Krita brushes 2025-01 bundle

Published on 11 january 2025

Intro

I'm starting the year with an update of my previous brush bundle: it was starting to feel a bit outdated compared to what I'm actually using. Even though it looks mostly the same, under the hood all brushes got a lot of improvements.

Gallery

Changelog:

Added 8 new brushes.
Kept the design, and color code by groups
Refactored pressure sensitivity curves: the bundle is now more linear.
Fixed glitches here and there.
Fixed a brush that was too similar to another one (I accentuated its effect).
Fixed initial brush size, optimised for working at 66% 50% and 33% zoom of the viewport.
Switched smudge brushes to "Parralel" blending mode; better color mixing results.
Added brush tag "deevad 25.01"
Added "deevad 25.01" in brush name to ease filtering them.

Usage

Here is the old video I made for 23.01 but it still applies for 90% of this brush bundle.

( I'll post soon a new one, subscribe to my channel to get informed or follow Shichimi on Peertube with any Fediverse client.)

Download

I am able to keep these resources free, open, and without a paywall thanks to the 1% who support my work and make this possible for the other 99%. If you want to be one of them, thank you! You'll find the links to support my work here, I have accounts on Patreon, Tipeee, Liberapay and more options are listed).
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Direct link: deevad-bundle_25-01.zip

Checksum (Sha256): 3ffb70e88bd9c71e436a1fa77eeea9f40b178352ca5e441424a8b00fdc2a1c43

Install

Download the zip.
Extract the file from the zip, it should be named "deevad-bundle_23-01.bundle".
Launch Krita (5.2.6 or newer).
Open Setting > Manage Resources
Press the Import Resources button, and find the file you extracted earlier on your disk.
Done; you'll find the brush in the tag deevad 25.01.

License

These brushes are licensed under CC-0 Public domain. You are free to do commercial work with them, to reshare them, to fork them, to reuse them, to include them in your software.
The pictures and artworks for the demonstration in this article, under CC-By to David Revoy.

FAQ

Q: Can I paint with these brushes for a commercial project??
A: Yes you can. I have set the license to CC 0 / Public Domain. You are free to use these brushes as if they were your own.

Q: How to set their layout in a two columns?
A: I detail this in the introduction of this video (link with timecode).

Q: Why do you pack erasers, airbrushes, move tool, etc.? Aren't they already included in the standard Krita package?
A: That's because this bundle is my standard set; the one I've been painting with every day for years. Having duplicates of the presets in my pack allows me to slightly update their behavior if I want. I keep only this brush pack visible on my interface, usually in a two-column layout.

Q: Lazy artist! Your brush looks just like the default set! Same name and design! Some are even similar!
A: That's because I designed the default brush of Krita and even if my taste evolves a bit, my main tools and my way of solving problems remain the same.

Q: Why are you investing time to do this for free??
A: Many reasons: One is that it is a good way to create a clean snapshot of my tools at a given time. Sharing them forces me to document them, clean them, and make nice thumbnails. I'm the first one here who enjoys using something clean for my work. I also like to share my brushes with artists who are interested in how I created this or that effect.