Subtley textured brushes are currently a popular trend at the moment in web design (check out the subtlety on Smashing Magazine’s homepage – awesome). They are really useful for adding character and bringing a little light emphasis to your eitherwise dull designs. In this post we have 20 subtle Photoshop brush packs with a total of 223 brushes. Hope you find them useful. You may also like: 50 New and Free Photoshop Brush Packs → 38 Watercolor Photoshop Brush Sets [...]

In this article we have highlighted the best Photoshop brush packs that have been released recently. With a total of 50 packs and well over 500 brushes, covering almost all categories (grunge, light effects, ornamental, abstract, paint strokes, paper, splatters…) and all of the highest quality, you are guaranteed to find the brush pack that is needed for your next project here. You may also like: 38 Watercolor Photoshop Brush Sets (950 Brushes) → 1000 Grunge Photoshop Brushes (40 Sets) [...]

Watercolor effect is one of the most popular design styles in both web and graphic design. Using various combinations of pastel and neutral colors, this subtle technique gives designers the ability to give a natural, fresh and spring-like feel to their designs. In this roundup we have put together 950 watercolor brushes for Photoshop to help you create your own watercolor designs. You may also like: 1000 Grunge Photoshop Brushes (40 Sets) → Retro & Vintage Photoshop Brush Collection → [...]

Typically, the timeless and always popular grunge design style is characterized by its aged and fading visual graphics, with either broken or misshapen design elements and is entirely inspired by industrial architecture, urban decay, or in its simplest form, graffiti. To effectively recreate the grunge style you could of course design all of the elements yourself, which would be time-consuming and certainly repetitive when you consider the high quality and volume of freely available grunge brush sets. So, if you [...]

If you are looking to give your designs a technical or futuristic modern feel, or even just give them a detailed and clean look, then you are in for a treat today. In this round-up we have collected 40 various Photoshop Brushes that focus on technology.

Recently a new design resource launched called BrushLovers.com, offering a huge selection of highly professional, unique and meticulously designed Photoshop Brush packs. For the most part all of the brushes are completely free to use, but they also offer a selection of premium brushes selling from only $3 (you could also purchase a brush packs which would save you even more). As we really do love to offer some fresh and creative new resources here at Speckyboy, we felt we [...]

There is no better method for bringing a design to life and emphasizing design elements than using an effective and high quality light effect. Everybody loves a little bit of razzmatazz! And there is no greater time saver for any designer than a having a selection of these light effects always at the ready in the form of of Photoshop brushes. That is exactly what we have for you today: 50 Beautiful Light Effects Photoshop Brush Packs, with a total [...]

The demand for high quality Photoshop brushes are huge, every designer needs them. The problem may be that there are far too many of them, resulting in it is nearly impossible to find that particular brush that your design needs. There are certainly no shortage of Photoshop Brush Directories, and there are certainly no shortage of blog posts showcasing the best and latest brushes. What there isn’t though, is a good and reliable source of brushes were you can filter [...]

There are hundreds and thousands of Photoshop brushes available to download for free. Were do you start looking? How do you find that particular brush that you need to complete your latest design project? And most importantly, were are all the the high quality or even hi-res brushes? In this design resource round-up we have compiled a list of the best Photoshop directory resource sites and also compiled a list of the best PS brush collections. If you can’t find the brush that you need here, give up, because it can’t be found (or, I may have missed it).

Retro is a style that is very popular with graphic and web designers, styled properly the effect is amazing. Here are some brush sets to help you with your designs.

11 Free (grungy) Typography Photoshop Brushes Sets, Over 40 Brushes.

20 Amazing Vintage Brush Sets for Photoshop – Over 50 Brushes for you to play around with.

Please note this post is almost 3 years old and as such there are a quite few new resources (with the best of which being BrushLovers that are missing. For an up to date list, you should try these posts: 50 Photoshop Brush Collections – 1000s of Brushes → 40 Amazing Photoshop Brush Directories and Collections → 1. Photoshop Brushes on deviantART