Alessandra Cesarato
@alessandra_cesarato

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Illustration

Free Brushes for Procreate

by Alessandra Cesarato @alessandra_cesarato

Improve your digital illustrations with the brushes created by Microbians for Procreate

The argument between digital and analog illustration has long lost its importance as those who prefer using traditional techniques stick to paper, whilst those who prefer to create in pixels get to grips with the innumerable new tools constantly being released.

One of the tools that seems to be here to stay is Procreate, the drawing app for iPad that has turned into a favorite amongst artists all over the world.

A regular user of the app is Gabriel Suchowolski–better known as Microbians (@microbians)–whose portfolio numbers a large catalog of illustrations created with this software.

Here he shares some of the brushes he has created for himself over the years for Procreate, which are available for download at the end of this post, completely free.

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