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acetous
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all pinned up
axxessdenied
bluecad
brodiss
broken-wings
brusha.brusha
cinnamon touch
control 29
d-signvault
damnapple
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dc
die fabrik
dogwood
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e.ats
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emptydrome
enfest
faded
false-paradise
fiasco.nu
fiesty
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gaskmasknation
graceless.nu
graphics-freak

heterodox
in your dreams
innocent-leaves
interlooper
ivoryocean
januarygirl
jeffsdigital
kazadoodle
Kessia
la-revolution
lmdk.com
mccoy.co.uk
metronomic
mis-focus
Misprinted Type
Missy's Brushes
nocturna.net
ok
pinceaux
pixelfied
plunk
plutonium designs
pocky8
qtone
rebecka.biz
redberger
redcelt.com
Relique
rest-stop
Roberto Segate
sagenlicht
sfaustina
shift22
sibx
site 4 sore eyes
sopretty.dk
splat
spyroteknik
statica
Surfstation
sweet-essence
tim-only
thalea.org
the city
theorem
thugmentality
touchstone
triberadio
trigness
truly-sarah
unkosher.org
visage.cx
visual dust
visualorgasm
watcha
williac
winggleam
zoorex



PSP Brush Sites:

ahmet's world
bANDm
crystallized.org devilesque
digital eyecandy
evergleam
fairy-tale
fallingout
fly.thalea
goat!
graphics by kathi
imaginings
Jen's Originals
lalaland
mysticangels
nymf.net
oddball
oona
paper-pieces
plastik
rigor mortis
rubbish
serene
silent ambition
smearedmirage
smoldering hot
sparkledaze
starstruck
tannie
unsparkled
versatile creations
visage
vivacious
whitefalls
yonderdreams

PS & PSP brushes:
alda b. designing
astro-pop/alicia
cherrysoda
entrancy
marvilla
nymphaea
popgoddess
tere
the protagonist

Deviant Brushes:
Click for links

Had brushes:
Digitexturia.com
elegance
extrend
false-optimism
fly.thalea
nightglow
nonexistent
poetic-jester
remarkable
shiver-style

Link to me:

Thanks:
Get plugged!
Thanks Lily Grace!
Gertie! You're no. 1 !!!
What a marvelous place!
A great inspiration - Jeff's Digital!
great challenge!

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Updates:

Apr. 27. Link to my guestbook spammer has been removed. I think she got enough visitors and as far as I'm concerned this issue is mostly over.

Note to guests: If one doesn't read the FAQ, or one doesn't read messages left in his/her GB because one didn't know what his/her own GB private messages look like, does that mean the other side is at fault? Just as a point of thought - say you violated a law you weren't aware of, does this mean you are unaccountable for it?...

To my spammer - I hadn't visited your site since the incident until today - I admit I found the messages in your tagboard amusing... I don't write curses in other people's GBs or Tag Boards so if you were wondering: No, I didn't leave you any of the latest messages.

To people who think I'm a horrid person... LOL... what can I say, I had somebody copy from me, and then I got yelled at for being annoyed at that... Yes, people think that copying links is OK cause you can get them from a search engine - so by all means, go and get all the links here from a search engine... I assure you you won't be able to find them - there's a lot of work involved here - especially with keeping the list current. Between each update many sites change, move, shut down, add brushes, remove brushes and so on... I try to make sure that with each update you will get all the latest stuff. People who copy don't think about this. So they come once and copy the list. They don't check for updates, or what version of Photoshop the brushes are for, they don't delete the dead links every now and then, or add new ones, and BTW, there will be many new links here soon...

How do I get these links? - from everywhere - a link in a forum here, a new link in a site there, links that people add to brushmania, links that people email to me or leave me in my guestbook and so on. I check each site. I check what type of brushes each site has. I make sure the brushes are original and not copied from somebody else. There's a LOT of work and that's why each update with new links takes me forever, and then to have people make fun of me... well, it hurts.

All I can say is that that girl who copied is young and hopefully she'll grow up and realise what she'd done... but although she claims to being in the dark about my FAQ, she was ... smart... enough to not add vbrush's link to her list... makes you wonder why, eh? And it's thanks to a friend, and you know who you are, that I learnt about the copying. (Thanks Friend!!!).

