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First Photoshop Brush Competition

Our very first brush exhibit...

Please Note: This competition is now closed. This was the very first brush competition that we ever ran.
Do you have a set of themed brushes that you'd like to enter? All 'themed' means is that the set should be centered around one topic, like "Stars" for example. Don't submit brush sets that contain lots of unrelated brushes. 'Abstract themes' (like "Swirls" or "Splatters") are fine. :)

Even if you don't have a set yet, why not give it a go! Making brushes is great fun, so just pick a topic and create 10+ brushes on that topic. See my brush sets above for examples.

Then once you have a brush set, all you have to do is write a few words describing your brushes, and explain why you picked your topic, and you're in with a chance of winning $100! You'll be given details of how to send in the brushes after you write the description.

The brush set should be an ABR brush set file, and can be put in a ZIP file if you like. Most brush sets will probably be a couple of megabytes in filesize, but certainly shouldn't exceed 10MB.

One important note: The brushes must be all your own work. They can incorporate photos you have taken or images you have made, but they must not contain material that is copyrighted by other people! Other people will be allowed to download and comment on your brushes.

Multiple entries are allowed - you can submit as many brush sets as you like. I will pick the winning brush set after the closing date, Midnight (GMT) on the 15th January, and award the winner 100 $US via PayPal. (Competition is now closed!)

My decision will be final - The 'best' brush set is the one that I deem to be of the best quality. It does not need to contain hundreds of brushes, as quality is more important than quantity. Inventive, imaginative brushes that are eye-catching and relevant to the theme are likely to do well.

So what about it then? Fancy winning that $100 as a late Christmas bonus?

Are YOU Game?

To enter, just fill in the information below. You will submit the actual brush set file after pressing the "I'm Game =)" button.

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See Other People's Entries

Click below to see competition entries from other visitors to this page...

And The Winner Is...  starstarstarstarstar
Well, that's the last time I ever run a competition - Deciding the winner is just too hard!

You know when you hear the TV presenter say "Well, it was ...

Snowflake Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
Every year I cut snowflakes out of paper and hang them up at Christmas time. This year I photographed them, selected them, and turned them into brushes!...

Frame, Swirl and Dot Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
I wanted to created some unique frames to use for my photos. I began by making some dots and lines. Sometimes I tried to grunge them up a bit (only using ...

Tropical Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
I love visiting tropical islands, especially in Winter. This tropical island brush set is based on pictures from my travels to Fiji, Jamaica and Hawaii....

Grunge Line Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
Grunge brushes are what I use in my digital scrapbooking, and also when I want a frame around my pictures to print. I use the grunge line brushes also ...

Edge, Border and Frame Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
These brushes may be of use to scrapbookers. They include oblong and circular frames, small edge designs and borders. Quite often, when I do montages, the ...

Fancy Nancy Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
I have been playing with these wildly dynamic background brushes for some time and 'Fancy Nancy' was just the name that came to mind. They are brushes ...

Fish Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
Fish can make an interesting or unusual border for your picture, plus I enjoyed making these brushes!

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Photoshop Fish Brush ...

Cloud Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
When creating a montage or a scrapbook page sometimes it is useful to have a neutral or unobtrusive background. Clouds are ideal for this, so I created ...

Fall Leaf Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
This is a set of 4 leaf brushes.

- Single leaf straight on. (2276 px)
- Single leaf from the side. (921 px)
- Group of three leaves from the front....

Childs Garden Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
I made these brushes from a digital scrapbook kit I designed. They are whimsical and friendly, and make you want to play with them. Kittens, mice, birds,...

Corner Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
This competition has made me think about what I really use mostly and I often need something just to decorate one or two corners, hence these corner brushes....

Sphere Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
I've never made a brush set before, but with this competition I thought I'd give it a whirl. Why sphere brushes and spherical distortions? I just chose ...

Celtic Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
I have been working on some montages based on early England (about 850 to 900 AD) and King Alfred so I needed one or two Celtic designs. Once I got started ...

Floral Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
I like to do montages and find a lot of brush sets contain lots of stuff I don't use. I set out to change that.

I made these floral brushes as they ...

Footprint Brushes  starstarstarstarstar
(This is an example entry by me, Robert, to give you the idea. It can't win the competition ;)


I've made a collection of footprint brushes, featuring ...





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