Curated brush picks
Character design in Procreate usually needs more than one brush type. You often need a sketch brush for structure, a pose or face aid for speed, a hair-focused tool, and a shading brush for final polish. This guide brings those pieces together on one page.
Best brush types for character work
Character design becomes easier when your brush set matches the stages of the process. Start with sketch or pose brushes, move into face and hair design tools, then finish with line and shading brushes.
How to build a practical character brush kit
A useful kit can be surprisingly small: one sketch brush, one pose stamp resource, one hair tool, one inking brush, and one soft rendering or texture brush for finishing touches.
You can also browse the full catalog through Categories or continue with one of the related Procreate brush guides below.
Related guides
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Open GuideSketch Procreate Brushes
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Open GuideShading Procreate Brushes
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Open GuideProcreate Stamp Brushes
Creative stamp brush picks for poses, scene building, planning, fantasy details, and faster illustration layouts.
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