It annoys me that I have to waste my time on this silly issue but what I read on that girl's site... the disregard for all my hard work, made me realise that it's only fair that I defend myself, too.

 
Apr. 26. Fixed problem with the "messy curve" brushes. Anybody with PS6 who couldn't get these two sets to work can re-download them now. Apparently I didn't pay attention and I compiled them in PS7... They are now re-compiled in PS6 for your pleasure.
 

Apr. 23. I have removed the guestbook due to spamming. The following site copied my links list. I left a private message in the site's guestbook requesting removal. Got no response ... After three dyas I left a public message which must have offended the site owner... as a result I got an abusive letter... links were removed from her site after that. Then I was spammed with many kind words in my guestbook. The link to that site is: REMOVED and you are more than welcome to pay her a visit. I've been nicely offended... thanks a lot. I have a lot of email to handle and a lot of real life to handle and instead I have to deal with this. I will add a new guestbook soon... and thanks to the lovely people who wrote to me in it - and I mean the real lovely people who wrote the good letters!

 

Apr. 21. I won't get you too tired with a long session here (cause I'm tired...), Just a few mini-notes. Above you you will see a banner to the flowchart which is my little way of explaining some of the basics of this site, based on some Q's I'd seen. I will hopefully get a few more Qs added to the FAQ in one of the near future updates. Aside from that the links will be updated in the next update, but I might make a mini update in between ... for another surprise, so stay tuned. A BIG ThankYou goes to Kris from qtone who is in the process of helping me out with creating a download counter... What a guy!

Well, to business - 29 new brush sets for you - many new items, some vintage, some swirls, some items created with the help of PS7, all sorts of crazy ideas that came to my mind, some great scans (my grandma's old radio, audio tapes and so on), some manipulated fonts ... dutch swirls (and I can't remember the font name I own credit to, but it's something like Dutch Swirl, and you can check it out at typeoasis).

Note to link thieves - DON'T COPY MY LINKS... Why? Because it's a HUGE list which I work hard to maintain, and update... and it's not worth all my hard work if you just come and copy. You want to credit brush artists? Link directly to sites who's brushes you used. You want to direct people to brush links? Link to vbrush. Simple.

Note to Chinese guy who is stealing brushes from everybody - I hope that somehow somebody finds a way to shut down your site... And Yes, I need help in this so please contact me if you know how to shut down sites in China.

Addendum to the above: to people who think I'm targetting Chinese people - I'm not - but this particular point is important because China has NO laws to protect us from copyright violations and this guy is using this fact to his advantage, plus, when all brush artists wrote to him and asked him to remove their brushes from his site, he chose to rewrite his opening page in Chinese only. I used a translator to figure out what he wrote, and what he said there was that "the foriegners do not have the spirit of sharing" and that was why he was now only going to distribute the items he stole (BTW, not only brushes), he was going to offer them only to "domestic" visitors which is what I gathered was only local Chinese guests. I don't know about you, but this was insulting and hurting, espcially when all the brush artists have put their trust in their guests and this guy used it (and still is, BTW!). I don't mean to say this reflects on all Chinese people, but certainly the fact that he came from China and there's no laws there to protect us from art theft, is IMO a great part of it. My apologies to people who are offended, but this is why I am pointing this out. (and while I was uploading this update, I found two more sites from China that were distributing other people's brushes... sorry, but it's a fact...).

Note to people who leave me messages in guestbook - if you are asking for my comments, even if your question may be offensive, will you please leave me your email address - I won't bite, but please give me the chance to defend myself if you accuse me of something.

Note to people who have JenR's PSP Brush tutorial linked - Jen has reloacted her site, so please update to the new link:
http://www.squidge.org/~jenepherre/jensoriginals/PSP7CustomBrushes.html

Take care and I'll see you soon. Want to know when? Join the update list, on the top right corner. TTFN. *grin*.

 
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Mar. 24. Hey everybody - I hope you survived this long break... My real-life took over big time, but if you ask me, the wait was worth it... There's just so many new sites, it's beyond thought! Anyway, I have a few things to say, and then you can go check all the new goodies...

