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GIMP is an open-source image editing program, one of the most popular image-editing programs. GIMP has a large library of free brushes that can be downloaded, to improve functionality of GIMP. Here is a large collection of GIMP brushes that you will find useful for various purposes.
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Free GIMP brushes collection
GIMP Scratchies brushes
Grunge Brush set 3
Grunge Brushes
Splatter Brushes
GIMP water brushes
Butterflies brushes
Blood brushes
GIMP Brush sets/collections
- Galactic brushes
- Foliage
- 1100 GIMP brushes
- Odysee brushes
- Splashing
- Rise
- Swirlys2
- Inner universe
- Leafy Glade
- Edges
Grass blades: Create sharp-looking grass blades.
VectorGrunge: Another grunge brush.
Clouds: Create bright, natural clouds.
Floral: Create floral patterns
Florals: Another floral brush set.
Deep Down: Create smooth, deep art.
Sparkle : Dark, sparkling textures.
Cloudy: Create dark clouds.
Mask Brushes: Create dark, masking layers.
Grunge brushes: Create grunge textures.
Filmstrip: Create film overlays/graphics.
Tree brushes: Create trees!
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Thanks!
thanks,i am just looking for those brushes.
Fantastic compilation of brushes, have been looking for you wouldn’t believe how long to find some good brushes to assist in making avatars and signatures for my forum members, and to have a play with myself.
I look forward to opening up the gimp when I have them all installed and having a good old bash at making some better designs
Thank you.
This is so cool! I’m just a beginner
Thank you for this great post!
Greetings from Hamburg Germany
Nils
Very handy… Gimpage makes me smile. Thanks for posting.
¡fantástico! muchas gracias… me será útil en mi comienzo con el GIMP.
Would you consider posting video tutorials detailing how you accomplished the above in free formats?
I am recommending your web site for the “Link of the Week” nomination for the gimp brushes and plugins articles at the http://www.maysville-linux-users-group.org — this weeks has already been nominated, but hopefully next week you can grab the spotlight.
@Ed wiget: Thanks for the nomination.
Awesome! That’s about all I have to say. Thanks for the great list.
hell i’m still confused but, OwO ..*,[ GIMP BRUSHES SUPAH ROCKS ],*..
Hey there.
I have just started using gimp amd don’t really no what to do. I have downloaded some brushes wich went to a zip file. How do i make them saty in my toolbox tab thingy…
There not there?
Im sorry i have read ur tutorial and really just dont understand how to activated them
I have never really used zip files either….
So was just wondering if maybe yuu could explain it a bit more simpler for the dumb ppl lyk me who dont get it…LOL?
Or maybe do you npo were i can find a video tutorial on how to do it…
Any help would be great,
Sorry to be a hassel….
samantha, all you have to do is get to the actuall brushes and copy paste into your gimp folder. to do this u may want to search for your simp folders. then you paste them into the brushes folder.
hope this helps!
~MEBERT~
thanks alot.some of it are really preety coooool!
Thanks! These are great! (:
Thank you very much for all these awesome brushes.
I just got GIMP for my laptop, but always had it for mty main computer and these were some of the brushes I used before. The brushes from here have always been my favorites. Thanks again!
Very good and useful brushes. Fantastic!!!!!!!!
hell yeah..
that’s what i’m lookin for..
thanks a lot to whoever made, upload, and made the list just like you..
awesome bro..
God Speed..
Very good brushes
Hi! Very, Very thanks ;] Greetings from Poland
Love them. <33
Thanks. =]
Wow! these brushes are amazing!! I decided to install GIMP because I wanted to improve my avatar creating skills, and decided to google some brushes, I’m glad i did because these brushes will help me create some avatars beautifully!
jess x
I didn’t realize how amazing GIMP can be. I am excited to try a brush. This is all new to me!
FINALLY! amazing brushes now i can make better designs. THANK YOU!
Lovely variety of brushes in all, however this particular page has brushes of similar styles, might I suggest putting many different varieties here instead?
Plus your tutorial, although simple is a little hard to follow, as I am definately not a computer whizz and can’t seem to find any of the documents needed to downloads the brushes.
So although I have saved them to my computer, they are unusable at the moment, and I am sad to say I have had to delete many due to the fact they take up so much memory and can’t be used.
I think a step-by-step would be nicer, plus directions ons where to go. It would help a lot. Good Luck, and I love some of the brushes people have made (:
Thanks!!! Help alot~~
i am wondering what kind of brushes would u use if u want to make a avitar like meez or imvu?
Thank you!
Great compilation!
thanx a lot!!!!
this make my day, i was just looking for this..
from teh caribena.. THANX!!!!!
att..mexican artist
Fabulous!
Thanks a lot!
I so love GIMP (and Ubuntu:)! And fiding these brushes on the net helps me in creating more vectors and vexels:)
Hey I’m having a hard time. i have windows vista. and it sucks. any chance i could get some help?
It keeps saying:
“C:\Users\owner\AppData\Local\Temp\SS-grunge-swirls-3.zip could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences.”
These are just the brushes I’ve been looking for for a few things I’m working on. Thanks!
these r ALL free right?
Of course they are. Why don’t you look at the title once?
I like very much Gimp. But. please, can someone tell me where this folder brush – I haven’t got it. I pasted the brushes in the “etc” folder and then I create new one “brush”, but without result… Thank you very much!
thanks so much for this! i make headers and signs and things for forums and other things and i’ve always tried to find swirlies and different brushes just online, but now i can use these! thanks so much again!
Thank you so much! These are great!
Omg ^^ Thank you so much for these brushes! <3
These will come in handy! Specially the blood brushes and scrap brushes 
thank so much, excellent
help plz idunno how to download them!!!!
HELP HELP HELP! HOW TO DOWNLOAD????
ya i dunno how to download tthem too!!
hi, can you give the step by step procedure on how to install the brushes on my toolbox? because i don’t know how to make them appear on my gimp. do you have a video on how to do it on youtube? thanks a lot.
Thanx for de brushes. They are great.
I can’t figure out how to download these…I know i’ll have to move them to the gimp file…but i cant figure out how to download them to get them into a file period…i cant find the button or whatever…
can someone please help me?
In answer to Sarah, and everyone else asking how to install:
Download the brushes.
Go to My computer > Local Disk > Programs files > GIMP
Once in the GIMP folder, go to Share > Gimp > 2.0 (or whatever version you have) > Brushes.
Cut and paste the brushes that you downloaded into the folder, and restart the GIMP program.
gimp will win the battle over photoshop..i guarantee you..
just wait 1 year..
gimp rocks..
fuck photoshop
how to download it? i dont see download button
Any help with linux Ubuntu on how to install brushes?
click on the name of the brush
next time try to use your brain 
Great brushes! Thanks so much!