Free Brush Set: Sparkles, Neon, and FX

The post presents a weekly brush set for SketchBook Pro members with brushes and stamps for sparkly details, dust motes, and neon color effects. It also points to the brush set file and gives an example of how these brushes can add atmosphere or glow to an image.

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• Each week, SketchBook releases a new brush set for SketchBook Pro members.
• The set includes brushes and stamps for glints, glows, dappled motes, and diagonal motes.
• Dust mote brushes can create atmosphere and depth.
• The Neon tube brushes work best with color.
• The stroke’s inner part turns bright white while the color glows around the edges.
• Renée made a neon sign with the Smooth Neon brush and animated it with Flipbook options.
• She kept the neon on its own layer so she could save separate images for the background and the lit sign.
• She imported the images into Flipbook with File > Add Image and selected the correct layer.
• She put the finished artwork on the background layer and imported the “at” twice on the foreground and mid-ground layers.
• The foreground and mid-ground layers can animate in Flipbook, while the background layer stays fixed as an animation plate.
• Hiding layers with the eye icon made the sign flicker.
• On desktop SketchBook version 8, the .skbrushes file installs by double clicking it.
• The post says Pro membership features include sharing and installing weekly free brush sets and creating Flipbook animations.
• It also mentions a free trial that unlocks Pro membership for 15 days without a credit card.