Create perfect pencil illustrations quickly, easily and digitally with these Illustrator pencil brushes.

I’ve used the pattern brush feature to build brushes that repeat the same section seamlessly along the stroke. Each brush contains end tiles alongside both inner and outer corner tiles for drawing right angles. (Beware of pattern art brushes not including corner tiles as the ability to draw fluidly is seriously inhibited without them).

Taking on board customer feedback, but not losing the life-like fluidity of a pencil was the real challenge. The danger when using pattern brushes for artist tools is that they lose the vitality of the source material, but I’ve definitely achieved my goal with this pack.

I’ve also included some dynamic and very short brushes too so you have a brush for every purpose.

Included in this set:

The Brushes
• Graphite Pencil Brushes: 12 Anti-stretch brushes and 12 short brushes – based on real pencil lead grades.

Coloring Pencil Brushes
• 6 Anti-stretch brushes, 2 short brushes and 4 dynamic strokes. All sourced from genuine pencils.
• If you are a tablet user, you’ll be pleased to know that a version of the brushes with pressure sensitivity enabled is included. (Please note that this feature only works in Illustrator CS5+).

Graphite Swatches
• Using colors taken from real graphite. Use these to color your artwork accurately and quickly.

A Quick Reference Guide
• This will help you find the right brushes for the task in hand quickly.

Example Files
• A selection of the preview images. Use these to see how I achieved the look.

Instructions
• A very thorough guide on how to load, apply and then adjust the brushes is supplied.

Software compatibility: Adobe Illustrator CS5 and newer.

This product was originally featured in The Totally Diverse Vectors Collection

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