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This is not news for creative specs: getting your hands on high-quality Procreate brushes can completely revolutionize your creative process. Especially when it comes to designing tattoos. With this in mind, we’ve made our new selection of themed Procreate tattoo brushes. These tools will infuse a distinct, authentic touch into your designs, rendering them akin to real tattoos.Â
If you’re looking to recreate the intricate and appealing aesthetics of tattoo art on your iPad, our handpicked collection of tattoo brushes for Procreate is just what you need. Ranging from vintage Americana, fine line, tribal to Japanese Irezumi and more, we’ve ensured that every popular tattoo style is covered. Prepare to take your digital artwork to the next level, one brush stroke at a time!Â
Our Team’s Top Pick
Tattoo Art Brushes — Procreate
Prepare to create tattoo designs that strike with realism and authencity right on your iPad/iPad Pro with a collection of custom brushes from Jeremy Child. The pack has it all: gradient stipple shaders, stipple liners and classic stipple brushes made to repeat actual tattooing styles.Â
12 Tattoo Art Brushes — Procreate
Want to feel and draw like professional tattoo artists but don’t know where to begin? You can start with getting a set of the best Procreate tattoo brushes inspired by how real tattooing tools work!Â
This pack has 12 ink brushes that imitate strokes, dots, and lines from actual tattooing. Although they look simple, nothing will work better if you want to transfer meticulously crafted tattoo sketches to your iPad/iPad Pro or start exploring this art.Â
Lighthouse Liner Procreate Brushes
You can now transfer all tattoo doodles and sketches to the Procreate app! To do so, you have 56 brushes divided into different styles, able to pull out the ideas from your mind to an empty artboard!Â
Draw sharp lines with 10 ultimate ink brushes, discover the ingenious 16 dot brushes with their hatches, sprinkles, and squares, then work on a proper texture by picking the suitable tool from 30 pat brushes. And pay attention to the 20 pattern brushes when dealing with the last stage: there are more appealing options to consider.Â
10 Tattoo Art Brushes Procreate
This pack of Procreate tattoo brushes will easily replace the tattoo machine and allow you to create unique and eye-catching illustrations with inking techniques. Not only it looks professional, but it also allows you as much creative freedom!Â
What you will find inside is 10 tattoo-needle brushes showing dots of different sizes. You can use them to create any element of the illustration. Or for drawing shade, adding textures and volume. Or just for random sketches inspired by the great artists in this field.Â
Free Procreate Stipple Brush Pack
A free tattoo brush set for all beginner artists just immersing into the craft. However, the fact it’s free doesn’t make us doubt the professional quality of the features tools. They will work perfectly in your Procreate app, allowing you to create unique illustrations of the highest quality.Â
The pack is a must-have for digital tattoo designs in classic style. At the same time, you can use it for any other art: particularly if you seek to get a hand in stippling.Â
Stipple Brushes for Procreate
Design your first artwork with 27 Procreate tattoo brushes, all filled with nostalgia. There are 9 brush types, each available in three styles: stroke brushes, stipple brushes, and gradient shaders, all imbued with retro creativity.Â
The collection allows you to easily add texture and volume to the objects and re-create the play of light and shadow. As a result, you’ll have all eyes on your work: not only tattoo designs but also illustrations, lettering, wall art, and so much more!Â
Dansdesign Hatching Brush Procreate
Although hatching isn’t the most common technique in tattoo design, we couldn’t help bringing a pack of Procreate tattoo brushes for those designers who want to use it in their work. Besides, the skull from the preview image proves that hatching can look great on the skin and your iPad Pro.Â
You will find 10 brushes, tooled to create stunning and realistic designs. They’re incredibly easy to use in illustrations and sketches — and such art looks so unconventional!Â
Dansdesign Inking Illustration Brush Procreate
A pack of brushes for Procreate inspired by hand-drawn source artworks from pro artists — how do you like that? Since there’s hardly anything better for tattoos than inking brushes, this pack is your must-have!Â
