Creating a realistic smoke effects in Photoshop from scratch will take a considerable amount of time. You can achieve this effect by either using third-party plugins, make some photo manipulations or use the liquify tool of Photoshop to create smoke-like images. But the easiest way, of creating this type of effect in Photoshop is by using readily available smoke brushes.

Graffiti art, popularly known as street art, has been existing for centuries. However, it was only in recent years appreciation of graffiti as an art has evolved quite rapidly. By using image editing program like Photoshop and GIMP, artists are able to create or replicate graffiti art. In case you are looking for quality brushes featuring graffiti art, here is a huge collection of artistically-rendered and high-quality Photoshop brushes that you may download for free. Most of these brushes are free to use for non-commercial work. However, terms of use may vary from one author to another. So please read the terms od conditions set by individual authors of these Photoshop brushes.

Watercolor effects in web and print designs continue to dominate the world of design. Using the right watercolor textures or watercolor brushes can easily easily create depth and an artistic feel in your compositions. You can easily create backgrounds that look like they were made using paintbrushes. In case you are looking for quality watercolor brushes that you can use for free, you are very lucky because you landed in the right place. Below is a list of quality but free watercolor brushes composed of more than 500 brushes contained in 25 sets.

Grunge brushes are very useful in creating composition in Photoshop, both for web and print. Since grunge design continues to be popular, we decided to come up with a roundup of what we think are the best grunge brushes out there. Since there are really a lot of high-quality grunge brushes, we decided to divide our roundup in two volumes. So do not forget to check out our site again in the next few days for another amazing round up of grunge brushes.

Fractal art brushes are great for adding abstract elements to your designs in Photoshop. Fractal art is created by calculating fractal objects and representing the calculation results as still images, animations, music, or other media. Digital graphic designers make use of fractal art in creating abstract and beautiful lighting effects such as those you see in website background or textures. In this post, we gathered together numerous high-quality Photoshop brushes featuring fractal designs that you can use for free in your noncommercial projects (well, most of them). To download the Photoshop brush set that you like, just click on the text link found below each image and it will take you to the original post where you can download the .abr or the zipped file. Have fun using these brushes!