes because I feel like it's tailor-made for me and for the way I write. I never had to adjust the settings, I just use the brushes as is. My favorites are the Serif and Invitation Script Brushes.
Made this using the Invitation Script brush, which I use on just about everything I letter.
And last but not the least,
Procreate Brushes and Foil Textures by Summit Avenue - I bought this because of the textures, primarily. The brushes were an added bonus because I also use them often. I've downloaded my share of foil textures but have found none that I really like, until I stumbled upon these. The unicorn textures are absolutely adorable.
I don't have any projects saved on my laptop using these brushes or textures, so I'll just leave this here.
So, that's it. I'm really contented with the brushes that I have and because of that (also in an effort to save money), I stopped searching for and looking at any more brushes. I feel like I don't need any much more anyway, except maybe when it's free. Then hells yeah, I'm definitely gonna get it.
