30 Photoshop Brushes: Circles, Stars and Other Shapes
Do you get tired of using custom shapes in Photoshop? I sometimes do. For one, they look too plain and old. How about using something else that allows you to add effects on your shapes?
Here’s another set of free Photoshop brushes that you can use in your designs. This time, I decided to come up with a long list of useful shapes such as circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, stars, gears etc. I hope you will able to find something useful in this list.
If you need a tutorial on how to load these brushes in Photoshop, I have a Photoshop Tutorial on How to Install Photoshop Brushes in Photoshop 7 and above. Checkout also my other Photoshop brushes roundups.
PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES – Pop Geometries I
Author: Emma Alvarez
Description: This set consists 14 geometrical brushes. The brushes are really high-res, with sizes from 1414 pixels to 2071 pixels.
Terms of Use: This set is free for both commercial and non-commercial uses. Please make sure you read the terms and conditions of the author before using these brushes.
2) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES – Pop Geometries II
Author: Emma Alvarez
Description: This set consists 18 geometrical brushes. The brushes are really high-res, with sizes from 1631 pixels to 2425 pixels.
Terms of Use: This set is free for both commercial and non-commercial uses. Please make sure you read the terms and conditions of the author before using these brushes.
3) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES – Digital Squares I & II
Author: elusionerie.com
Description: There are two sets of square brushes that you can download for free from this elusionerie. The first set consists 15 various digital/techy square brushes while the second set consists of only 9 brushes but in higher resolution.
Terms of Use: These brushes are free for both personal and commercial uses. Just link back to the author’s page if you use them in your design.
4) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES – Square Brushes
Author: Chongkiastic
Description: This set consists 24 doodled square brushes created using Photoshop 7.
Terms of Use: This set is free for non-commercial use only. If you want to use the brushes for commercial purposes, visit the author’s site for more details.
5) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES – Retro Flowers Shapes
Author: Photoshop Free Brushes
Description: There are a total of 18 high-resolution brushes in this set with resolution of each brush set at around 2000 pixels. Created in Adobe Photoshop CS3, these brushes should work with any CS version of Photoshop.
Terms of Use: This set is free for non-commercial uses.
6) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES – Arcanes Circles Brushes
Author: Obsidian Dawn
Description: This set of Photoshop & GIMP brushes includes various arcane circles and symbols. These are all original designs, but some are based off alchemical, mythological, etc. designs. These should have numerous uses in fantasy or anywhere you need a cool runed symbol!
Terms of use: Free for both personal and commercial uses. Please visit the author’s website for more details.
7) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES – Vector Designs Photoshop & GIMP Brushes
Author: Obsidian Dawn
Description: This set of Photoshop & GIMP brushes includes various vector designs and shapes. Most designs come in a basic shapes such as circles, squares, stars, hearts, triangles, swirls, flowers, brackets. Great for making patterned paper or patterns, or for single embellishments to a design.
Terms of use: Free for both personal and commercial uses. Please visit the author’s website for more details.
8.) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES – Banners & Scrolls Photoshop Custom Shapes
Author: Obsidian Dawn
Description: This set of Photoshop & GIMP custom shapes consists of various vector shapes of banners, scrolls, and bits of parchment. Also included is a fountain pen in the form of a feather, an ink bottle, and a feather inside an ink bottle.
Terms of Use: This set is free for both commercial and non-commercial uses. If you want to use the brushes for commercial purposes, visit the author’s site for more details.
9) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES – Stars and Circles Brushes
Author: Alibony
Description: This hi-res brush set contains 30 brushes in a Stars and Circles motif, with a few ellipses and a planet thrown in for variety. The brushes are very large so you will probably need to reduce the brush size for your creations.
Terms of Use: This set is free for non-commercial use only. If you want to use the brushes for commercial purposes, visit the author’s site for more details.
10) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES – Shapely Brushes
Author: Melfina
Description: This set consists 10 different brushes including circles, squares and other random shapes.
Terms of Use: This set is free for non-commercial use only. If you want to use the brushes for commercial purposes, visit the author’s site for more details.
11) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Bubble Brushes
Author: Hawksmont
Description: This set consists 10 high resolution bubble brushes created using Photoshop 7.0 version. Great for creating bubble bath effect. All you need to do is to change the shape dynamics (size jitter) and scattering in your brush tip presets.
Terms of Use: This set is free for both commercial and non-commercial uses. Visit the author’s site for more details.
12) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Stars Brushes
Author: Hawksmont
Description: This set consists 10 high resolution star brushes created using Photoshop 7.0 version. Great for any design requiring star effects.
Terms of Use: This set is free for both commercial and non-commercial uses. Visit the author’s site for more details.
13) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Circle Astral Brushes
Author: Lindeloksi
Description: This set consists 17 shiny circular brushes for Photoshop CS2 and above.
Terms of Use: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
14) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Shiny Circle Brushes
Author: Coby17
Description: This set consists 9 shiny round brushes for Photoshop CS3 and above.
