Every year, the design world holds its collective breath as Pantone unveils its Color of the Year, setting the tone (literally) for trends across industries. For 2025, that tone happens to resemble a rather familiar shade: Mocha Mousse. You might see it as the warm embrace of a luxurious, earthy neutral, while others… well, let’s […]
A fantastic set of 35 doodled zentangle style Illustrator pattern swatches. They are for personal use only (no cheating please!) If you’d like to use them in commercial projects, please buy a commercial license from my shop Once you’ve downloaded the file, unzip and place the zentangle-swatches.ai file in your Illustrator>Presets>Swatches folder.
Here’s a free set of mixed illustrator vector brushes to create hand drawn sketched effects, ranging from pencil, to marker, to chalk and more. Free for personal use. If you want to use them for commercial work, please buy a license from my shop here
It’s been a while since I made a new freebie. Here’s a set of illustrator pattern brushes to play with. They are for personal use only, or if you want to use them commercially, buy a CU license in my shop. Unzip the file, and put the FolkBordersBrushes.ai file inside your Illustrator>Presets>Brushes folder.
You can use these free vector brushes in Illustrator to simulate a lino printing (or linocut) effect. Put the LinoCut_MelsBrushes.ai file into your Illustrator > Presets > Brushes folder. For personal use only, or buy a commercial license in my shop.
Time for a freebie.. dotty and dashed Illustrator brush set. Put these in your Adobe > Illustrator > Presets > brushes folder. For personal use only, or buy a CU license here
This brush set for Illustrator is really useful for making swirls, swooshes and decorative curls.
