15 Sets of Grunge Brushes for Dirty Backgrounds
Grunge designs are still “in” or trendy these days. Just in case you are also fascinated or would like to try the grunge designs, here are some high quality Photoshop brushes composed of grunge brushes that you could use to add random patches of dirt, rust and mold to textures in your artwork. You may also use these grunge brushes to give your photos that aged and damaged look.
Important: Please read the fine-print. Many designers require attribution or have special requirements for commercial use of their artwork. Please give them the credit they deserve. (Even if they don’t require one). To download the grunge brushes that you would like to use, please click on the link provided below each preview image.
1. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Urban Decay Photoshop Brushes
A large collection of grungy, dirty and decayed grunge brushes. This set contains 61 Photoshop brushes and free to use for personal designs.
2. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Sidewalk Cracks
This is the first of a series of high resolution Photoshop brushes from Room122.com. Inspired by sidewalk cracks, Volume 1 of the Sidewalk Series features six high resolution sidewalk cracks.
3. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Oil Stains
The second volume of the Sidewalk Series contains 10 high resolution grungy concrete stains and spots similar to those that you find on the sidewalk and in the street.
4. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Concrete Rust
The third installment of the Sidewalk Series includes nine high resolution Photoshop brushes. The concrete rust set are spots on the sidewalk that appear as worn areas of brown rust, usually caused from a hole or chip in the
concrete. These are great for adding a bit of grungy-ness to your design work.
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5. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Hi-Res Mess
This set from Qbrushes contains five high resolution 2000px plus grungy and messy Photoshop brushes for Photoshop CS and up. You may use them as you wish for commercial and none commercial use.
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6. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Grungy Wings
This Photoshop brush set was made using a sketch pad, a can of spray paint and a kitchen sponge. The set includes five pairs of wings, making the brush total 10. As usual, the brushes are ginormous (2500px).
7. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Grungy Watercolor
This set contains 10 super large Photoshop brushes. The zip file that you can download included a PNG files for non-Photoshop users. The grunge brushes were made from a combination of watercolor and india ink.
8. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Grungy Texture
The set includes grungy textures as well as some rocky cracks. There are 12 brushes in this
set, all of them 2500px in size. These Photoshop brushes can be used with Photoshop, CS, CS2 and CS3. A PNG format is also included for non-Photoshop users.
10. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Quad Grunged
The Quad Grunged pack contains 10 grungy abstract brushes and compatible with Photoshop 7 and up! Available for personal use only.
11. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Ultimate Grunge Brushes 3
This set from QBrushes contains 135 high-resolution grunge brushes. Free to use for personal and commercial purposes.
12. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Splatters
This set contains 35 high-resolution splats and drips, that load in PS7 and up. These were originally made by breaking fountain pen cartridges onto posterboard, and scanning the results.The brushes can be downloaded for non-commercial use only.
13. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Garfcore Splatter Pack
The pack contains 23 brushes, the smallest one being 927 pixels and the largest; 2405 pixels. These brushes are intended for large scale use since resizing them for a smaller document could be tedious. Free for personal use only.
15. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Hi-Res Splatter Brush
Another grunge brush from Bittbox, this pack contains 23 high resolution brushes. The size of the brushes range from 2457px (smallest) to 2,500px. This set is compatible with Photoshop CS and up. A PNG file is also included for those using early versions and Photoshop and non-Photoshop users.
14. GRUNGE BRUSHES – Tizzape Tape Brushes
This set is made for Photoshop 7 and also works with newer versions of Photoshop. The collection includes 19 high-resolution masking tape brushes that can be downloaded for commercial use only.
