How to Create and Sell Your Custom Brushes

A Concepts Tutorial for iOS

Resources for how to create, prepare, market and sell your custom brushes with Concepts App.


If you're interested in creating, sharing, and even selling your own brushes for Concepts, you've come to the right place. Find resources below for how to create your own custom brushes for Concepts for iOS, prepare them for sale, and share them with the world via your personal Patreon, Creative Market, Gumroad, Etsy or other site. (Custom brush creation is coming soon to our Windows and Android platforms.) 

This means you're welcome to sell your brushes, give them away, or do whatever else you can imagine with them... like promote your hard work and creative style. We won't take any of it, it's yours.

If you choose, you can send us your collection of brushes for review (see the instructions below). We may feature a selection of them as free samples in our market that designers and artists can try in-app, then link back to your store to purchase the full set.

We wish you the best with your creative work.

The Concepts Team

Creating New Brushes

If you haven't created your own brushes with Concepts before, here are resources to get you started. If you're a seasoned brush master in other apps, we think you'll find our brush editor smooth and enjoyable to use. Learn how to create a great set of brushes you love to use.

How to Create a Custom Brush Stamp and Grain - Learn how to create your own stamps and grains to use with Concepts' brush editor.

How to Create a Custom Brush - Learn how to use the brush editor in Concepts to create your own custom brushes.

Create a Photo-based Brush - Learn how to turn a photo into a custom brush in Concepts.

Creating an Acrylic-based Brush - Learn how to create an acrylic-based custom brush in Concepts.
 

Preparing Your Brushes for Sale

Ready to share your brushes? If you're looking to sell a brush library or provide brushes for team members or friends, use our Custom Brush Checklist to help you prepare the brushes for release. You'll also find tips on how to market your brushes and digital assets on your store, website and social media.
 

Featuring Your Brushes

We want to help support your work. If you'd like the opportunity to become a featured Concepts Creator, including in-app promotion of your brush library, make sure you've checked all items in our Custom Brush Checklist, then submit the following to support@concepts.app:
 

1. A piece of artwork created with the brushes.

2. A paragraph describing your brush pack and the inspiration or reasons behind it.

3. A bit about yourself, so we can get to know you.

4. A link to your brush pack.
 

The possibilities for brushes are endless and unique, but if you'd like an example of what we're looking for, take a look at Concepts Creators Matthew Baldwin and MiksKS.

We look forward to working with you!
 

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Sketching for Digital Product Design - Artist MiksKS shares their creative process behind designing for digital products and two new brush libraries for Concepts.

Digital Brush Design with a Splash - Artist Matthew Baldwin shares how he creates digital brushes for apps like Concepts and Procreate.

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