DAUB Brushes vs GrutBrushes
DAUB Brushes
daub-brushes.com
GrutBrushes
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| Figure | DAUB Brushes | GrutBrushes |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 10 | 3 |
| Spec score · Digital Brush Libraries | 8.5 (#3) | 8.0 (#7) |
| Audience | The maker says the tools are developed with traditional artists, digital professionals, and creators. | The maker describes the tools as intended for digital artists, including professionals and hobbyists. |
| Commercial use | The terms allow commercial use of artwork made with the brushes, but prohibit sublicensing or including the brushes in commercial products. | The license permits personal and commercial projects and allows users to sell artwork they create with GrutBrushes products, but not the downloaded files themselves. |
| Privacy | The site says it collects no visitor data and uses no cookies. | The privacy policy says purchases require only a name and email, and payment card processing is handled by Stripe or PayPal on their servers. |
| Product | DAUB makes professional natural media brush tools for artists. | GrutBrushes is a collection of handcrafted digital art tools, including brushes and smart digital paper. |
| Support | The maker invites creative agencies and schools to contact him about multiple-license discounts. | The maker invites users to email [email protected] for help and says support emails go to the maker, who reads and replies to them. |
Plans
DAUB Brushes
- PencilsFree
- Markers€3.99, paid once
- BrushSet One€4.99, paid once
- Joyful Bristle€4.99, paid once
- Dry€5.99, paid once
- Watercolors€6.99, paid once
- Essentials€7.99, paid once
- Ink€7.99, paid once
- Pigmento€12.99, paid once
- Super Bundle€19.99, paid once
GrutBrushes
- Procreate Pencils$7, paid once
- GrutBrushes Art Brushes Complete – 500 Photoshop Brushes$20, paid once
- Procreate Brushes Unlimited$20, paid once
In their own words
DAUB Brushes
DAUB Brushes sells downloadable natural-media brush sets for Clip Studio Paint, Affinity, Procreate, and Photoshop. Its collections include watercolor, oil, pastel, charcoal, chalk, ink, pencil, and marker tools for Clip Studio Paint, while Affinity sets cover essentials, pigment simulation, comic brushes, inking, halftone patterns, and dry media. Procreate's Expression set contains 278 tools, and Photoshop's Pro Set is described as 100 natural-media tools and 24 papers. The Clip Studio Paint Markers set supports pen pressure, tilt, and axis rotation; Watercolors offers blending effects and real paper textures. Prices include a free 12-tool Pencils set and one-time purchases such as Markers for €3.99, paid once and Watercolors for €6.99, paid once. The Clip Studio Paint Super Bundle costs €19.99, paid once and includes 572+ tools and 60+ textures. Sets use a single-user license. Artwork made with the brushes may be used commercially without a time or usage limit, but the brushes themselves cannot be sublicensed, redistributed, or included in commercial products. The maker identifies himself as Paolo Limoncelli and says he released the first DAUB set in 2014.
GrutBrushes
GrutBrushes is a collection of digital art tools, including brushes and smart digital paper, for artists using supported creative apps. Its Photoshop brushes respond to hand movement and pressure, so strokes vary with the artist’s input. The Photoshop Complete set spans watercolor, ink, oil, impasto, natural media, pencil, charcoal, specialty, cross-hatching and mixer brushes. Procreate Brushes Unlimited lets users browse, search, preview and install brushes directly to an iPad, with 12 months of access to new brushes. An optional Photoshop plugin organizes presets into sets and supports drag-and-drop ordering, but it is incompatible with the latest Photoshop update that removed legacy plugins; ABR files remain usable in Photoshop CC’s brushes panel. The shop lists free products, including a sampler, and a free signup. One-time plans include Procreate Pencils at 7.00 USD and two sets at 20.00 USD each. The license permits commercial artwork, but not resale of downloaded files.