Free Brush Set: Hudson Rio's Industrial Design Brushes

SketchBook presents a 13-brush set made by Hudson Rio for industrial design work. The post says the brushes are meant to help draw product prototypes and can also be used for characters and figures. It also explains how the brushes are ordered by Hudson’s drawing process, from line work to finishing, and how to install the .skbrushes file in the desktop app.

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• The set includes 13 brushes made by Hudson Rio.
• The brushes are described as useful for strong lines, chrome surfaces, and airbrushed highlights.
• Hudson added opacity markers and custom icons to the brush set.
• The brushes follow the order he uses for prototype drawing, from line work to rough sketching, color blocking, and finishing.
• The post explains each brush’s use, including linework, underlay sketching, ink, parting lines, soft shadows, glowing highlights, color blocking, pressure-sensitive shading, and erasers.
• Hudson Rio is described as a Chicago-based industrial designer who draws cars and shoes.
• The brushes are said to work for industrial design, characters, and figures.
• In SketchBook Pro on desktop, double-clicking the .skbrushes file installs the set automatically.