Brush thief. A certain Chinese guy decided that there's nothing better than using vbrush to get to all the brushes out there... well, don't we all, right? Wrong! This person downloaded set after set from many of the sites linked here and uploaded 450 sets to his site... He did this without permission. He didn't credit anybody. He seemed to think that people should all share their stuff... Well, for that certain person's information... if those people hadn't shared their brushes on their site, he would not have been able to steal them... All I can say is that this guy is lazy... and can't create anything on his own, and well, he stole not only brushes, but the recognition and hits from the artists who made these brushes. Also, as a result, quite a few artists have decided to either remove their brushes from their sites, or just make it somewhat harder for people to get them. So, if anybody thinks of grabbing brushes from somebody and then providing them from his/her site... maybe you should think again. Brushes are the personal property of the people who created them, and thus protected by the copyright law... and if people wish that the artists continue making new brushes and providing them, well, they should think twice before stealing them...

On this note, I would like to thank all the brush artists who wrote to me and tried to help in this matter or just wrote to show support. I know I didn't reply to all of you... I'm just too overwhelmed with both my virtual life and my real one... But it was very good to hear from you.

Photoshop 7. Well, basically old news now, but I had the chance to play a bit with a beta version... and I made a little intro re all the new brush options that this great new tool will provide... If you thought brushes were fun up until now, well wait till you start playing with scattering brushes, their shape size and jittering them, not to mention multiple colours and dual brushes! Want to see what I'm talking about? Click HERE.

Featured brush artists. OK... I didn't mean to grab nocturna's idea... but the thing is, I found myself having to play with brushes by certain artists... You have to understand... I see so many sets, if I find sets that excite me, it's quite rare... So here I was playing with sets by roadkillart and sfaustina and these nice abstract images came out... and that's when I thought I can use them to sort of pieque your interest... I'm not objective, and I have my own taste, so of course, this might not be your cup of tea, but maybe you never thought to check this stuff out, but now you will... So go HERE to check'em out!

New Tutorial. In the how to section, re how to add colours to images made out of brushes. Hope you find this useful!

Brush links. If I thought the last update was huge, this one seems to outdo them all. Aside from a huge amount of new sites in general, there's lotsa new brushes over at deviant art. You *HAVE* to check the brushes there - if you don't, you'll be missing out on the best sets in the world! Me? I'm beyond myself with excitement! Don't know where the deviant brushes are? Go HERE now! and anyway, I will now list all the changes... take a deep breah!

New sites: (PS) adobe xchange, ajh78, all pinned up, broken-wings, brusha.brusha, damnapple, dogwood, elizabeth the painter, faded, false-paradise, graphics-freak, in your dreams, kazadoodle, mccoy.co.uk, metronomic, pocky8, qtone, rebecka.biz, redberger, rest-stop, sibx, site 4 sore eyes, the city, triberadio, truly-sarah, visage.cx. (PSP) bANDm, fairy-tale, oddball, oona, rigor mortis, rubbish, smearedmirage, sparkledaze, vivacious. (PS&PSP) astro-pop/alicia, cherrysoda, tere. (deviants) (PS) blackpony, cranial-bore, dannic, digimortal, graham, graydaisy, hyrax, insektaserpenta, jankin, juan18, kallok, kez, luiniel, microchaotic, nighty, neurotica, psychonox, the spook (PSP) daewon, skullbaby138.

Updated sites: All sites that have added new brush sets since Feb. 17 have the button next to them. I made this checkup between March 20 and March22... If new sets were added since, I will mention the update in vbrush's next update.

Changes: ballistic.nu once again known as fiasco.nu. roadkillart was moved to the deviant brushes section. suzzettemcgrath is now known as winggleam. radio9x moved out of the deviant section and is now known as triberadio.

Removed: digital-opulance. quietstar. pist-off. slipping away. hydro47. exise.

Thanks: Lilly the RedCelt, all the lovely people writing to me and to those who have signed my guestbook, and especially to all the talented brush artists! (Hope I haven't forgotten anybody...).

OK, this was a LOT of hard work, so I truly request that nobody copy this list elsewhere because I've worked hard to get it to you and to make sure it's up-to-date and that there no broken links. Also, stay tuned for another related project coming up. Happy Holidays everybody! From me!

 

Feb. 17. This is mostly a links update... There's a lot of new stuff out there, and it's been extra hard to cope with the amount of it all, but well worth your time.

