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The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co
The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co
The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co
The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co
The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co
The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co
The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co
The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co
The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co
The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co
The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co
The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co
The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator RetroSupply Co

The Dead Pen for Adobe Illustrator

Hand-Drawn Fine Liner Pen Brushes for Illustrator

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Give your work a hand-drawn fine liner pen look with this collection of pattern, line, and scatter brushes for Adobe Illustrator.

Lately, I've totally fallen in love with the look of hand-drawn illustration work. Illustrators like Jordan Kabalka and Scotty Russell create art that makes you feel like you're living in a world inside their notebooks.

That's why we created The Dead Pen brush pack. It's a collection of 62 brushes (pattern, scatter, lines, and swatches) that make it easy and fun to create your own liner pen inspired work.

Plus, we've made as many brushes as possible with our No-Stretch technology so you get smooth ink lines with no weird shapes.

  • 62 hand-drawn fine liner pen brushes including patterns, lines, scatter brushes, and swatches.
  • 20 scatter brushes including dots, stars, crosses, and lots more (see preview reference sheet).
  • 16 No-Strech line brushes including short and long strokes (see preview reference sheet).
  • 26 pattern brushes including lots of stippling brushes, multiple line brushes, multiple line dash brushes, zig-zags, loops, waves and more (see preview reference sheet).
  • 9 pattern swatches including stippling, multiple lines, dashes, waves, and zig-zags.
  • 2 pieces of AI preview artwork images so you can see exactly how effects are applied.

Software: Adobe Illustrator CS4 and above

Hardware: 2.4ghz processor or higher

Memory: 16gb RAM or higher

Storage: 11.4 MB

Save 42% on this and every Illustrator brush pack we've ever made (620+ brushes) with our I Want All the Illustrator Brushes Bundle.

Here are two ways we've been playing with the brushes (although you can use them however you want):

Create it all with the brushes. We've included all the brushes you need to create hand-drawn illustrations without leaving the comfort of Illustrator. You can even go bananas and grab The Vector Brush Toolbox to turbocharge your vector brush powers.

Scan your drawings. Love doing the initial inking on paper? No problem. Just scan your drawing in and add all the time-consuming details using the brushes after.

The illustrations for this pack were created by Jordan Kabalka. You can check out more of his work on his website or Instagram.

4.9
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
Based on 43 reviews
Reviews Summary
Customers say this brush kit delivers authentic pen strokes and hand-drawn effects that enhance their illustrations. The ink pens and line texture tools are easy to install and use, helping create that hand-drawn look without slowing down their computer. Many appreciate how the brushes streamline their design process and add expressive lines and textures. Some note that certain stipple and texture pattern pens have contained edges requiring manual cleanup, and a few mention the brushes perform less effectively at smaller sizes. Overall, users find this a high-quality, versatile toolkit that improves their work.
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43 reviews
  • AR
    Amelia R.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Product Standouts Ease of use, Great Quality, Value for Money, Authentic
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Retro Supply never fails!

    I have been looking for a brush kit that has the characteristics of a genuine pen stroke that also doesn’t make the line look choppy when applied. Other free or purchased brush kits never really did what I wanted them to and often made my life more difficult trying to correct bad brush lines instead of easier. I’ve used retro in the past and when this came across my radar, I was so excited— the war for achieving the perfect vector illustrations is over! Always so impressed with retro supply co products. Worth every penny.

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    Roberta B.
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    RetroSupply never disappoints!

    Love my latest purchase The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit. You guys always have the coolest resources and you can count on me to be back for more. That said I would love to have more tutorials to help me to take full advantage of my new stuff!

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    Bethany H.
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Takes my illustrations up a notch

    I’m serious when I say I love The Dead Pen tool kit because it makes it so easy to add expressive lines and textures to my work. The pen lines are awesome too — better than some I had from other places! RetroSupply tools have become my favorite add-ons!

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    Glenn V.
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    My new favorite set of tools to keep in my back pocket

    I’ve only had my hands on this tool set a little over a day and I really love how easy it makes it for me to apply these design elements compared to having to manually create some of these elements and textures. It really helps me focus more on the overall design of the artwork making the whole design process move along the much smoother

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  • MF
    Michael F.
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    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Dead Pen/Wicked Cool

    Wonderful . . . Sweet brushes and many fab drawing tchotchkes (try saying that when you are deep into this great tool kit). Bought it early and was able to utilize the Halloween discount at the same time—so it was quite a bargain, too. Thanks, Dustin!

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