Krita brushes 2025-01 bundle

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I'm starting the year with an update of my previous brush bundle: it was starting to feel a bit outdated compared to what I'm actually using.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.

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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

1. Download the zip.
2. Extract the file from the zip, it should be named "deevad-bundle_23-01.bundle".
3. Launch Krita (5.2.6 or newer).
4. Open Setting > Manage Resources
5. Press the Import Resources button, and find the file you extracted earlier on your disk.
6. 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.