Please don't forget to go through the FAQ before writing to me with any question. I am *very* much behind with my mail... am just not coping with the high demands of this site while also leading a busy real life (work, house, friends, family... also having some fun and now studies too...). I ask your forgiveness if I haven't replied to your recent letter. I try to do my best but at times I cannot cope. Please write again and hopefully you'd catch me at a better time and I'll get back to you.

Tiny thingies... I'm happy to see that many of my X-Files friends have begun creating their own brushes... there's at least four XF fan links here and I know of at least one more on the way. Also, some personal patriotism if you allow me - getting recognition in my own home country from the Israeli bloggers forums (site in Hebrew)! Not to mention discovering a fellow Israeli brush artist (Daniel Adrian- Visual Dust).

Personal request... To anybody who's thinking of copying all these links to his/her personal site - I beg of you, please don't... There's just so much work involved in updating these links... and I'm talking of more than 100 links now... if somebody just comes and copies the whole list, I'd just feel like all my efforts are for nothing... It's great to be recognized for my work (and yes, collecting and updating links is *hard* work... takes me a lot longer to do this than to add my brushes... *gulp*)... Just recently a site that offered brushes closed down. It's the very well-known "Blend Challenge"... The creator shut her site down after people began copying her idea... I guess I'm asking that you please not copy this site's original idea...

Now, of course, if you use brushes, please link back to the site you used the brushes from. Even furthermore - I'm happy to have vbrush linked, but try to remember whose brushes you are using and give proper credit. As a quick tip, download each artist's sets into a seperate folder going by the name of the site... for instance, if you got brushes from nocturna, create a folder called "nocturna.net" and save her sets there... and so on - it will be a lot easier later on to give the proper credit.

Ok, I think I'm mostly done with the lecturing, so I'm moving on to the good stuff - new links and updates:

New links: (PS) redcelt.com, ivoryocean, unkosher.org, Missy's Brushes, Kessia, pinceaux, false-optimism, trigness, visual dust (Israeli!), digital opulance, drowning jupiter, aesthetical.org, touchstone, theorem, roadkillart, lmdk.com. (PSP) digital eyecandy, slipping away, visage, goat!, yonderdreams, tannie, evergleam, whitefalls. (PS&PSP) alda b. designing.

New category: Deviant Brushes. I have added a page dedicated to brush artists who are hosted in deviantart - many such artists do not have their own home page and their deviations is where you'd look for some outstanding stuff.

All sites that have added new brushes since January 30th have been marked as .

Removed: gear.suture.nu, the blend challenge (closed...) and citizen erased (am waiting for the new link of that site).
Had brushes: digitexturia (going through yet another hiatus), elegance, smoldering hot, hydro47.
Renamed: sixhours => januarygirl, hooktonfonix => thugmentality.
Changed status: entrancy, moved to PS&PSP brushes.
New tutorial: How to make spike brushes in PSP - go to the how to section.

Thanks: Lily Grace, Lilly the RedCelt, Darian, JenR, Mels, shiivva, j and Daniel Joseph. Thanks to all the darling people who signed my guestbook - keep that coming - you have no idea what feedback does to an artist. Thanks to all the people who have linked vbrush, and especially to those who have used the brushes - it's great to see what you people come up with! and also thanks to my friends who have been there supporting me all the way.

Join The official brush fanlisting! - the brush fanlisting I created. This fanlisting is for people who use brushes, people who make bruhses and those who just like brushes, period. If you're a brush artist and your link is not listed here, yet you want quick exposure, sign up to brushmania. If you're looking for new links that haven't been listed here yet, check brushmania out... Also thanks to all of those who have already signed up!

Join the vbrush update list to find out when this site is next updated with new links and/or new brushes.

Note to JenR and J who gave me tips regarding PSP - I will be updating all this info next and sorry this has taken me so long.

Addendum a: I asked in the adobe photoshop forum if the next version of photoshop will have backward compaibility options for brushes... i.e., allow you to save brushes as older versions of photoshop... one of the developers answered me that it's too complicatad for it to be done... so that's that... (but I can't wait for photoshop 7 to come out!).

Addendum b: If any of the brush artists listed here can write to me and let me know what version of photoshop their brushes are, I'd be very grateful and so would vbrush's visitors.

 

Feb. 10. This is a brush update! Yes, yes... it's been a month of no new brushes, but for this you get a reward... 28 new sets!!!

