#08 Paint Tool Sai Brushes by CatBrushes CatBrushes’ creation brings you a set of 6 brushes that have a unique profile, to say the least. One of the brushes produce medium thickness strokes with rough edges, and although interesting, there is limited use to it. The Brush tool can use any brush tip that you have in the Brush panel — and you can customize the brush tip in a variety of ways. You’re actually ready to paint in Photoshop already! Select a foreground color, select the brush size that you want, decide how hard. 22-feb-2016 - I'm having lots of fun making brushes! So have a bark and leaf brush. The two swatches are the brushes by themselves. I layered colors with the brushes. SAI Leaf and Bark brushes. Thank you so much, i was bought me the full version of paint tool sai today and i was a little sad to find i didn’t have the “default” brushes other people had. This website really helped me and saved me a lot of time and frustration. Will share with friends. Jul 23, 2020 - Explore Luna's board 'Paint Tool Sai 2 Brushes', followed by 1717 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about paint tool sai, sai brushes, painting tools.
Easy steps!
Add your favorite brushes by a simple click!
STEP1
Click 'Add brush' icon from Brush window and select 'Show brush store(Get a brush)..'
STEP2
Brush DL list will open. Then you choose your favorite brushes and click 'Add to brush list'.
Brush List
28/May/2021 Added 2 types of brushes
Pudgy Color Pencil
An oil-based color pencil that creates a high chromogenic effect.
Fuzzy Watercolor
A watercolor brush that has a fuzzy outline.
kr-Spider Lily（With stem）
A spray brush that creates spider lily easily.
( ©kuro )
kr-Petal
A bitmap brush that creates a petal easily.
( ©kuro )
kr-White Clover
A bitmap brush that creates white clover easily.
( ©kuro )
Spiral Pencil
A bitmap brush that creates a spiral stroke with pencil.
Faint Pencil
An analog brush that creates a faint pencil stroke.
kr-Leaves(less dense)
A spray brush that creates a leaf easily.
( ©kuro )
kr-Leaves(for background)
A spray brush that is suitable to draw leaves in background.
( ©kuro )
kr-Cherry Blossom(Black)
A spray brush that is suitable to draw cherry blossom at night.
( ©kuro )
Drawing Pen
An analog brush that creates a stroke by drawing pen.
Color Pencil
An analog brush that creates a pencil stroke.
kr-Foliage1
A spray brush that creates foliage easily.
( ©kuro )
kr-Bubbles
A spray brush that creates bubbles easily.
( ©kuro )
Bleeding Watercolor2
An analog brush that creates bleeding watercolor.
Bleeding Watercolor1
An analog brush that creates bleeding watercolor.
Forest Flower (White)
A bitmap brush that creates flower easily.
Forest Grass
A spray brush that creates grass or grassland easily.
Forest Lawn
A spray brush that creates lawn easily.
Acrylic Sponge
A brush that resembles an acrylic sponge technique.
Opaque Watercolor
A brush that creates opaque watercolor effect.
Pencil (parallel to drawing board)
Analog-like brush that resembles a pencil holding parallel to a drawing board.
Charcoal Pencil
Analog-like brush that resembles a charcoal pencil.
Soft Crayon
Analog-like brush that resembles a soft crayon.
Leaf(Ginkgo)
A spray brush lets you easily create ginkgo leaves.
Leaf(Maple)
A spray brush lets you easily create maple leaves.
ss-Watercolor Splash
A brush creates splashed watercolor. ( ©Sakakami Shinobu )
ss-Flat Brush
An analog-like brush that creates a stroke with a flat brush. ( ©Sakakami Shinobu )
ss-Soft Pencil
An analog-like brush creates a brush stroke with soft pencil. ( ©Sakakami Shinobu )
Flower(Cherry Blossom)
A spray brush lets you easily create cherry blossom flowers.
Petals (Rose)
A spray brush lets you easily create rose petals.
Petals (Cherry Blossom)
A spray brush lets you easily create cherry blossom petals.
dp-foliage
A brush that resembles ink splatter. It can be used for bush, water splash, and various expressions per your creativity.
( ©diceproj )
dp-fade round
A round-tipped brush with analogue touch.
( ©diceproj )
dp-round
A round-tipped brush that leaves a brush stroke.
( ©diceproj )
Splash 5
A spray brush that creates droplets-like effect
Splash 4
A spray brush that creates droplets-like effect
Splash 3
A spray brush that creates droplets-like effect
dp-flat (blend)
A flat and lightly fuzzy brush that blends colors with a Watercolor mode.
