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Manga and Anime Photoshop Brushes
About the product
If these questions excite you, you are in the right place. Passionate lovers of manga and anime ourselves, we're here to transform our passion into a collection of professional brushes.
Inking, shading, patterns, speech bubbles — every step of manga creation is covered with appropriate tools so you can stay focused on the characters and the story. To make this collection possible, we've teamed up with a talented artist, Kristina Vorotnikova. She's spent years drawing manga characters and creating fan art. The experience of making her own brushes for manga isn't new to her, so this pack not only features the most advanced drawing supplies but is made by someone who knows all the traps and pitfalls.
The collection will appeal to seasoned digital artists who feel confident working with ink brushes. If you've invested in a course at Anime Art Academy, Domestika, or Skillshare, this set will also be a perfect introduction to the world of manga drawing.
The set includes 6 brushes, repeating the most popular drawing supplies used for manga: liner, inker, brush pen, g-pen, graphite pencil, and marker. We knew you wouldn't do without special brushes for backgrounds, shades, textures, and patterns, so we've added 6 screentone brushes as an alternative to the traditional sheets of transparent film.
Art of the Manga & Anime Brushes
To show the brushes in action, Kristina made 9 artworks in different styles. Her primary source of inspiration was Adabana, written and illustrated by NON. However, you will find arts following the mecha style, samurai seinen manga, and traditional urban landscapes loved for their attention to detail and texture. This starter pack works great together with the rest of our professional Photoshop brush packs for storytellers and illustrators.
More Details
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Manga brushes are used to create manga-style artwork. Manga, a popular form of comic book or graphic novel originating from Japan, has a distinct artistic style, and these brushes are tailored to emulate that specific look in digital art software.
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Actually, manga and anime brushes are tailored for different aspects of Japanese art. Manga brushes typically include a range of inking tools with different line weights for creating clean, precise lines and screen tones for shading and texture. Anime brushes are geared more towards color work and animation. These brushes might include a variety of painting and coloring tools.
However, manga and anime share many skills and techniques, so artists might adapt the tools to their needs accordingly.
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Liner and inker brushes are used primarily in illustration, comic book art, and graphic novels, including manga and anime.
Liner brushes, or liners, often have a thin, sharp tip, allowing for detailed line work. This is why they're commonly used to lay down the initial structure of their artwork like character outlines, architectural details, or any part of a scene where accuracy and detail are crucial.
Inker brushes, or inkers, go over pencil sketches, providing the clean, bold lines typical of manga/anime illustration. They are also used to add shading and textural details.
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Screen-tone brushes replicate the effect of traditional screen tones, which are sheets of film with patterns of dots, lines, or other textures used in comic art to create shading, depth, and texture without the use of color. Screen tones are a traditional tool employed by mangakas, partly identical to halftone brushes available in most design apps.
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Please refer to the dedicated product guidelines page for text and video instructions.
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You can download a native Manga & Anime Brushes version for Adobe Illustrator here.
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You can download a native Manga & Anime Brushes version for Procreate here.
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You can download a native Manga & Anime Brushes version for Affinity Designer here.
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You can download a native Manga & Anime Brushes version for Clip Studio Paint here.
File size: 24 MB
Compatibility: Photoshop CS6 and newer, .abr — double-click to install, pressure-tuned for graphic tablets.
6 drawing brushes
6 screen-tone brushes
ZIP package, direct download
