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Health And Beauty Photoshop Brushes Set

By Smashing Editorial, September 12th, 2008 in Freebies | 95 Comments | Forum

In our previous releases we focused on icons and Wordpress themes; however, there is a variety of further tools that graphic designers need on a regular basis; for instance, Photoshop brushes. You can find dozens of our other releases in our Freebies section.

Today we are happy to release Health and Beauty Photoshop Brushes: a free set of 67 Photoshop brushes ranging in resolution from 69 to 2463 pixels. The set is compatible with Adobe Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2 and CS3 (you can use it in Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, GIMP and Paint.NET, too). The brushes were designed by Silvia Bukovac Gasevic, the creative mind behind graphics-illustrations.com, especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.

Download the Set for Free!

You can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. However, it’s forbidden to sell them. Please link to this article if you would like to spread the word.

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Motivation Behind the Design

As usual, here are some insights from the designer herself:

“It’s just another Photoshop brushes set, believe it or not. Some might say just that, and truly so. This may be just another Photoshop brushes set, but like anything else in our lives, it all depends on how you approach it and how you use it.

“As you will see, there are different shapes, subjects and topics covered in this set of 67 Photoshop brushes. The theme of this set is health and beauty. All of the brushes were created from scratch, and all of you, I hope, who do vector graphics from scratch will know and appreciate the work behind them. But what can we do? We all know what Smashing Magazine’s standards are and I wouldn’t dare to send Vitaly anything less than this.

My goal was not only to create a brush set that would help designers decorate or “fill in” their health and beauty-related artwork, but to create a collection of inspirational artwork; brushes that might be used as a starting point for times when the muse is not around and one just needs a bit of inspiration. What they are supposed to be is a little push, a starting point for those moments when there’s just a blank screen in front of you and a total lack of ideas. The idea was to enable designers to open the set in Photoshop, pick one of the brushes and start from there.

So, here it is. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to do some health and beauty-related design project (but not only that, of course), these will be really helpful. I hope I have achieved at least a little of what I aimed for with this set. It’s here for you to use, as always, with no restrictions at all. You can look for more on my site and I would be more than happy to hear from you. All of the sets are compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS3, Mac and PC alike.

More of my work can be seen on my blog at graphics-illustrations.com.”

Last But Not Least

We are constantly looking for creative designers and artists. You may not know it yet, but we may feature you in one of our upcoming posts.

If you would like to release a free high-quality font, a Wordpress theme, Photoshop brushes, a Drupal theme, some wallpapers or an icon set, please contact us. We would like to support you (both financially and with the broad readership of Smashing Magazine).

(al)

Published in Freebies, September 12th, 2008
Tags: brushes, downloads, free, photoshop

1.

siebe (September 12th, 2008, 1:57 am)

first, nice brush set
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macias (September 12th, 2008, 1:58 am)

wow first? :) nice brushes - stamps
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vashyoung (September 12th, 2008, 2:03 am)

third :P - nice brushes
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garry (September 12th, 2008, 2:09 am)

nice, great nice
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Excelion (September 12th, 2008, 2:13 am)

5th …really nice
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David (September 12th, 2008, 3:02 am)

Great Brush Set!
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Julian (September 12th, 2008, 3:10 am)

great brushes..thank you!!
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AlanWho (September 12th, 2008, 3:23 am)

Danke schön!
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Mathiz (September 12th, 2008, 3:34 am)

I think the idea of brushes are a bit out dated, but thanks anyway
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nzdesignagirl (September 12th, 2008, 3:39 am)

oh i can’t seem to download it? do u think its cos i’m on a mac?? it just goes to a page full of random code and symbols
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Arnar (September 12th, 2008, 4:00 am)

nzdesignagirl try right click - save link as..
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ahnShev (September 12th, 2008, 5:31 am)

hmmm…I love it . ;)
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Julien L (September 12th, 2008, 5:38 am)

Thanks ! It will be very usefull :)
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Noam Web Design (September 12th, 2008, 5:38 am)

Great! I would like to see more of these! Keep them coming!
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James G (September 12th, 2008, 5:53 am)

Wow, last? Great brushes. You can never have too many hats, scarves and brushes…
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Ilaria85 (September 12th, 2008, 6:10 am)

WONDERFUL! I love it!
Many thanks
17.

Nasip (September 12th, 2008, 6:42 am)

Loads of thanks.
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Gabe Diaz (September 12th, 2008, 7:35 am)

beautiful, many thanks!!
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mikemike (September 12th, 2008, 7:55 am)

weeee
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monike (September 12th, 2008, 7:57 am)

thanks a lot. it’s perfect timing ;-)
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Make Design, Not War (September 12th, 2008, 9:34 am)

Great, nice set. I see a lot of ways that these could be used in some nice designs - I especially like the more botanically oriented brushes. thanks :)
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Srecko Bradic (September 12th, 2008, 10:55 am)

Greetings all,

they look very interesting but I am wonder did the Photoshop users append all of the Brushes which they have inside Photoshop?
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jen (September 12th, 2008, 2:06 pm)

Is the download not mac compatible? I love the brushes and they would come in handy for a few projects.
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Pedro (September 12th, 2008, 2:16 pm)

What typeface was used to write “Health and Beauty Photoshop Brushes Set”? (the red one, inside the image)
Thank you.
25.