( ©diceproj )
dp-flat
A flat and lightly fuzzy brush.
( ©diceproj )
dp-soft pastel
A brush that resembles soft pastels.
( ©diceproj )
Lightning 3
This is a roller brush that lets you draw lighting bolt easily.
Lightning 2
This is a roller brush that lets you draw lighting bolt easily.
Lightning 1
This is a roller brush that lets you draw lighting bolt easily.
Rice (Monochrome)
A bitmap brush that creates a rice-like effect
Salad (Monochrome)2
A monochrome spray brush that creates a salad-like effect
Salad (Color)2
A color spray brush that creates a salad-like effect
Crack1 (roller)
A roller brush inspired by cracks.
Cross Hatching(random)
Bitmap brush lets you create a Cross Hatching easily.
Cross Hatching(8 lines)
Roller brush lets you create a Cross Hatching easily.
Cross Hatching(4 lines)
Roller brush lets you create a Cross Hatching easily.
Lasso Fill
Fill the stroked area (Works with 2.4.1 or later)
Sponge(rough)
An analog expression brush that looks like it was drawn with Sponge.
Sponge(finer)
An analog expression brush that looks like it was drawn with Sponge.
Eternal BIG KATSU
A brush inspired by Japanese junk snacks (BIG KATSU)
BIG KATSU (big cutlet)
A brush inspired by Japanese junk snacks (BIG KATSU)
Hijiki
A script brush inspired by Hijiki (type of sea weed) .
Brick (Monochrome)
Monochrome roller brush lets you create a brick easily.
Brick (Color)
Color roller brush lets you create a brick easily.
Drop Shadow x3
A brush that create a hand written character with Drop Shadow effect
Drop Shadow x2
A brush that create a hand written character with Drop Shadow effect
Watercolor Round Brush 1
An analog-like brush that creates a stroke with a round watercolor brush
Watercolor Flat Brush 1
An analog-like brush that creates a stroke with a flat watercolor brush
Watercolor Filbert
An analog-like brush that creates a stroke with a filbert watercolor brush
Watercolor Marker (Round)
An analog-like brush that creates a stroke with a watercolor marker
Oil Marker (Square)
An analog-like brush that creates a stroke with an oil marker
Salmon Roe
A spray brush that creates a salmon roe-like effect
Rice
A bitmap brush that creates a rice-like effect
Salad (Color)1
A color spray brush that creates a salad-like effect
Salad (Monochrome)1
A monochrome spray brush that creates a salad-like effect
Rendering Handwriting Pen (Bold)
A brush that creates a hand written character with a pen
Rendering Handwriting Pen (Light)
A brush that creates a hand written character with a pen
Spark (2 pcs)
Two spark roller brushes effect
Spark (2 pcs) Long
Two spark roller brushes effect - long version
Splash 1
A spray brush that creates droplets-like effect
Splash 2
A spray brush that creates droplets-like effect
Let us know your brush requests!
Back in the days of Red, Blue and Yellow, the official art was made traditionally using watercolours. It's still a well-beloved style today, and now you can even imitate it digitally. Technology is incredible!
This tutorial is intended for Paint Tool SAI. It's definitely possible to accomplish this style in other programs like Photoshop, but you will have to adjust things accordingly.
Before you start you’ll want to grab reference images for whatever it is you want to draw. This may include modern Sugimori art (if you’re drawing a modern Pokémon), and I definitely recommend selecting old Sugimori art references based on the colours, shapes, pose and body style of what you want to draw. Bulbagarden Archives has a category filled with Sugimori's old Red/Green art as well as one for Red/Blue artwork, so browse and pick things that are right for your drawing.
The subject of this tutorial is my Nosepass character from sometimesnosepass, who I can draw from memory. Please use references for your own drawing if you need them!
For the linework and colouring, I prefer to use the following brush settings, respectively (tap to view the full details on mobile):
You will need the textures Crust, Acrylic, Bark2 and Acuarelle in their respective folders (right click these links and Save link as... to download them). For SAI1 you may need to edit config files to install them - google how to do this. I will also have a page detailing how to do this eventually, amongst other SAI tips.
The tutorial itself begins!
Step One: Sketching your drawing
As with any other art you make, it's a very good idea to make a sketch first.
When sketching, do keep in mind the stylizations that Gen 1 art has. For example, instead of using my character's normal eyes (which are black ovals) I opted for Clefairy’s style of eyes here.
