HOME | DD

kaykaykit — Bubble Brushes and Ideas

Published: 2005-08-24 20:14:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 159069; Favourites: 2065; Downloads: 66566
Redirect to original
Description This was done with Adobe Photoshop CS, so I hope the brushes work for earlier versions. =X

Click here to download the brushes (.abr file): [link]

(FOR VERSIONS LOWER THEN 8, DOWNLOAD THE .psd FILE HERE. Read below for instructions..)
Click here to download the brushes (.psd file): [link]

People liked my underwater scenes, and some even wanted some bubble brushes, so, here they are! It practically explains it all up there. I made 4 different types of bubbles (fine, small, medium, and large/big). A nice technique is to start with the fine bubbles and work your way up to the big bubbles. Don't use too many of the big bubbles, unless you have a huge working space. Change the colours of the bubbles depending on what colour your ocean background is.

This is how you install the brushes on your Photoshop:
First, download the brush file (.abr). Once you download it to your computer, open Photoshop. Now, click your paint brush, and follow this image to click Load Brushes [link] . Then find your .abr file and select it. Now your brush set should be at the bottom of your paint brush list.

To create your own brush, draw your brush(es) all in one colour, preferably black (on a new layer) (remember, you can also do transparency and fading and stuff). Next, highlight one of your brush images which you've drawn, then click Edit > Define Brush Preset. Name it, then hit OK. Your new brush should now appear at the end of your brush list!

I drew these bubbles with size 3 brush on sharp [link] , then used the soft brush with it still sharpened. Don't use these brushes with the sharpened option on or they will look horrible. And don't forget to hit that transparency button to try shade in the highlight white or use the gradient tool to make the shades different! Give it a try and tell me what you think.

I think that's about it! Enjoy making your bubbley bubbles! OH, and if you are going to use the brushes, I would ask if you'd give credit somewhere that you got the brushes from me. Thanks!
Related content
Comments: 425

ruttitutti [2011-02-04 03:27:58 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, I'd dearly love to use some of these. 8D And now that I can make my own brushes, I find it even cooler. C:

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Charis3 [2011-02-01 00:32:45 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

WaveLullaby [2011-01-31 23:09:26 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE THESE BRUSHES!!! Love them! Seriously these are the best bubble brushes I have ever come across and I love how you made a little sheet with suggestions and tips on how to use the brushes. I wish more artists and brush makers would do that. You see these cool images made with only a pack of brushes but when you download them it's like great how am I suppose to make these look like this? Thank you so much for the advice! And the awesome brushes

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

The-Victor-Catbox [2011-01-19 16:50:00 +0000 UTC]

I may not have any version of Photoshop but I can learn from this reference how to draw my own.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

halogenlampe [2011-01-03 17:47:42 +0000 UTC]

Thx for this awesome brushes. I used it in here [link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

tiff13246 [2011-01-02 17:05:32 +0000 UTC]

do u think the BG tutorial works with photoshop 10.0? and i think this works too

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

GenyStar [2010-11-14 19:47:59 +0000 UTC]

i use for this :3 [link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Al-Taiir [2010-10-16 19:22:58 +0000 UTC]

thanks kaykaykit I really enjoyed this tutorial

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

YunaAsakura [2010-10-16 08:03:07 +0000 UTC]

can those brushes also being used with SAI?

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Gae-ta [2010-09-24 21:33:45 +0000 UTC]

Awsome! I'm using them right now and they're just pure awsome awsomeness thank you so much for uploading

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

PietandMe [2010-09-04 15:39:37 +0000 UTC]

They're wonderful!
I used them in my drawing,
and you're underwater tutorial,
so thankyouthankyouthankyou!


[link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

elotta [2010-08-10 14:27:32 +0000 UTC]

i have used them on [link] ^^

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

RatchetJak [2010-06-20 04:10:27 +0000 UTC]

They all look really beautiful, I'll definitely experiment with them and show what I do with them. But yeah, really nice brush set.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Anusha96 [2010-05-31 17:16:29 +0000 UTC]

thankyouthankyouthankyou! ^W^ they are great.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jadehexeNRW [2010-05-27 14:14:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

JennaHickman [2010-05-14 06:24:40 +0000 UTC]

Used your bubbles in an anime mermaid deviation here: [link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

brandrificus [2010-05-09 18:26:28 +0000 UTC]

I used these here ! [link]
Thanks for sharing !

