Free Photoshop Brushes from Magurno

Jun 21, 2007 by Jennifer

If you haven’t come across Gabriele Magurno’s brushes before now, you should check them out. They are abolutely superb and a bit different from many of the brushes you see. There are five free sets of brushes and also some vector images that are free to take away.

The illustration below is one I made in Photoshop using a few of Magurno’s brushes. The guy in the picture is our Taoiseach (Ireland’s Prime Minister), Bertie Ahern who has just been re-elected for the third time. Apparently he spends over €20,000 on makeup services every year! I’ll just state now for the record that I am willing to be his official photoshopper for half that.

Bertie Illustration

15 Comments + Add Comment

Paul Enderson June 21, 2007 at 1:27 pm

Great link! Always nice to add some quality brushes to PS…
Kin June 22, 2007 at 9:08 am

Thanks for your link, I’m a newbie to photoshop. It helps me so much. LOL
jennyrusks June 22, 2007 at 10:09 am

Paul and Kin, you’re very welcome. Thanks for visiting.
Randa Clay July 2, 2007 at 2:01 pm

I checked out a book from the library that had examples of letterheads and posters from the turn of the last century, and I was so impressed with the amazing detail and interesting color combinations, I decided I had to redesign my personal blog (linked above) to look similar. See this page for some examples.
Paul Enderson July 2, 2007 at 2:21 pm

Well done for joining the movement! I’ve been following for a while now myself!
jennyrusks July 2, 2007 at 2:32 pm

Thanks Paul, I’m a bit of a slow coach with all the great wordpress plugins, but getting there.
jennyrusks July 2, 2007 at 3:02 pm

Cheers Paul.

Thanks Randa, that site is lovely, lovely, lovely. And I like the work you’ve done on your own “blogamus maximus”!
Paul Enderson July 3, 2007 at 3:43 pm

I personally use a small amount of Smart Blur before I save an image as a JPEG. Because of the slight reduction in detail, you can compress more – achieving a smaller file size without any loss in quality!
Jo July 3, 2007 at 5:13 pm

Hummm, interesting stuff!
it’s funny how styles change. I’ve always loved the “vintage” look including Bauhaus style and Franklin Gothic and Goudy for typefaces!
I seemed to get into the more “modern” feel once I started out in web design. However! I seem to be going back once again to the colours, textures and the feel of “older” design techniques.

Oooh I wish I had a printing press – all those lovely little blocks and delicious ink!
jennyrusks July 4, 2007 at 10:53 am

Jo, these are a few that I really like with a retro-y or textured-y style:

http://www.detektiv-nali.de/

http://www.beyondmidnight.net/html/

http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/education/interactive/peaceriver/

http://altertise.com/

http://www.ravenchase.com/

http://www.webdesigner.ro/

http://www.caracolonline.com/robotmania/

to name a few …
Jo July 4, 2007 at 11:40 am

Thanks so much Jenny!
Now that’s got my brain ticking! I don’t think that I can get away with a lot, but a bit of textured paper and a rip here and there may do it!
There’s some great sites in the list – fantastic!
jennyrusks July 4, 2007 at 11:58 am

No problem Graybonnie, thanks for visiting.
David Airey :: Creative Design :: July 9, 2007 at 12:44 pm

Good to see you’ve joined up, Jenny.

Nice move.
valmiki July 21, 2007 at 4:52 pm

tahnku
jennyrusks July 23, 2007 at 8:56 am

Valmiki, you’re welcome!