For something like my Fennekin, I also kept in mind how the fur is styled in old gens. Things are a bit smoother nowadays in Pokémon, but in older art it wasn’t afraid to get fluffy and pointy at times. Animalistic Pokemon are also less sleek and take on rounder shapes - Pikachu is a very famous example. Use those references!
Step Two - The linework
As all the Gen 1 artwork was drawn by hand they are full of small imperfections, but that’s what gives the art character and makes us all love it in my opinion. As such, take it easy and don’t be afraid to be a little wobbly. In SAI, you can even turn down your brush stabiliser if you feel comfortable enough to do that.
Pay attention to your reference images and emulate the thickness of their lines. Don't be afraid of your lines having a slightly textured feel, either. That's what we want the brush to do to make it have that drawn-on-paper look.
Step Three - Basic base colouring
You may have noticed that I'm drawing with a grey background rather than a white one. I do things this way to ease my eyes, but it also comes in handy for this next step.
Very loosely select the outside of your linework, and invert it (by clicking Selection and Invert Selection). The loose selection serves a stylistic purpose which I'll talk about in a second, but for now, fill a layer underneath with white.
As you can see, the grey background helps us see the white colouring a lot easier.
Since Sugimori's old art is drawn traditionally, many of his images don't have a perfect edge when you view them on a black background. I choose to emulate this for my old-style drawings for fun and for accuracy, but if you want to do otherwise that's completely up to you. And yes, this was the purpose of having the selection be loose and imperfect.
Step Four - Shading
Either lock your white layer OR duplicate it and set it to clipping group. This is so you can blend the colouring without it extending past the boundaries of the white base. And… start colouring!
For real watercolours, the most effective way of using them is to put down light colours first and then layer them with darker colours. The brush settings I use will indeed make things darker as you layer them, whilst letting you blend light parts as you paint.
Pay close attention to how your references use colours and highlights - it can be tempting to colour in the whole picture, but Sugimori lets himself have these white highlights and even a majority of white on lighter-coloured Pokémon. The colouring also tends to look quite muted and pale due to the scanning process, so use pale and muted colours in return. Darker parts can have more defined and sharper edges, so layer them to make them more concentrated.
Sugimori didn’t let differently-coloured parts overlap, but as you know traditional watercolours are still prone to small mistakes and on some of his art pieces you can see it. Thus, be careful, but don’t worry too much about things like the blue on Nosepass’ nose. Take your time.
Similarly, shade differently-coloured parts of your picture as needed. Don't be afraid!
Step Five - Detailing
Whilst my colouring is looking good, it also looks very soft around the edges and quite blended. I decided to fix this by setting my rough/linework brush to a slightly lower opacity but a bigger size, and simply going around some of the edges and doing a bit of fine-tuning.
As I've mentioned, there are definitely places in the colouring where they have a harder or more feathery edge. Emulate it as best as you can, and do what feels right to you.
Step Six - Texturing
At this point I could easily count this Nosepass as finished, but there are some further tweaks that can make it just a little better.
For any scanned artwork, there's always some residual papery texture. Use the layer settings on your colouring to set it to a paper texture of your choice, and adjust the intensity and scale until it looks right to you. By default, all versions of SAI have paper textures.
Step Seven - The authenticity of low quality
Paint Tool Sai Leaf Brush Free
You may have noticed already, but on many of Sugimori's watercolour pieces the lines are a bit fuzzy, perhaps due to the scanning or the watercolours making the lines bleed ever so slightly. As such, we're going to replicate that feel.
Paint Tool Sai Leaf Brush Cleaner
Duplicate your linework layer and blur it. SAI2 does have a Gaussian Blur filter, but for SAI1 you will have to do the blurring by hand with a blur brush. Don't fret, however - this can actually give it a better look than the filter can.
Set the opacity of the blurred linework to around 40% (or whatever you prefer) and Clipping Group it to the colouring layer. In this instance I chose to preserve the sharpness of the edges by using clipping, but you can also leave it unclipped if you prefer the overall soft blur.
Another optional thing I did here is to colour the main linework off-black to give it a bit of a faded, washed-out look. It's down to personal preference whether you choose to do this, too.
With that, you should have a finished piece! Go you!
It can take some practice to get the hang of this style, but by paying close attention to your reference pictures you will slowly gain the ability to do some startingly uncanny imitations. Keep doing your best, and good luck!
Paint Tool Sai Leaf Brush Kit
Page last updated on 27th April 2018 at 11:42 GMT.