A guide for Paint Tool SAI, featuring brush settings and instructions on learning to emulate Ken Sugimori's generation one Pokemon artwork. 223 Best Sai Free Brush Downloads from the Brusheezy community. Sai Free Brushes licensed under creative commons, open source, and more!
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 )
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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
Paint Tool Sai Pencil
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!
sooo I tend to horde brushes, like, a lot. it’s been a slowly growing collection here, but now I’ve gotten to the point where I literally have next to no room and I desperately have to delete some. BUT I’m too paranoid of the fact that I’ll need one of them again some day. so I decided to dump ‘em all somewhere!
this is basically a reference for me in the future in case I need to remember That One Brush That Did A Thing that I may have deleted, but I figure I might as well also share them all since I’m saving them anyway and maybe someone will find something they like. you can take any of them if they interest you, and feel free to change ‘em as you see fit.
most of them aren’t mine, as I’ve basically always just swiped settings from a bunch of different places, so I have no idea where most of these came from. whoops!!
if you don’t have the texture/blotmap/whatever: I unfortunately don’t have a link to where I got all of mine, but most of them are here. if something’s missing, well, google’s your pal and I’m sure you can find ‘em.
anyway they’re under the cut. warning: there is. a lot. let’s go.
Brush
blotchy and neat. doesn’t blend much, but you can turn up “Blending” if you want it to. it’s pretty good for far away trees and bushes and all
Water
my usual blender, but I don’t really use it much anymore since I prefer manually blending nowadays?? still okay to smooth stuff out though
SpaceFoam
a really nice feelin’ brush!! I don’t even know what “space foam” means but it just ~feels~ it. just has this nice, dusty, foamy texture to it. I have another version of this brush that uses “Noise” instead of “Fine Flat 2″ if you want it more round instead of square.
Crayonz
used to be a general brush for sketching/doodling, but I don’t really use it much anymore. maybe you’ll like it.
Rough Chalk
super chunky, rough, and dry chalk brush
Speckle
self explanatory I guess! pretty good for texture or large skin blemishes
Chalk(Standard)
I really like this brush– it’s great for making simple, blended backgrounds! keep in mind, because it’s a marker, changing its opacity works differently than other brushes, ie it doesn’t “layer”, it’s just a continuous tone
Badass Inker
OKAY I ACTUALLY DO KNOW WHERE THIS ONE IS FROM it’s here. mine is changed slightly but you figure out what you like. this was my main brush for lineart before I started inking in firealpaca. very sharp and crisp.
Marker
yep
RoughBrush
PKbrush
PKblotch
usually used it for a light, textured swash of color for an overlay layer or something. it’s supposed to be a big brush, but you can have it smaller I guess??
Acrylic
except it doesn’t really resemble acrylic at all, lol. in this state I use it as one of my blenders. BUT ALSO FUN THING: set that “normal” dropdown to multiply to get a subtle darkening effect. sometimes I use this for “lineart” in paintings.
Deliciously Dry
another brush from here. very nice rough texture.
Broken Chalk
I looove this weird little guy, lol. acts normal if you just go in a line, but it’ll get all “blocky” like that if you jitter your hand. because of this, it makes a pretty interesting leaf brush! it blends pretty cool, too.
BoneDry
aaaand ANOTHER from here.
Chalk
Chalk (… again)
Grass
it’s called grass but I honestly can’t imagine using it as a grass brush, lmao. stringy and soft though, may work as the flats for hair??
Clouds
this brush is…… kinda weird?? I mean, it’s clouds I guess. it’s not really perfect, but it’ll work if you spend enough time on it. I feel like it works better painting on the same layer than its own.
Gore
this brush is awfully light and soft for something called “gore”! actually I assume it’s called that cuz you use it as a patchy effect for wounds and stuff.
CG Smooth
named so because I think it’s supposed to resemble a brush used for very smooth, glossy, cg painting. (please excuse the shitty nose, I’m way rusty)
Paint
do you know how many random generic paint brushes I have
Paint 2
cuz it’s a lot
Paint 3
a loooootttt
Parrot
I’m weirdly fond of this one even though it’s not super special. I feel like it’d be good for smooth, bright, poppy blending.
Tint
this is another weird one. it’s like….. if you wanted to do a painty wash, I guess?
Chunky
like Broken Chalk above, this is another one that gets cool things when you jitter it. this one is a little more… jagged? reminds me of broken glass
CLead
this one works weiiirdly and maybe I should make a whole separate post about it?? well for now, this one’s basically like a dry marker or highlighter or something. I like it a lot.
PSPainting
I think it’s called that cuz it’s supposed to emulate painting in photoshop, even though it…… doesn’t, really, at all.
Copic 2
Water 10
another random blender. it doesn’t work on transparent areas though! (bring its dilution down if you want it to)
Copic
I have no idea if this is even remotely close to how a copic works (probably not)
TraditionalPencil
I’m never really 100% satisfied with most “pencil” brushes in sai, but here’s one anyway I guess.
Lead
and here’s another. this is the one that I actually tend to use
Acrylic (……. again)
and like our first acrylic, this is not really acrylic at all. super soft and light blender
BrushPen
SUPER rough and textured pen kinda thing
AmazingAcrylic
if you say so, name! actually this does look like it blends p cool
RIPbrush
why is it called this. what am I even doing with half these brushes. why am I here.
NEBULA
oh wait this one’s neat (neat enough to make two images even). good for all your spacey needs! the second one is a bunch of colors and set to “luminosity”, so you can get some cool effects.
shrugs (great name)
the marker tool is a strange being but I’ve really learned to love it lately. the key to this brush is setting that drop down up there to “multiply”, so you can get really deep darks with your base color where you need it. the downside to this being that you can’t really use preserve opacity to change it to a different color or you’ll lose the effect of those darks (you can use hue/saturation/brightness shift tho, but it might be a lil weird)
aaaand everything else I didn’t post were accidental duplicates! so that’s it!! that sure was a lot but maybe you found something in here you liked ;0