Terms of Use: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
15) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Stars Brushes Photoshop
Author: Coby17
Description: This set consists 4 star and circle brushes. These brushes are low-resolution and therefore intended for use in web designs and other artworks that are not in high-resolution format.
Terms of Use: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
16) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Circle Shapes
Author:Aimha Design
Description: This set consists 12 custom shapes mainly intended to be used as background and stuff.
Terms of Use: Free for personal and commercial uses.
17) FREE PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES – Square and Circle Brushes
Author: xTIFFOHHx
Description: This set consists 21 brushes created using gradients in Photoshop CS3. Sizes of the brushes range 407px to 1978px but most are about 1200px.
Terms of Use: Free for personal and commercial uses.
18) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Square Vector Set T.1
Author: Ardcor
Description: This set consists 20 square brushes. Sizes of the brushes range 100px to 500px suitable for web design applications.
Terms of Use: Free for personal and commercial uses.
19) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Ornate Circles and Squares
Author: The Real Shelob
Description: This set consists 45 17th century large ornate decorative circle and square brushes made on Photoshop 7.
Terms of Use: This set is free for non-commercial use only. If you want to use the brushes for commercial purposes, visit the author’s site for more details.
20) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Trendy Circle Brushes
Author: Freddy Wang
Description: This set consists 10 circular brushes that you can use in Photoshop 7 and above as well with GIMP. These brushes are low-resolution and therefore not so much useful for prin and other high-resolution artworks.
Terms of Use: Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
21) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Star Brushes 2 For Photoshop
Author: Inge 123
Description: This set consists 14 star brushes made with Photoshop CS. It includes an image pack, gimp brushes and photoshop brushes.
Terms of Use: Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
22) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Abstract Brushes Set
Author: Doodle Lee Doo
Description: This set consists 28 medium size brushes of abstract shapes, with sizes ranging from 400 to 900 pixels.
Terms of Use: Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
23) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Tech Brush Pack
Author: Rawox
Description: This set consists 8 medium size brushes of technical lines and shapes created from vectors. All of the brushes are 500 by 500 pixels in size.
Terms of Use: Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
24) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Techy Shape Brushes
Author: Scully 7491
Description: A set of brushes made up of advanced tech shapes. These 22 brushes are compatible to use with Photoshop 7 and above. An image pack is also available for download for those who are using other programs (other than Photoshop 7+).
Terms of Use: This set is free for non-commercial use only. If you want to use the brushes for commercial purposes, visit the author’s site for more details.
25) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Stars 1
Author: Fall3n Star
Description: This set was created for Photoshop CS3 and consist 8 different star and heart brushes for. Brush sizes are large, ranging from 937pixels to 1189 pixels.
Terms of Use: This set is free for non-commercial use only. If you want to use the brushes for commercial purposes, visit the author’s site for more details.
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26) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Mostly Arrows
Author: The Super
Description: This set was created using Photoshop CS and consist 16 brushes composed mostly of arrows. Terms of Use: This set is free for non-commercial use only. If you want to use the brushes for commercial purposes, visit the author’s site for more details.
27) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Vector Shapes Brushes 2
Author: Livana Stock
Description: This set consists 25 brushes made from vectors using Photoshop CS2. Sizes of the brushes range from 500 pixels to 900 pixels.
Terms of Use: This set is free for non-commercial use only. If you want to use the brushes for commercial purposes, visit the author’s site for more details.
28) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Jigsaw Puzzle Brushes
Author: Red Head Stock
Description: A set of brushes made up of various shapes of jigsaw puzzle pieces. Using a layer mask, they can be applied to another image to make your very own puzzle! Includes various shapes, corner pieces, edge pieces, as well as several jigsaw puzzle “templates”. These 22 brushes are compatible to use with Photoshop 7+, Photoshop Elements 2+, GIMP 2.2.6+.
Terms of Use: This set is free for non-commercial use only. If you want to use the brushes for commercial purposes, visit the author’s site for more details.
29) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -High Quality Shapes Brushes
Author: Danijel One
Description: This pack contains 50 high quality Photoshop brushes, most of them are shapes like arrows, circles, hearts, etc.
Terms of Use: This set is free for non-commercial use only. If you want to use the brushes for commercial purposes, visit the author’s site for more details.
30) PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES -Gears Brushes
Author: Red Head Stock
Description: A set of free Photoshop brushes composed of various shapes of gears. These are all vector graphics, and there is a design in both 2d and 3d for each gear shape. Also includes several screws (philips, regular, hex) for holding those wonderful virtual gears in place! High resolution, average size is about 1900 pixels. These 34 brushes are compatible to use with Photoshop 7+, Photoshop Elements 2+, GIMP 2.2.6+.
Terms of Use: This set is free for non-commercial use only. If you want to use the brushes for commercial purposes, visit the author’s site for more details.
Great collection of brushes
cool….
Wonderful collection, thanks for sharing!!!