Hair brush Procreate — make your own hair brush
For digital portrait and character artists painting hair in Photoshop, Procreate, Clip Studio Paint or Krita.
Full version — $24 once ·
24 hair stamps at 2048 px + settings for 4 apps
3 comb tips, curls, coils, braid, fringe, crown whorl, flyaways, baby hairs, brows, lashes, stubble, beard and fur. Paid once, not a subscription. Before you pay, the stamp above is yours to download and test.
Turn the PNG into a brush
- Photoshop: File > Open the PNG, then Edit > Define Brush Preset... Dark pixels paint, white stays empty. For a lock stamp, try Spacing 25-100% and Scatter 0-40%.
- Procreate: Brushes > + > Shape > Shape Source > Edit > Import > Import a file, then switch on Invert shape (Procreate paints with white).
- Clip Studio Paint: open the PNG, select all, Edit > Register Material > Image, tick Use for brush tip shape.
- Krita: Brush Editor > Brush Tip > Predefined > Import.
Menu names change with app version and interface language; these are the English names in 2026. This is a PNG stamp, not an .abr or .brushset file, so brush settings are not saved inside it and the steps above set them. The PNG stays at 2048 px, so you can erase, warp or re-define it at any size, or drop it on a layer as a texture (Multiply for dark hair, Screen for highlights).
What one lock cannot paint: the full set
01-03 comb tips (fine, coarse, clumped) · 04 straight lock fine · 05 straight lock dense · 06 wavy lock · 07 loose ringlet curl · 08 tight coils · 09 afro coil texture · 10 flyaways · 11 baby hairs · 12 braid segment · 13 ponytail swoop · 14 fringe / bangs · 15 crown whorl · 16 eyebrow · 17 upper lashes · 18 stubble · 19 beard strokes · 20 fur tuft · 21 highlight strands · 22 frizz halo · 23 two-strand twist · 24 single strands
Why not a free hair pack? It gives you someone else's strand, baked into a tip at the size it was saved. Here you get your strand count, wave and taper as a 2048 px source PNG you can still edit.
Get the full version $24
The parts of a head one lock cannot paint: 24 stamps at 2048 px (3 comb tips for stroke painting, curls, coils, braid, fringe, crown whorl, flyaways, baby hairs, brows, lashes, stubble, beard, fur) plus a per-app settings sheet for Photoshop, Procreate, Clip Studio and Krita.
One payment, one licence key for this tool. The key is shown right after payment.
Gumroad hair brush packs on the 'hair photoshop brushes' search: highest paid price measured 2026-09-26 is $24; 29% of the listings there are paid.
Buy the full version — $24Questions people ask
What exactly do I get?
24 greyscale PNG hair stamps at 2048 x 2048 px: 3 comb tips that paint parallel strands when dragged (the fine tip has 30 bristle dots: thirty hair strands per drag), plus 21 shapes for locks, waves, curls, coils, braid, fringe, crown whorl, flyaways, baby hairs, brows, lashes, stubble, beard and fur. A HOW_TO_INSTALL.txt gives menu steps and starting settings for Photoshop, Procreate, Clip Studio Paint and Krita.
Who is this for?
Digital portrait and character artists who paint hair in Photoshop, Procreate, Clip Studio Paint or Krita. You block in the hair mass yourself, then use the comb tips for strand direction and the stamps for flyaways, baby hairs, curls, brows and lashes, instead of drawing each strand by hand.
Why not use a free hair brush pack?
A free pack gives you someone else's strand, baked into a brush tip at the size it was saved. Here you get the source PNG at 2048 px: you can erase, warp or recolour it and define it again at any size, in any of four apps, or drop it on a layer as a texture.
What can I do for free?
The generator on the page is free and stays free. Set strand count, length, wave and taper, watch the lock redraw, and download that stamp as a 2048 px PNG. It is a complete brush on its own. The paid set adds 23 more stamps (comb tips, curls, coils, brows, lashes, beard, fur and more) plus the per-app settings.
How does the price compare?
It is $24, paid once, not a subscription. On Gumroad, the highest price we measured for a paid pack on the 'hair photoshop brushes' search on 2026-09-26 was also $24, and 29% of those listings charge. Before you pay, you can make and test your own stamp with the free generator.
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