One of the most difficult things to draw or manipulate on a computer is human hair. Making it look realistic is a tough job and require serious skills and lots of time. A great way however to work effectively with hair in Photoshop is simply to use Photoshop hair brushes.
In this article you will find tons of free hair brushes for photoshop that you can use to add hair to your designs or retouch / manipulate existing hair on a photograph e.g. do a digital hair extension or change the cut. Another area that also can be hard to create on computers is light effects. As for hair you may find that Photoshop light brushes can be real live savers and help you create awesome light effects. Futher many light brush effects are related to hair brushses as they consist of thin curly strokes that work well when used in a desultory and unstructured way.
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Hair brushes
Examples where this Photoshop hair brush is used can be seen below for usage inspiration.
It’s cold outside
Nature’s Song
Hair brush set
A set of 5 custom hair brushes for Photoshop
This cool set of Photoshop hair brushes was used in the art listed below.
Por encima del bien y del mal
light in the darkness
Ario Asten hair brushes
This hair brush set was used in the great art below and it is a great example of how hair brushes can be used.
Smudge of Hugh Jackman as VanHelsing
Brushes: FUR 1
Cool set of fur / hair brushes e.g. for adding fur to animals.
Free Hi-Res Photoshop Hair Brushes
These hair brushes are not just single tuft of hair but complete hairstyles.
Hair Brushes Set 6
Windblown Hair
Hair brushes II
8 high resolution hair brushes included in this set
Hair Strands
Another example of the featured hair brush applied in a piece of art
Silent Waters
Hair Brushes III
Hair Photoshop Brushes
A set of brushes made up of various types of hair. Includes: bangs, braids, wavy, straight, curly, ponytails.
HAIR.PART.1, HAIR.PART.2, HAIR.PART.3
This is a series of 3 useful hair brush sets. Check below how this hair brush have been used in a cool art.



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Hey Lars you just pulled out words from my mouth. Yes drawing human hair has been a difficult days and has always given me a hard time. But thanks a lots for these shades.
Amazing collection,Curious to try it out “Nature’s Song”
Yes drawing human hair has been a difficult days and has always given me a hard time. But thanks a lots for these shades.