This is the current set of brushes I use. They're all either modified standard brushes or created from brush tips I've made myself.
You MAY freely use and modify these brushes and use them for personal and professional work alike.
You MAY share brushes you've made using my brushes as a base, as long as you share them for free and direct people back to this original post.
You MAY NOT sell these brushes or any derivatives of them.


Though I've moved on to Clip Studio Paint, I've tested my newer brushes in Manga Studio 5 so they shouldn't give you trouble either way.
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When you download and unzip the files, you'll be left with a folder containing four sub-folders. Here's a few words on their contents:
Basic Set:
These are my basic, all-purpose brushes. Most of them I use as-is, changing the size as I go, but not much else.
Cel is based on one of my favourite Sai brushes. It's a hard, basic round brush which is very responsive to pressure sensitivity and slides smoothly from a very thin line to a nice, thick one. Good for a nice, variable line while inking, or for sketching, or for getting a thin, crisp line.
Sketch Pen works well for sketching out lineart.
Digi Brush 4 handles wonderfully for creating painterly colours. Play around with it, blend colours with it. It's without a doubt one of my favourites.
Simple Round is a great tool for filling in large areas or blocking out your basic colours. Since it uses the basic round brush tip it resist lag even at large sizes.
All the brushes labelled as 'block and blend' are ones where I actively change the 'Mix ground color' setting off and on as I go. I tend to have it on to begin with, but since the Ink settings mix heavily, I sometimes switch it off for a few strokes to add new colour on top of existing colour, then back on again for blending.
Ink:
These are my most recent brushes, all based on real, scanned ink strokes.
All the 'Stroke' ones are ribbon brushes, so they handle well even at larger sizes.
The rest repeat their brush tip at various angles with some size variation to create interesting, organic patterns. I avoided the scatter setting (Spraying effect) with these ones, again to keep them smooth and efficient.
As a side note, when using spraying effects I recommend keeping the 'Particle size' option visible in your 'Tool property' window.
Foliage:
Simple leaf-like patterns, a bark-like pattern, and a couple of sponge-like brushes. Pretty self-explanatory.
Old:
The title says 'Unoptimised' for a reason. These are some of my earliest attempts at brushmaking. I keep them around because some of them have a good idea for a brush and I keep meaning to remake them. They have interesting effects to them even in their current state.
Mostly they have the issue of the brusheads not having been created in grayscale and thus repeating the colour black instead of your palette colour unless one enables the mixing options. Some of them also lag, or don't repeat well outside a particular resolution, so be warned.
I've included them mainly for those interested in making their own brushes. If you're just planning to use my brushes as they are, I recommend skipping this folder.
Importing multiple brushes in MS5/CSP:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m__yCF…
The video's a bit slow but it is thorough, so good for beginners.
The instructions do work in Windows.
I haven't bought his brush set but it looked good so feel free to give it a try.
If you want to make your own brushes, please note that if you want your brush to repeat the colour you're painting with and not the colour the brush tip was made with then the Brush Tip needs to be created on a Grayscale/Monochrome Layer!
If you are new to MS5/CSP I highly recommend watching this short video before you begin experimenting with brushmaking:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz6qVN…
I really wish I hadn't had to learn these basics the hard way. Just watch it.
The same user also has a longer video on brush settings in MS5:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1oZGi…
If you're making brush tips out of scanned images and want to get rid of the white background, you can change the 'Expression color' of the layer to 'Grayscale' (or Monochrome) and click the black box next to the drop-down menu to ensure only the black is visible.
You can find your 'Expression color' drop-down box in your 'Layer Properties' window or by right-clicking your layer and selecting 'Convert Layer'.
I also find the 'Select Color Gamut' (Under 'Selection') and 'Tone Curve' (Edit>Tonal Correction>Tone Curve) options particularly useful for this process.
Remember that under 'File>Command Bar Settings' you can arrange the icons on your command bar for easy access to frequently used functions.
You can move nearly all UI elements around just by dragging and dropping, so make sure to organize them in a manner that suits your workflow. (I for one have a habit of constantly moving my 'Color Wheel' and 'Color History' around as I work.)
Note that changes to UI and brushes are saved when you close the application, so if you've made extensive changes to your UI or imported/modified brushes, it may be a good idea to make sure you close the program so the changes you've made are saved and not lost in case of power failure/software malfunction.
And yes, Manga Studio and Clip Studio Paint are indeed the same application.

A fully-featured application that enables you to draw and publish manga and comics using the extensive amount of editing tools available

CLIP STUDIO PAINT PRO is a professional software application that helps users design manga and comics using speech balloons and drawing tools to make up the narration of a story.

Packs a clean, straightforward interface, despite its plethora of functions

Although it comes packed with various filters and special effects, the layout is clean and straightforward. Plus, the tool offers a beginner mode built specifically for rookies, so they can set up the drawing process with minimum effort.

CLIP STUDIO PAINT PRO gives users the possibility to create a new story from scratch or import data from BMP, DIB, JPEG, CPG, or TWAIN devices. Plus, the application is able to open files with CST or CPG file format.

Lets you handle layers, templates and objects

What’s more, you can work with multiple layers, create templates, perform basic editing operations (cut, copy, paste, or delete), undo or redo your actions, insert new pages, flip or rotate the pages to different angles, expand or reduce the selected object, and fill areas with various colors.

Other important features worth mentioning are represented by the possibility to use rulers, apply filters, select between a wide range of drawing tools, such as pen, pencil, eraser, and brush, embed text messages which can be customized, set up the dialog balloon parameters, zoom in or out, as well as insert lines and rectangles.

History of actions

Last but not least, you can view a history with the performed actions, choose from different materials, and print the generated project or export it to BMP, JPEG, or PSD file format.

During our testing we have noticed that the tool offers excellent image quality, and no errors showed up throughout the entire process.

Bottom line

All in all, CLIP STUDIO PAINT PRO offers a complete suite of tools for helping users design manga and comics.

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LIMITATIONS IN THE UNREGISTERED VERSION

• “Save” and “Save as” will be disabled.
• The export function cannot be used.
• The “Batch import” function cannot be used.
• “Print” and “Print settings” will be disabled.
• “Copy”, “Cut” and “Paste” will be disabled.
• “Register Image as Material” will be disabled.
• “Material Property” will be disabled.
• “Register Layer as Template Material” will be disabled.
• “Register sub tools as material”, “Register color set as material”, and “Register (auto action) set as material” will be disabled.
• “Replace page”, “Add Page”, “Add Page (Detail)”, “Import Page”, “Duplicate Page”, “Delete Page”, “Combine Pages”, “Split Pages”, “Change basic page settings”, “Change basic work settings”, “Batch Process”
• “Open” ComicStudio story file (.cst) or CLIP STUDIO storyboard file (.csnf) will be disabled.
• Filter plugin that users create will be disabled.
• Nag screen

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• SSE2 compatible Intel Pentium 4 (2.0GHz or higher), Intel Xeon series, Intel Core series, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron or later version of processor.
• Graphic card with VRAM of 256MB or more and compatible with OpenGL 1.5.
• XGA (1024 * 768) or higher required, WXGA (1280 * 768) or higher recommended, high color (16Bit, 65536Color) or higher required.
• RAM - 1GB or more

New in CLIP STUDIO PAINT PRO 4.0.0:

• Sketch, scan or import your artwork
• Includes dynamic help and a Beginner's Assistant
• Digital inking
• Professional-grade screen tones add dimension

Read the full changelog CLIP STUDIO PAINT PRO was reviewed by Ana Marculescu

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