Brushes and Tools

A resource for the brushes and tools the Drawfee crew uses.

Devices

• PC and Mac
• Wacom Cintiq
• Apple iPad (personal projects)

   

From the FAQ in their Patreon Discord, Drawfee recommends anyone looking to get into tablets to go with something smaller like the Wacom Intuos, a Huion, or an iPad Pro if you can afford the purchase.

Programs

• Adobe
  • Photoshop
  • Premiere Pro
  • Audition
  • Photoshop CS6 (Karina, primarily uses CSP)
• Clip Studio Paint (CSP) (CSP episode)
• Paint Tool SAI (Justin Hall)
• TVPaint Animation (Karina)
• ToonBoom (Karina)
• Procreate (personal projects)
• Aggie.io by Magma (shared canvas application, as seen here)
• Screen Recording
  • OBS (Jacob and Julia on PC)
  • QuickTime (Nathan and Karina on Mac)

Brushes

Brush Name	Source	Host	Usage
Pencil tool	Adobe Photoshop Default Brush	Julia	General use
Hard Round Brush	Adobe Photoshop Default Brush	Jacob, Julia	General use
Soft Round Brush	Adobe Photoshop Default Brush	Julia	General painting brush
Graphite Stick 2	Kyle Webster	Julia	General flat-style brush
Oil Lush	Kyle Webster's Ultimate Brushes (Classic Brushes)	Julia	Painting brush
Oil Detail	Kyle Webster's Ultimate Brushes (Classic Brushes)	Julia	Painting detail brush
Oil Color Jitter	Kyle Webster's Ultimate Brushes (Classic Brushes)	Julia	Painting brush
Ink - Thick 'n Thin	Kyle Webster's Ultimate Brushes (Classic Brushes)	Julia	General use
Graphite Control	Kyle Webster's Drawing Box	Julia	Painting brush
Shady Graphite Fat Dry	Kyle Webster's Drawing Box	Julia	Painting brush
Animator Pencil 2016	Kyle Webster's Drawing Box	Jacob, Karina	General use
Goody	Kyle Webster's Real Oils	Julia	Painting brush
Chisel 25	Kyle Webster's Inkbox	Julia	General flat-style brush
Madison Ave 1960	Kyle Webster's Inkbox	Julia	General use
Pro Comics Inker Rough	Kyle Webster's Inkbox	Jacob	Nuesday style brush
Pro Comics Inker	Kyle Webster's Inkbox	Jacob	General inking brush
Sexy Sumi-E	Kyle Webster's Inkbox	Karina	General use
2Smooth 2B 4Gotten	Kyle Webster's Inkbox	Karina	General use
Pro Comics Inker Tech	Kyle Webster's Inkbox	Karina	General use
Amazing Cartoon Nib	Kyle Webster's Inkbox	Nathan	General use
Pocket Brush	Kyle Webster's Inkbox	Karina	General use
Razor	Kyle Webster's Manga Mini Set	Karina	General use
Point Calligraphy (Small)	Kyle Webster's Ultimate Letterers	Karina	General use
DG_MAIN	Dave Greco	Jacob, Nathan	General coloring brush
Inking Brush Tool Presets	Frenden Pencils & Inks	Nathan	General inking brushes
Inker: Nib	Frenden Pencils & Inks	Nathan	General use
Sampled Brush 7 1	Sergey Kolesov Sketch Brushes	Nathan	Coloring brush
Sampled Brush 1 4	Sergey Kolesov Sketch Brushes	Nathan	Coloring brush
Chalk	Sergey Kolesov Sketch Brushes	Nathan	Coloring brush
gusn skretch	Imad Awan's Digital Painting Brushes	Jacob	General use
Tone Brushes	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob	Screentones
Good pen (いいろペン)	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob, Karina	General use
DAE 12345 SET	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob	General use
Qamala's Graphic Marker	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob	General use
This is the effect. (이게되네효과음)	Clip Studio Assets	Karina	Writing brush
Freehand Style Brush Set (フリーハンド風ブラシセット) (includes the "Nasty Brush" へろ線 and the "Ultimate Scrungle" ガタガタ線)	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob	General use
color changing brush!	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob, Karina	Color-based painting brush
close and fill tool without gaps (隙間無く囲って塗るツール)	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob, Karina	Easy color flatting
It looks like a pencil (それっぽい鉛筆)	Clip Studio Assets	Karina	General use
CIRO	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob, Karina	General use
Sunday	Clip Studio Assets	Karina	General use
Jazza's Ultimate Digital Brushes	Jazza Studios	Jacob, Karina, Julia	General use
Oil Brush	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob	General use
Fantasy Night Sky Set (환상의 밤하늘 세트)	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob	General effect brushes
Information brush (情報量ブラシ) (used for cloud effects)	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob	General effect brushes
More Pens & Hinokizaka pens (さらペン＆ざかペン)	Clip Studio Assets	Julia	General use
I'm drawing on paper G-pen (紙に描いてるカンジGペン)	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob	General use
Sul Pen (スルペン)	Clip Studio Assets	Karina	General use
softcore	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob	Soft coloring
Thick Paints Set	Clip Studio Assets	Jacob	Painting brushes Blender brushes

Brush Sources

• Kyle Webster
  • Adobe.com for Photoshop CC and Photoshop Sketch
• Frenden
  • Gumroad for Clip Studio Paint
  • Shopify for Photoshop CS5-6/CC, Clip Studio Paint, Manga Studio 4
• Dave Greco
  • Gumroad, Dropbox for Photoshop
• Imad Awan
  • Google Drive for Photoshop
• Sergey Kolesov
  • Digital Brushes Tumblr for Photoshop

   

Brush Examples

Kyle Webster's Inkbox Pro Comics Inker Rough. Jacob's notable Nuesday drawing style.

Kyle Webster's Graphite Stick 2.

Kyle Webster's Inkbox - Chisel 25. Julia's commonly used thick flat-style brush.

Adobe Photoshop Pencil tool.

Kyle Webster's Ultimate Brushes - Ultimate Oil Lush. Used to create the subtle "dirty" texture on floors and walls.

Frenden Pencils & Inks - Inker: Nib. Initial sketch.

Kyle Webster's Inkbox - Amazing Cartoon Nib. Line art.

Adobe Photoshop Hard Round Brush. Initial sketch.

Dave Greco's DG_MAIN. A textured brush used for coloring.