I have been working on new website designs lately and found out that Photoshop brushes were a real help, being both time-saving and cost effective. This, actually, is not really new in terms of website development or in general photoshop usage terms. What is changing is the amount of ressources available online, be they paid or free. Photoshop brushes can be easily created for simple design features and you can also download heaps of them. However, one should be careful upon “brush abuse”. A lot of website submission galleries are fighting against this.

What is “brush abuse”?

Simple, some designers get over-ambitious while using brushes and end up with a whole design built from scratch with just a series of brush splodges. All in all it meets the idea of : “too many brushes make your design someone else’s”. Its true in a sense as the person creating the brush had a design idea at first.

Where to find brushes?

As stated earlier, brushes are available practically anywhere on the web. Great free ressources are Brusheezy or by exploring Deviantart’s ressources galleries. If you’re looking for original and eye-catching brushes, just throw some money at the great brushes and vectors you’ll find over at Go Media or Mediaslap.

If you’ve got other interesting brush ressources, put them down in the comments.