Before the brushes some essentials:

  • - Please read the FAQ. I'll repeat this again because people still write with questions that are answered there... I am swamped with email, I also have a job, a husband and a house to run, not to mention other activities... if you want a quick answer, the FAQ is your first choice.
  • - Please join BrushMania, the fanlisting I created for fans of brushes (make them, use them, love them) - we have 58 members as I write this update and hey, I know that there's many more from just checking this site's tracker, so come on - prove you're fans!
  • - For my latest brush art, please visit my bkaro - I'd love to hear your comments!
  • - Want to be informed when vbrush is next updated? Join the vbrush update list. Fill up the simple form up there on the right... there's new links next time...

OK, you read all the above - now the goodies!

I made...

"Inspired Brushes" - based on a tip given to me by Jeff from JeffsDigital - I created blotches that will add a lot ot your art - splash them all over, use them to colour above... use them to create new blotches... be creative... there's seven inspired sets - some are blotches I created out of images.

"Orient Blotch Brushes" - based on the inspired technique I created a set with an oriental touch - old photos of Japanese women, and more, all blotched up.

"Grandma Brushes" - scans of documents and more that were left to my family by my grandmother...

"Macro Brushes" - made out of macro photos taken with my new digital camera.

"Parcel Brush" - photos slightly played with of torn pieces of parcel paper.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg - there's "Bad Photocopy", "Ivy", "Old Ads", "Text Blotches", "Dollar" and more.

I'd love to see what you make of these brushes, please link back to my site if you've used the brushes - if people come back here from your site, I will see a link from my statmeter and I'm sure to take a visit (I'm obsessed...).

That's about it - I will have more links on my next update (yes, there's more!). Oh, by the way... did I tell you I'm beat?... This took me ages to complete... *sheesh*.

 

Feb. 7. This will be an informative update re a few little additions and pleas.
Links and/or brushes will be added on the next update...

  • - Read the FAQ before writing to me with questions. There's a lot of answers there.
  • - I would like to invite you all to join the fanlisting I created for fans of brushes called BrushMania. This is a list for people who make brushes, use brushes or plain like brushes. It's a great chance to add yourself and check other links of fans like you, either for inspiration or maybe new brush links!
  • - On the right side you will see the "vbrush update list". It's there for people who would like to be informed when vbrush is next updated with new brushes and/or new links.
  • - Also new, nocturna has created a webring for creators of photoshop brushes - brush makers, get listed! (link's on the right side up top).
  • - V-Brush has been added as a permanent link at JeffsDigital... and well, Jeff has provided the inspiration for my upcoming brushes so stay tuned...
  • - Please go and visit my bkaro for my latest art using new brushes to come out soon...
  • - Citizen Erased has found a new host... Thanks to everybody who has offered help. I hope to have the new location soon.

Thanks to everybody who has written to me with questions, comments and new links. I'm working on replying so don't give up on me yet, and see you soon!

 

Jan. 30. Before I begin - PLEASE READ THE FAQ before writing to me with questions. I have updated it with a LOT of information, including answers to many questions I'd gotten over the passing months. If after you've gone through the FAQ you still have questions, you are more than welcome to drop me a line. The reason for my insistance is that I'm not coping with my email due to real life demands and the fact that I get a LOT of it (lots of email)... I try to answer as many people as possible, but sometimes I just can't manage it... That's why the FAQ is there, to help you out and to give you answers to your questions on an immediate basis.

Apology: To all the people I didn't reply to... There's quite a few letters that I haven't replied to... If you're one of these people I would like to apologize and urge you to write again. I've been away from home a few times during this passing month and I just couldn't get back to everybody. My deep sincere apology to all of you.

Apology no.2: Recently you might have tried to access vbrush and found it down. There's a problem involving mass spamming of my host's server which is causing this downtime. My host, Gertie, is doing all that's possible to resolve this matter and hopefully things will soon be back to normal. Gertie, if you read this - be strong, girl! You can beat this!

Announcement: E.J. from .ABR has opened a new forum - it includes a forum dedicated solely to brushes. Let's make .ABR's forum the place to discuss brushes - i.e., how to make them, linkage and art that employs brushes - and God knows what else... that's the place to discuss everything brush!