Quinn Ianniciello (September 12th, 2008, 3:27 pm)

I also can’t download it…. And when I do “save file as” it just downloads as a .txt document… (Mac) - Help?!
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Arnar (September 12th, 2008, 4:51 pm)

I am a mac user and had no problems with simply clicking the link - I got a save as dialog, recognized the file as associated with Photoshop. I’m using Firefox though, might be a Safari problem.
27.

Zee (September 12th, 2008, 7:41 pm)

cool collecton dude,,,,
i’m new 2 dis site….
i found many intrsting things…..

thanks…..
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nzdesignagirl (September 13th, 2008, 4:22 am)

hey thanks for the tips - worked in firefox but not in safari!
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Pedro (September 13th, 2008, 4:28 am)

Regarding my previous comment I guess the typeface is some kind of Myriad…
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Margs (September 13th, 2008, 4:50 am)

Hi, I’m on a mac, I tried to download it through Safari and Firefox but couldn’t, both times I got a screen full of numbers and symbols… help! I didn’t get a dialogue box.
31.

Rosemucha (September 13th, 2008, 6:53 am)

Thanks for the useful related information, great brushes set
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Ronald | NaldzGraphics (September 13th, 2008, 8:45 am)

great freebies.thanks for this brushes
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jurica (September 13th, 2008, 1:38 pm)

thx for nicebrushes, but next time put the file in some .zip or .sit format for easy download.
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SexHOt (September 13th, 2008, 4:18 pm)

thanks a lot. it’s perfect timing ;-)
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Paul Gendek (September 13th, 2008, 5:17 pm)

38th
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faizal kamal (September 14th, 2008, 8:43 am)

Wow . . .
awesome . . . thats useful
great info
thx for nicebrushes
thanks a lot
37.

mary (September 14th, 2008, 1:04 pm)

I downloaded this but they will not install and I’m not getting run after save.
Or at least, when I use the brush on paint.net it only shows the regular one line type that you can make thicker.
PLEASE help.
Thanks.
38.

Ricardo (September 14th, 2008, 1:37 pm)

Nice brushes !!!
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Gyvulius (September 14th, 2008, 10:53 pm)

strange thing happening, when i’m downloading its not 3.1mb, it’s ~940kb and only woman brushes…
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Mike (September 14th, 2008, 11:32 pm)

Thanks a lot,

restriction free brushes are always appreciated ;)
41.

Dulcepixels (September 15th, 2008, 12:15 am)

It came in handy. Woot! :)
42.

umesh (September 15th, 2008, 2:55 am)

thanks a lot………………..
43.

alireza (September 16th, 2008, 5:55 am)

wow… thanks…
44.

Robert (September 16th, 2008, 6:55 pm)

very nice, i will use it
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Emina (September 17th, 2008, 1:41 am)

i loooooooooovvvvvvveeeeeee these brushes. Thank you!
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GIVISION | Jiri Mocicka (September 17th, 2008, 3:23 pm)

This seems to be good brushes.
Lest supply any application where this brush will be use.
Good work …
47.

QIU XIAO JUN (September 19th, 2008, 10:43 am)

it’s very nice~~~
thanks a lot~~~~看起來很不錯的樣子耶 ···但是好像下載不下來···
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Amikka (September 21st, 2008, 2:26 am)

Fab! thanks so much
49.

Alohadavid (September 21st, 2008, 10:41 am)

Perfect!
50.

webthese (September 25th, 2008, 9:16 am)

nice brush set, thank you…
51.

CathL (September 30th, 2008, 12:06 am)

Thanks, nice plant brushes. Will come in useful.
52.

Frede (October 1st, 2008, 1:11 pm)

Lindos pinceles o que diga.., nice…
53.

Frede (October 1st, 2008, 1:18 pm)

Podrias subir algún pincel tipo… art nouveau. brushes Of the style art nouveau
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natzuka (October 12th, 2008, 3:53 pm)

wonderful!!! thanks a lot ^^
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Scienceo (November 2nd, 2008, 11:02 am)

Magnifique!!! Ce set est vraiment très réussi!
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Mufeed Ahmad (Web Dsigner) (November 13th, 2008, 4:03 am)

Hey ! Nice brushes
57.

Hoàng Hiệp (November 13th, 2008, 6:58 am)

so cute
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medi (November 30th, 2008, 4:17 pm)

it’s a nice brushes ….. i hope u’r by pleasure if i download it’s
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Rita (February 18th, 2009, 2:57 am)

mi sembrano beramente bellissimi
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Rita (February 18th, 2009, 2:58 am)

non ho commenti da fare
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owl (February 21st, 2009, 12:04 am)

Beautiful, precise set of brushes, I am going to have a blast with them, Thankyou so much!!
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Momo (March 19th, 2009, 11:29 pm)

It’s so nice to hear that and I am really appreciate it.
Thanks for sharing. It will be really helpful.
63.

Cahrly11 (March 23rd, 2009, 7:41 am)

Very Nice. Thank you
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Mina (May 22nd, 2009, 12:21 am)

Thank you ^o^