- Sans Serif
383
- Calligraphy
50
- Display
538
- Bold
336
- Script
- Serif
292
- Retro
151
- Graffiti
66
- Y2K
67
- Elegant
- Western
74
- Gothic
74
- Futuristic
97
- Bubble
- Playful
162
- Art Deco
53
- Wedding
102
- Sports
60
- Brush
137
- Pixel
90
- Groovy
- Signature
89
- Cartoon
91
- Medieval
- Typewriter
54
- Blackletter
81
- Marker
81
- Grunge
- Monoline
51
- Handwriting
Procreate Sketch Brushes
Procreate sketch brushes are built for the stage before the final line: strokes break up at low pressure and overlap without building to solid black. The collection covers graphite and charcoal sketching, rake brushes that lay several parallel lines at once, hand-drawn and scribble sets, and crayon.
Procreate sketch brushes: tools for the stage before the final line
Sketch brushes are built for searching instead of committing. The stroke breaks up at low pressure, repeated lines can overlap without immediately building to solid black, and the texture reads as paper tooth. This allows a shape to be found through several passes, which is how drawing on paper actually proceeds and what a clean inking brush prevents.
Procreate brushes use the .brushset format, which holds an entire set in one file. Opening it on an iPad and choosing Procreate imports the whole group into the Brush Library under its own name. Individual brushes use .brush and install the same way. Both can be dragged in directly from the Files app.
Everything imported stays editable. The Brush Studio exposes stroke path, taper, grain, pressure curve, opacity response and wet-mix settings for any brush, including purchased ones. Duplicating a brush before editing preserves the original as a reference point.
Brush types in this collection
- Graphite and pencil sketching: grain-heavy strokes with pressure-dependent darkness.
- Charcoal sketching: coarse matte marks that build quickly and smudge readily.
- Rake and multi-line brushes: several parallel strokes from one pass, for rapid hatching.
- Hand-drawn and scribble: irregular strokes imitating fast exploratory marks.
- Watercolor sketching: loose wash tools for color studies over line work.
- Crayon and wax: broken coverage with thick deposits on the paper grain.
- Multi-app sets: packs supplying both .brushset and .abr for cross-application use.
Practical notes
Version compatibility runs one way. Brushsets built in Procreate 5 and later use the current brush engine and will not import into earlier versions. Older brushes do import into current releases, though the engine update remapped some settings, so behavior can differ slightly from the original.
Pressure and tilt require an Apple Pencil. The device reports both force and angle, which is what drives the variation these brushes are built around. Drawing with a finger or a basic stylus produces a uniform stroke with none of the response.
Procreate Pocket uses the same format, so brushes work on iPhone without modification. Screen size is the limiting factor, since detailed hatching and construction work is considerably harder at that scale.
Where sketch brushes are used
- Concept art: thumbnails and exploratory drawing before a design is fixed.
- Illustration: underdrawings beneath finished line and color work.
- Comics: layout and rough panel construction.
- Life drawing and studies: observational work on a tablet.
- Client presentation: deliberately rough visuals that invite feedback.
Procreate brushes use the .brushset format, which contains a full set of brushes in one file. Opening it on an iPad imports the whole set into the Brush Library as a named group. Single brushes use .brush, and both install the same way.
Sketch brushes are built for the construction stage: the stroke breaks up at low pressure, lines can overlap without immediately building to solid black, and the texture reads as paper tooth. This allows searching for a shape with repeated strokes before committing to a final line.
Open the .brushset file from Files or an email attachment and choose Procreate when asked which app should open it. The set imports into the Brush Library automatically. It can also be dragged into Procreate directly from the Files app using split screen.
Brushsets created in Procreate 5 and later use the current brush engine and will not import correctly into earlier versions. Brushes made in older versions do import into current releases, though some settings may have been remapped by the engine update.
Yes. Every imported brush opens in the Brush Studio, where stroke path, taper, grain, pressure curve and opacity response can all be adjusted. Duplicating the brush before editing keeps the original intact as a reference.
Yes, with Procreate Pocket, which uses the same brush format. The brushes themselves behave identically, though screen size makes the detailed hatching and texture work they are designed for considerably harder.