Site changes: I have alphabetized the links list... It makes things easier for me... might make it also easier for you if you're coming here to check on certain favourite links and don't want to start wading through a disorganized list... Also, I added "new" and "updated" signs next to links respectively, and at the request of the lovely Lily Grace I have now added signs stating with which version of Photoshop the brushes on each site work.

Lily has been extremely helpful - she has asked some of the artists in person about the Photoshop versions. She has also tested brushes for me. If no sign appears next to a site, this means that we couldn't figure out which version of Photoshop these brushes were made for. If you would like to help me with this information, I'd be more than willing to accept your offer!

Also changed - A much more informative FAQ, including info on how to install brushes, make brushes, zip brushes, and lots more. Added an about section and reorganized the tips and tutorials into the how to section.

Special request: Fellow brush artist Citizen Erased is searching for a new host - There's great art and great brushes just waiting to be hosted - Please go over to her site to check the full details.

Sites updated with new brush sets now have the little "update" sign next to them as I mentioned above - this refers to sites whose owners have added new brush sets since my last update. I'd like to especially mention nocturna who now has 60 brush sets! Relique's Brushy - new layout and new sets. Anna has removed some of her old sets in order to promote a new look around the net since her brushes have been used in numerous sites and zoorex has added another great brush set to his brushfest by anti-girl.

New sites (brace yourselves) ...
PS: gaskmasknation, Alex Peterson, emptydrome, Roberto Segate, .ABR, plutonium designs, acetous, hooktonfonix, fiesty. PSP: remarkable, sixhours, serene, versatile creations, mysticangels, nymf.net, smoltering hot.
PS&PSP: nymphaea.

Changes: dc.fiasco is now known as dc (he has also moved to a new address and has a nice new layout). DigitalObscurity is now known as shift22 (grand new layout). WonderKid is now known as Plunk. Fiasco's moved and is now known as ballistic.nu - he's still in the process of moving in so no brushes are up yet, but what a design!

Removed: abr - site's gone... *poof*
Had brushes: gear.suture.nu
Reinstated: FullMoon
Brush link count: 89

Thanks: MikeR, Analia, Sara, Roberto, Lily the RedCelt, Shiivva, Chri55y, Victor Elliott, Robyn, Mike E. Shields, Jeff O., Visual Orgasm, HalfProject, ghettoblaster, and to all the people who have written to me, signed my guestbook and linked vbrush - am extremely grateful!

 

Jan. 10. As promised, I'm back and this time I bear gifts... New brushes and plenty new links, but first a few things I'd like to explain:

Quick Immediate FAQ:

1. Please don't copy all the links from vbrush and post them to your site or forum. Why? Because I'd appreciate it if vbrush remained the original resource site, and because I'd worked a lot to collect this list and bring it to you, and it's frustrating to see it so easily copied, no effort whatsoever. If you want to promote these brush sites, just link vbrush. If you want to link just a few links - that's fine, just don't copy the entire list, that's all I ask.

2. How do I make brushes? In Photoshop 6 after creating an image you want to turn into a brush, go to the "EDIT" menu and then choose "Define Brush". For more info check the FAQ.

3. How can I use these brushes in PSP? Check out Jen's Tutorial.

4. Do I need to give you credit for your brushes? Yes, and thanks for asking. All brush artists would appreciate a link back to their site.

5. How to I open .sit and .ace files? For .sit you need stuffit and for .ace you winace.

I would like to say thanks to the following people for sending me links to brush sites: Analia, Sara, Silverhawk, Mike Retrum, Lucylle and Brian.

Before I mention the new links, here's a few things...
I want to explain things re the inicident in thr graphics-forum - The guy who copied all the links did come up and state that he did indeed copy all my links... unintentionally. He edited his post and mentioned that the links came from vbrush. Still, I would really like my guests to *NOT* copy the *entire* list of links to any site. You can link vbrush for people who would like the complete list (and updates to it). You can also link the links you like most or the links you use... but don't copy the *entire* list. That's all I ask.

I would also like to state that I do not view the Graphics Forum negatively. It's actually a great place for every aspiring artist or web-designer, well worth your time.

As for new brushes - finally I've got 11 new sets... All of the stuff this time is stuff I manipulted on my own with filters and other brushes - I find the new brushes very useful - I hope you think so too... and by popular demand I've made some more curved brushes, and I hope they meet with your taste.

