No matter how many I have, I just can’t get enough swirly curly leafy brushes in my ever expanding brush palette. A steady supply helps keep me inspired and exited when starting on new projects. There are plenty of good free Illustrator brushes out there, and here are some new ones recently discovered at designinabox.com.
They are for Adobe Illustrator CS2 or better. If you can’t read portuguese, just look for the big DOWNLOAD. Then put the file in Adobe Illustrator CS2>Presets>Brushes. Then select “Open Brush Library” from the Illustrator brushes panel menu. Then make something cool!

July 14th, 2008 at 6:00 am
Hey, thanks to link to my blog. Just a correction. It´s portuguese, not spanish. Although it´s almost the same.
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July 14th, 2008 at 6:13 am
The ai file will not download
July 14th, 2008 at 9:36 am
[...] Free Illustrator Brushes: Swirly Curly Leafy Florals (tags: illustrator resources brushes) [...]
July 14th, 2008 at 9:51 am
@Tiago: No problem, They are nice brushes. I used them for an upcoming vector art post.
@mare: Try right clicking on the download link and selecting “Save Link As…” or “Save Target As…” depending on your browser. I just tried and it worked for me!
July 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Nice Post, these dingbat brushes will come in handy for adding a hint of class and sophistication to my designs. Thanks.
July 21st, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Hey man. It´s me again. Nice try on portuguese text …
Nice try… I understood what you said, and I hope you did a nice job with that brush. I put another Swirl brush for download on my blog. Maybe you can put another link in your blog, ok? The link is >>> http://www.tiagopimentel.com/blog/illustrator/download-outro-swirlcurl-brush-para-illustrator/
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August 1st, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Can we use these brushes for InDesign? When downloading these brushes would I just save them like I was downloading a new font but in the Illustrator Brush folder?
August 5th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Hey Tiago.
Anyway of getting these for CS1?
Cheers,
Noel
August 5th, 2008 at 10:12 am
@ Mindy and Noel: These brushes were created by Tiago. Please try contacting him at his website with any questions. His original post is here:
http://www.tiagopimentel.com/blog/illustrator/download-swirlcurl-brush-para-illustrator/
August 20th, 2008 at 10:49 am
good
August 28th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Hi, swirly curly leafy brushes is just the best thing i have discovered since i became adesigner, thanks alot
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:14 am
it’s good