Function Brush Set: 33 Subtle Grunge Textures & Effects
A SET WE CREATED TO USE OURSELVES, BUT YOU CAN HAVE THEM TOO!
We’ve put together a great set of free Grunge & Textured brushes for you to use. The idea with these brushes is that they are to be used to create subtle grunge effects within your designs. We’ve made them from various dirty textures, surfaces and fabrics from images taken ourselves.
Details of the Pack
All of the brushes have faded edges, so they are perfect for creating edges, masking, and and organic patterns & backgrounds without any straight lines in them. There are 33 in this set, but we hope to be bring you more quite soon. But these should keep you busy for a while.
Examples of Use
Here are two of a possible millions of ways to use these brushes effectively. The set was specifically made for web design projects and work at a similar DPI, but I think they’d be too small for print work.


As you can see they are perfect for being used to add some faint grunge effects to anything. Great for being used as eraser brushes too, that’s how the text was made, I used the brushes to erase some of the areas of the text to give a really simple but effective grunge/worn look. I’d love to see some examples of what you have used them for if you do use them, feel free to link to some of your works in the comments.
Share These Brushes
If you find this set useful we’d like you to pass them on to other who you think might appreciate it. You can do this easily by clicking one of the share links at the bottom of this article, or using the URL in the address bar and give the link to this article Page to anyone who needs it. The URL to share is: http://wefunction.com/2008/07/function-brushes-subtle-grunge-textures
Important, you must link to this article when sharing the set, you must not upload these files anywhere else.
Download The Set
Download Free Brushes | .zip Format | 1.2 mb
Written by liam on July 14, 2008











Spencer said:
Nice Liam! Those brushes are pro, and just the textures I have been looking for. I find that some grunge brushes are just too…. grungy! These are great for creating adding some nice subtle roughness to a design.
Nice work!
adelle said:
Liam, nice work! These are fabulous and you have been busy!! Much appreciated. Keep up the great work. -A
Andrew said:
Awesome brushes, thank you so much!
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neil said:
great brushes! quality brushes really do come in very handy
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Fath said:
Thanks for sharing, Liam. I’ve been looking for grungy brushes nowadays.
MIraclestudios web design said:
Great effects
shopping cart said:
very nice brushes pattern and I will use it in my design and really it helps us all.
liam said:
Thanks guys, glad you liked ‘em. Really enjoyed making them, so will certainly have a few more to come soon enough.
Makakman said:
Thanks for these Liam, I’ve been looking for something similar so these will come in handy.
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Fox said:
great brushes!
Eftu said:
Thanks bro! I’ve made myself a grungy brush manually and it looks like a mess (just check mysite!)
PD Walls said:
Thanks man! I was searching for these…
A u d e e said:
These are absolutely wonderful. I have downloaded the set and amaze with the idea of their faded edges. Soft and well texturized. Designing grunge effect will be much easier…
T H A N K Y O U !!!!
Looking forward for more
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Thomas said:
Great Brushes set, thanks Liam
snowblack said:
nice nice. I feel like I ought to subscribe to your blog
elcodigodebarras said:
thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, in this way internet is getting more friendly for rookies like me.
…Sincerely thanks!
Carl said:
Very nice brushes. These could be very useful. Better than a lot of grunge brush sets I’ve seen in the past. Thanks.
Blue Buffalo said:
Thanks for the freebie brushes! Very cool!
Curvball said:
Great set of grunge brushes. Thanks for making them available.
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Thanx for the freebies…
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fantoi said:
thank you.
this post really helps me out.
rikku said:
Just as i want
Thx a lot…
Nat said:
Do we have to link back to this site if we use the brushes?
liam said:
@Nat, No you don’t have to. You only need to link back if you are sharing the brushes.
Thanks.
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beautiful brushes, amazing job, thanks!!
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