The pack is versatile! It features 10 brushes of different thicknesses for iPad and iPad Pro. With its help, you can create main and detail lines, complex tattoo designs in digital format, and even approach tattoo-style lettering.Â
Grain Procreate Brushes
There should definitely be a new era of tattoo design someday. We’ve decided to expedite it and bring you 12 gorgeously-looking tattoo brushes for Procreate, which look like real hand-drawn material on the skin!Â
Indeed, tattoo artists invent new edges of creativity, so these brushes are the right thing to explore their digital form! Bringing a solid grunge look, Pixelbuddha’s tattoo brush pack will complement your sketches with inimitable shades and texture.Â
Dans Hatching Drawing Procreate
Another professional pack of Procreate tattoo brushes for artists who want a time-saving tool for hatching. There are 10 strokes of different thicknesses, which can be used for illustrations and tattoo sketches with a rebellious, energetic vibe.Â
Even though hatching is less common in tattoo art than inking and stippling, it’s still worth a try! Especially if edge control isn’t your focus and you are willing to create artwork in a casual, semi-sloppy style.Â
Tattoo Pro – Procreate Brushes
This is the most authentic and time-saving pack for creating tattoo-style illustrations on your iPad/iPad Pro! It includes 73 exceptional Procreate tattoo brushes: liners, stipples, grains, dots, and lettering grids. And there are even whip-shading brushes, which are so rare!Â
The pack was made with the help of some amazingly talented tattoo artists. As a result, it makes it incredibly simple for anyone to illustrate in any tattoo style they can think of: from vintage-themed and minimalist tattoos to classic skull sketches.Â
Procreate Inks Tattoo Brushes
This collection of tattoo brushes for Procreate sparks creativity and is actually known for being one of the most essential tools for tattooing on iPad/iPad Pro. It allows you to create stunning sketches and lettering in various styles and have brushes of different kinds at hand. Â
Inside you will find 10 custom brushes based on real tattooing tools, 2 line brushes, 7 regular and whip shading brushes, and 3 bonus tillable skin textures.Â
Perfect Little Lines — 14 FREE Lineart Brushes for Procreate
Have you ever wanted the perfect linework brushes that do the work for you? That you just touch the screen and draw instead of you so you don’t have to ever worry about linework? Have you ever desired Procreate brushes that magically reveal the wonderful drawing you have in your mind and put it on the screen for you?Â
Well, these brushes will not do this for you but will make your job much easier when it comes to getting the perfect lineart for your tattoos. At your disposal are 14 free brushes perfectly tooled for the Procreate app.Â
Tattoo Art Procreate Brush Kit
Prepare to create a perfect heart, portrait, or skull sketch on the skin with another all-encompassing collection of Procreate tattoo brushes. Approved by tattoo artists and digital creators, it provides an inexhaustible source of creative tools for your iPad & iPad Pro.Â
So, what’s inside? There are hand-mastered stippling brushes, pencils, shaders, and, of course, a handful of ink outline brushes. As a bonus, there’re also two vintage papers (those yellowish ones imbued with old-school/pirate aesthetics).Â
Dans Vintage Tattoo Drawing Brush #1
We asked tattoo artists, which were the most used tools in their work, and they mentioned dots and lines. And that’s precisely what this pack can boast: a perfect combo of Procreate tattoo brushes both for lettering and a tattoo sketch.Â
You will get 9 inkers and 9 stipplers with different sizes of dots/line widths. The brush set is made precisely for iPad and iPad Pro drawing, so you can create detailed, realistic tattoo designs, urban sketches (why not?), and vintage artworks.Â
Free Fine Liner Brushes for Procreate (22 Brushes)Â
Even though we’re trying to bring together the best brushes for tattoo design, we want all these packs and collections to be handy in other creative projects too. For example, this set of fine liners will fit almost any sketching or lettering artwork, manga, or portrait — and that’s amazing!Â
The freebie provides 22 liner brushes for Procreate, approved by hundreds of pro artists. It’s the original version of liners that can cover a multitude of projects indeed, so whatever style you work in, you’ll love them for this versatility and comfortable use.Â
Tattoo Practice | Procreate Tattoo BrushesÂ
These Procreate tattoo brushes are intended for tattoo artists working within the Procreate app or for everyone who wants to create artwork in the whip-shading technique in digital form.Â