Lots'n'lots of new links, please take a deep breath and follow my lead:

PS brushes: spyroteknik, hydro47, jeffsdigital, graceless.nu, cinnamon touch, dc.fiasco, elegance, sopretty.dk, interlooper, visualorgasm, gear.suture.nu, suzettemcgrath. |
PSP brushes:
devilesque, ahmet's world, entrancy, fallingout, pist-off, nonexistent, fly.thalea, unsparkled, paper-pieces.

Sites updated with new brushes: nocturna.net (!!!), a.fiasco, thalea.org, e.ats, bluecad, sfaustina, watcha, mis-focus, zoorex (featuring brush sets from other artists!), sagenlicht, nightglow, blend challenge, mischiefGirl, imaginings, lalaland,

Removed: volcano - the artist has stated she doesn't like brushes anymore... can't find any on her site. Should she begin making brushes again I will re-link her. Niklas Industries... R.I.P.... I knew it might be gone eventually... Barely-sane's webmistress got fed up and the site's gone...

Renamed: explode is now knows as poetic-jester and divine resource is now knows as mis-focus.

Had brushes: fullmoon graphics- the site is going through some changes... the brushes are currently unavailable. Will keep a link for now. ABR... site's not online... no info why... will follow and see...

OK... It's now almost half past two AM in the morning... I've been at this for more than 4 hours... My right hand's frozen... brrrr... but it's almost over...

Thanks to all the lovely people who've signed my guestbook, thanks to those who have linked vbrush or recommended it in some forum and thanks to the brush artists out there! If you make brushes, have them uploaded to a site and would like me to link you - please send me a note, ok? Night all! (Brush link count: 72 links! Brush set count: 115 sets!).

 

Jan. 7. A new year has come, hopefully bringing us better times cause this last year sure wasn't great. Anyway, I was thinking of having the update a wee bit later, but I'm gonna just write a few things, then add links on the next update in a day or two.

I'm sorta annoyed... I'm working hard to make vbrush a place for everybody to come and get great new brushes, and to find all the latest brush links... There's lovely people out there who've linked vbrush and given credit, and others offering me links to whom I'm grateful (and more about this in next update)... But then there's those who take brushes and don't give credit... and I don't only mean give me credit, I'm referring to giving credit to other brush artists. Please understand that no brush artist is asking you for money - we just want a link back so others can come by and visit our site... it's that simple...

Now what truly annoyed me is that somebody went and copied all the brush links from vbrush and posted them in a forum, claiming s/he'd found them. Go check it out here. The person wasn't smart enough to realise that the link to "Die Fabrik" was actually a link to a prologue page I made for that site and thus s/he copied the link to my prologue page... thus making sure I'd know where all those links came from.

Why am I annoyed? cause vbrush is the first site to create such a directory for brush sites. I've been searching for links and adding them here. Nobody handed me a full list of links to copy... I may get a link here and there from wonderful people and they all get credit for this, but nobody did the leg work for me.

So to people who think that copying links is OK, let me state it out right - You did not find these links on your own, you did not search for them, you were fed with a spoon... why not give credit where credit's due? Why not link vbrush instead of copying all the links?

OK... Now a few notes - to Analia from Argentina - please contact me again - I've lost your email. And to Sara from popgoddess.org - I haven't forgotten you - will write!

 

Dec. 27. Another "links" update... Still haven't made that many brush sets to feel like uploading right now (I've been making fonts instead... HooBoy!).

New category added - PS&PSP brushes for sites that offer both types of brushes. Some of the current links will be moved there so don't forget to check'em sites.

Updated sites with new brushes: Digitexturia.com, a.fiasco, bluecad, mischiefGirl, Jen's Originals.

Come back from the dead (i.e., they used to have brushes, or were gone... now they're back with goodies!): bulletprone, now known as ok (Thanks Amit for letting me know!) and xecution, now known as excise.

New sites: (PS) sweet-essence, watcha, divine resource, zoorex, 4efx, control 29, sagenlicht, wonder-kid. (PSP) starstruck. (PS&PSP) popgoddess, the protagonist.

I just did a quick count... There's 57 (!!!) sites with brushes linked here (this count does not includ the sites in the "had brushes" category)... I don't know about you, but I'm bloody impressed!

If you make brushes and have them hosted on a site that isn't listed her, and you'd like to be linked, just drop me a line via email or the guestbook. And thanks!