Digital Store

Digital brushes are dynamic tools that mimic real-world art supplies. They respond to your stylus’s pressure, tilt and speed enabling organic textured strokes for painting blending and sketching. Think of them as your digital pencil, watercolour, oil brush or charcoal stick.

Ideal for painting sketching shading and creating original artwork.

Digital stamps are static, pre-made graphic elements (like icons, foliage, textures, or patterns) that you can tap to place instantly. They are perfect for adding consistent, detailed assets quickly without having to draw them manually every time.

Ideal for: Adding repetitive elements, creating patterns, scene-building, and enhancing designs with precise details.

Here is a run down on what the files look like.

Digital Brushes

These are small proprietary packages containing brush tip shapes, textures and behaviour settings.

Procreate:

- File: A single .brush file.

- Appearance: A small generic file icon (often a blank page) unless Procreate is installed. You don’t open this file directly; you import it into the app.

Adobe (Photoshop, Fresco):

- File: An .abr (Adobe Brush) file.

- Appearance: A generic file icon sometimes with a small brush preview. This is a library file containing one or hundreds of individual brush presets.

Affinity (Photo, Designer):

- File: An .afbrushes file.

- Appearance: A file with a distinct Affinity icon (a stylised “A”). Like the .abr, it’s a container for multiple brush presets.

Digital Stamps

Digital stamps come in various formats depending on their intended use.

1. Brush Sets:

   Often, “stamps” are included as brush presets within a .brush .abr or .afbrushes file. These functions like a single-tap brush and are identified by a complex shape, such as a leaf or star, rather than a simple stroke.

2. Image Files (Most Common & Flexible):

   These are the most versatile and widely used format. You import them onto your canvas as a layer.

   Formats: .png (with a transparent background, highly recommended), .jpg, .tiff or .psd.

   Appearance: Standard image files. You can preview the stamp icon in your computer’s file browser.

   Typical Delivery: They’re usually provided in a ZIP folder containing dozens or hundreds of individual image files, often organised into subfolders like “Foliage” or “Clouds”.

3. Custom Shape Files (Less Common):

  For Adobe Illustrator/Affinity Designer: You might receive .ai .eps or .svg files (vector shapes).

   For Affinity Apps: You might get .afdesign or .afphoto files with stamps on layers.

Tool Types for Procreate, Adobe, and Affinity Designer:

Brushes: .brush, .abr, or .afbrushes files (N/A for Affinity Designer)

Stamps: .brush or a folder of .png files (or .abr or a folder of .png files for Adobe and Affinity Designer; a folder of .png files for Procreate)

You’ll most likely download a .ZIP folder. Inside, you’ll find either a single brush file for your app or a folder containing .png images for stamps. Always remember to unzip the folder before using the files.