An entire library of brushes of different kinds can be applied for outlining, inking, shading, halftones effects, adding textures, and more. This means no pack will support you better if you work with traditional tattoo design, lettering, or even blackwork.Â
The Crosshatching Experience FREE Mini Brush Set for Procreate
You don’t need actual ink to create realistic tattoos. These free Procreate tattoo brushes will be a worthy replacement. They make a basic minimum for tattoo artists who like to sketch on their iPad/iPad Pro and those who are deeply in love with tattoo aesthetics.Â
There are three brushes. The first is an outstanding inking brush. The second is a precise crosshatching brush that will allow you to add details to characters, shapes, and objects. And the last one is a general brush to help you fill bigger areas with a hand-made crosshatching texture.Â
50 Religion Tattoo Reference & Stencils Procreate Brush Stamp
Do you think we could leave you without tattoo stamps? Definitely not! Prepare to create your most stunning sketches and follow the aesthetics of your favorite tattoo artist with this pack — and don’t hesitate to check others from Tattoo Worker Studio.Â
You will find 25 reference tattoo stamps and 25 stencil tattoo stamps, bringing the best of religious aesthetics. Simply exploring them on your Procreate app will be an exciting creative adventure!Â
Stipple Procreate Brush Set
The skull in the preview looks like the best tribute to the classic ink drawing. And the pack of free brushes will actually turn into the best booster for beginner and experienced tattoo artists who like to use the Procreate app in their work.Â
The marks for these Procreate tattoo brushes were all hand-made with ink on paper for some analog goodness. The pack includes 8 easy stipplers, 2 inky liners, and one precision stippler.Â
Neo Tradition Peony Tattoo Stencil
You won’t surprise a tattoo artist with an ultimate skull pack, but a comprehensive collection of peonies will definitely charm them and melt their heart. For some reason, feminine and elegant tattoo brush stamps are so rare!Â
Hopefully, here you’ll get 40 peonies filled with subtle floral aesthetics! These Procreate tattoo brushes can form the basis for unique concepts, and you can create the most fanciful tattoos with their help (just make sure to use extra brushes to complete the sketch!).Â
Procreate Stippling Brushes — Stipple Shading Brushes
A sketch made with no outline brushes, just stipplers? A pro tattoo artist will tell you it’s easy-peasy! Besides, this is how you can convey traditional aesthetics with no magic!Â
This free collection of 15 Procreate tattoo brushes for stippling is your chance to see it yourself. They vary in dot sizes, so you can use them for main parts and details. In fact, they’re suitable for the tiniest ones if you are really good at using your Apple Pencil.Â
Koi Fish Tattoo | Japan Tattoo Kit
Another finest collection of Procreate tattoo stamps from Tattoo Worker Studio. This time it celebrates the iconic koi fish motives used by Japanese tattoo artists and everyone fascinated by classic Asian aesthetics.Â
There are 74 Procreate tattoo brushes that cover several primary Japanese tattoo images: koi fish (50 stamps), waves (10 stamps), flowers, and leaves (14 stamps). All the stamps can be filled with ink to reach ultimate realism — just make sure to get some free hatching, shading, stippling, or pattern brushes from this article.Â
Outline Procreate Brushes
A nice addition for savvy tattoo artists — outline brushes! This vast package features 108 Procreate tattoo brushes, including halftone and stamp ones, perfect for urban typography design, geometric and abstract art, and 3D lettering effects. Not just tattoos, as you can see!Â
You don’t need to add volume manually. Pick the right brush and adjust its radius to bring graffiti and street art vibes to your work.Â
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, there are tattoo brushes available for Procreate. They are not included as default brushes within the Procreate app but can be found as free or paid add-ons online. For example, on Envato Elements, Design Cuts, Gumroad, or Pixelbuddha.
You can get free brushes for Procreate through several means:
- Online Communities & Freebie Blogs: DeviantArt, ArtStation, or Pixelbuddha often share their custom-made brush sets for free.
- Official Procreate Forum: It has a section where artists share their brushes.
- Direct Download: Some artists or designers offer free Procreate brushes on their personal websites or blogs.