Top Photoshop and Illustrator Brushes for Creating Streaks and Swirls

I regularly run into the need for custom swirls, curls, and streaks. As a graphic designer or web designer you can never have too many brushes for projects where you want to add accents and flourishes to a design so that it stands out. This collection focuses on brushes for Photoshop and even some for Illustrator for those designs that call for rasterized images. Do you have your own collection you can share? Any favorites you’d want included?

Sparkle-Lines

Light Streaks

Floral Swirls

Grunge streaks, swirls, and more set

Real Light Brush Set

Electric Streak

Fractal Streaks Brush

Abstract Light Streak Brushes

24 Grunge Streak Brushes Set

Heart Swirls

2 Handy Swirl Brushes

Light Swirls

Flourish Swirls

Grungy Swirls

Texture Mate: Swirl Brushes1

Illustrator Sketch/Grunge Streaks

Streaky Inks

Spikey Swirl PS Brushes

Swirls and Sparkles

Twirl Brushes

Rainbow Floral Swirls

Ribbons Streaks

Cosmic Lightstreaks

Ecol Brushes

Bezer Brushes

Winter Breeze

Abstract Flares and Texture Pack

Streamer Swirls

Glowing Swirls

Shadow Swirl

How do you use swirls and streaks in your design projects? The aesthetic impact of these brush styles can help you add a range of tones to a design. From a grunge website, feminine-style posters, or a swirled typography decoration, for a wedding invitation design, swirls and streak tools can help you create a unique piece of visual communication for your next project.

If you’re looking for cool graphic design jobs  to apply your Photoshop and Illustrator brush/swirl skills check out DesignCrowd.com for thousands invitation, poster or website design jobs from around the world.

Tara Hornor has a degree in English and has found her niche writing about marketing, advertising, branding, web and graphic design, and desktop publishing. She is a freelance editor at DesignCrowd.