NEW Realistic Photoshop Thread Brushes for a Hand Embroidered Illustration Effect & Free Embroidery Brush Sampler

cover image of dimensional embroidery thread effects created by Photoshop brushes

Digital Embroidery Magic! 161 NEW Photoshop brushes for amazing embroidery, fiber, thread, and stitch inspired illustrations! Inspired by embroidery, knitting, crochet, fiber art, cross stitch and more. Now you can combine all of these inspirations into your illustrations! Embroidery magic and thread painting right within Photoshop!

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Realistic Embroidery & Thread Brush Sampler

They are here, they are here! After years of tinkering on and off, and then after months of steady work, I have finally unlocked the secret to creating a directional and dimensional embroidery and thread effect in Photoshop using these specially designed Photoshop brushes and texture palettes! A whole new style of illustration is opened up to you, where you can combine hand embroidery, thread painting, fiber art, cross stitch and much more -- all with these magical new photoshop brushes! 

I've done all the hard work, so that you get to have fun and create amazing thread and embroidery brush strokes! I've literally thought of everything, so that you can simply pick up a photoshop brush and use one of my FIFTEEN pre-colored texture palettes and create infinite directional and dimensional photoshop brush strokes that look like realistic threads! For Photoshop CS6+

chart of dimensional thread brush strokes, brushes 1-55
embroidered letter effect created in Photoshop
embroidery thread brush samples showing different texture palettes to create different thread effects
modern abstract thread painting style illustration created using embroidery and thread photoshop brushes, pink, mustard and navy colors
chart of dimensional thread brush strokes, brushes 56-114
illustration created in photoshop that gives illusion of hand embroidery of a geode artwork
chart of dimensional thread brush strokes, brushes 115-161
digital art of two Christmas trees and stitch effects created in Photoshop using embroidery inspired brushes
color chart of digital embroidery brushes part 1
color chart of digital embroidery brushes part 2
abstract floral illustration combining photoshop brush strokes that emulate stitches, embroidery and felt art
fall leaf illustration that looks embroidered but was created with Photoshop brushes and sample stitch brush effects
butterfly illustration that has a hand embroidered effect created in Photoshop
Christmas tree that looks embroidered but was created with Photoshop embroidery brushes
image showing the same embroidery brush but sampled from different texture palettes to create different 3d thread effects
abstract thread illustration in bright colors, created using special embroidery Photoshop brushes
mixed media illustration using digital embroidery photoshop brushes, a colorful flower
dimensional fabric and thread rose illustration, embroidered effect created in Photoshop

Included in the download is...

  • 161 Embroidery, Thread, & Fiber inspired Photoshop brushes
  • 15 Pre-colored texture palette PSD files
  • 10 Metallic Thread palettes in tones of gold, desaturated gold, warm silver, cool silver, two rose golds, and copper
  • 10 Fabric Layer Styles
  • 15 Thread Dimension and Recolor Layer Styles
  • Bonus metallic gold 'palette' PSD for metallic hardware inspired strokes
  • Bonus Dark and Light Digital Round Embroidery Hoop PSDs
  • Brush and palette reference charts: Handy labeled and organized JPEG charts with all of the brush strokes and texture palettes
  • An in-depth youtube tutorial playlist to get you started, no matter what your level of Photoshop

    What kind of effects can you create with these Photoshop Thread brushes?

    • Illustrations that look like they are hand embroidered
    • Embroidery and thread accents to photos and photo layouts
    • Digital artwork inspired by fiber art
    • Lettering designs with an embroidered effect
    • Digital illustrations in the style of Thread Painting
    • Designs and illustrations inspired by knitting and crochet stitches
    • Embroidery inspired kits for digital scrapbooking
    • Cross stitch inspired digital designs and illustrations
    • Enhance your illustrations or clip art with embroidered and thread effects
    • Create artistic collage designs with an embroidery style

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    2 comments

    Excited to try!

    Wendy

    Oh my gosh, this product reaches all the way down to my most inner self. Needle arts have been practiced by the women in my family for a long, long time. Quilting, sewing, crochet, knitting, embroidery, tatting. My favorites were cross stitching and doing all the embroidery for crazy quilts (back to my hippie girl and embroidered jeans roots). It broke my heart to lose the ability to use my hands for fine needlework, then casual crafts, and now even typing is painful. I am so thankful for my iPad Pro where I can redo mistakes as many times as needed. chuckles

    You have totally captured the essence of beautiful embroidery. I know that if I could flip the images over, the backside would be as beautiful and neat as the front! I can’t believe that I will be able to embroider again. And so many styles of stitches, from the simple running stitch to crewel and chain and feather stitches. Thank you so much, Jessica!

    . . . and races off to dig out dusty old embroidery patterns.

    Cully Barbosa

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