Hair Photoshop brushes, Types 1A-4C
For portrait and character artists who paint clients with curly and coily hair. Pick your client's hair type and the stamp below redraws at 2048 px. Download it and define it as a brush in Photoshop, Procreate, Clip Studio Paint or Krita.
Full version - $24 once · 18 matched stamps (all 12 types 1A-4C plus flyaways, baby hairs, braid, lock tip, highlight strands, strand-comb tip), each as greyscale brush source and transparent PNG, plus settings for 4 apps. Get the pack
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Install the PNG as a brush
- Photoshop: open the PNG > Edit > Define Brush Preset > name it > OK. It appears at the end of the Brushes panel.
- Procreate: Brush Library > + > Shape > Edit > Import > pick the PNG > two-finger tap to invert, so the strands paint.
- Clip Studio Paint: Edit > Register Material > Image > tick Use for brush tip shape.
- Krita: Brush Editor > Brush Tip > Predefined > Import.
Menu names differ by app version and interface language. Procreate uses .brushset, not .abr - that is why this is a PNG: one file registers in all four apps, keeps its full 2048 px (an .abr is fixed at the size it was saved), and also works as a texture layer. A PNG carries no brush settings (spacing, scatter, angle); start with spacing 25 % to stamp, 8-12 % to drag.
Why not a free hair brush pack?
Free hair brush packs mostly ship straight and wavy strands. A 4B Z-pattern or a 4C coil painted with them reads as the wrong hair, and your client sees it at the first proof. Most are .abr files, which Procreate cannot open.
What the full pack adds
- 18 stamps with fixed seeds, so the whole head matches: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C, flyaways, baby hairs / edges, three-strand braid, tapered lock tip, highlight strands, strand-comb tip.
- Each stamp twice: greyscale/ (brush source) and transparent/ (texture layer). 36 PNG files, 2048 x 2048 px.
- RECOMMENDED_SETTINGS.txt: which stamp for which pass, and spacing, scatter and rotation for Photoshop, Procreate, Clip Studio Paint and Krita.
Yardstick: ReadyStack shelf scan, 27 Sep 2026: the top paid hair brush set on the Gumroad brushes shelf sells at $24. Make a stamp for your own client's hair type here first, free. The pack is a one-time payment, not a subscription.