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

XxKuroNekoChanxX [2010-05-08 11:30:21 +0000 UTC]

Yayyyy Thanks SOO much!!!!!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

SpatialHeather [2010-05-02 23:04:24 +0000 UTC]

used here:
[link]
thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

giratina84 [2010-03-29 02:43:31 +0000 UTC]

thanx for uploading this these are awesome

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

raynn13 [2010-02-18 19:51:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the great brushes! I used them as raindrops in this picture: [link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Xerrkesslerr [2010-02-05 01:32:38 +0000 UTC]

ijja uze plz?

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Dolphinsea [2010-01-19 22:24:06 +0000 UTC]

I love the bubbles! I'm going to upload a pic soon that I used the tutorial and the bubbles fo it.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Amadoodles [2010-01-04 10:44:27 +0000 UTC]

wow, thanks for the bubbles!
I used them in my picture here [link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Alphawolfspirit [2009-12-28 00:57:15 +0000 UTC]

WHOA UR LIKE....LIKE...A GENUIS!!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

RavensHiddenSoul [2009-12-24 04:16:06 +0000 UTC]

Oh, the bubbles are so cute! ^^

Ummm, I have PS7; how do I install the brushes with a PSD file...?

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TheAtlanticGundam [2009-11-18 16:17:17 +0000 UTC]

Used it! [link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TheAtlanticGundam [2009-11-16 16:43:22 +0000 UTC]

I still don't get how to do this again. I keep running in circles on how to do the bubbles, can you help me?

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

LugalaiEstonia [2009-11-05 19:12:18 +0000 UTC]

this is really cool thing but I have photoshop CS3 and it needs TPL files

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

rift-raft [2009-09-28 20:22:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for creating these! They're very useful. ^^

Used them here: [link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

kdude63 [2009-09-21 04:35:04 +0000 UTC]

I gots PS CS4! :3

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Selsea012 [2009-09-14 15:31:01 +0000 UTC]

I've got Ps 0.7 D:

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

blakkenshin [2009-09-07 06:12:07 +0000 UTC]

ello there! so i found the perfect use for this set!

here's my finished result.
[link]

took me a week to finish it lol. ^_^

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

DawningNight [2009-08-24 22:30:28 +0000 UTC]

I used this here as well [link] Thanks bunches!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

gaara-kunlove [2009-08-13 17:21:02 +0000 UTC]

I used your wonderful brushes here [link]
thank you so much

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MagicalTear [2009-08-07 08:47:15 +0000 UTC]

I love these!
Do not mind I downloaded 'em. : D

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

stevethepocket [2009-07-31 00:13:48 +0000 UTC]

Oh dear. These really are the best bubble brushes on this site, but they're too low-res for what I want to do. If I make them any bigger than the default, they get all funny. I don't suppose you're planning to make a higher-res pack anytime soon, are you?

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Limette-X [2009-07-20 11:22:54 +0000 UTC]

I used your brushes here [link] I hope it's ok for you

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

selene713 [2009-07-20 01:34:04 +0000 UTC]

Hi!!! I used your brushes here [link] Thank you very much!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Wolflover15 [2009-07-12 19:30:13 +0000 UTC]

Hello! I'm doing an under-water scence, but I use CorealDraw4. Please help!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Dehoot [2009-07-05 04:54:35 +0000 UTC]

I believe I plan to use these one day. :T THANKS SO MUCH! I'll be sure to credit your devart.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Asu-Babe [2009-06-29 23:36:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I might use these one day.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

maysong [2009-06-24 03:50:06 +0000 UTC]

oh wow! i absolutely love this!
these bubbles are so helpful, thank you so much for making them and providing them for everyone's use!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

CorrineTheFox [2009-06-22 12:24:11 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! Great brushes thank you very much!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Sheerisan [2009-06-08 19:05:17 +0000 UTC]

They are so great. I used them here: [link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

skeletorbeing [2009-05-27 23:44:29 +0000 UTC]

Awesome idea

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

andressanchezart [2009-05-15 16:06:22 +0000 UTC]

can i use please?

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

jelleybean13 [2009-05-04 03:42:07 +0000 UTC]

Awesome brush! I used it here [link]
as well as the background tutorial

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Candy2021 [2009-04-19 02:30:04 +0000 UTC]

used your AMAMZING brushes and tutorial! [link]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

minmithegreat [2009-04-14 01:54:43 +0000 UTC]

Whoa Awsome!!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0


| Next =>