The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit 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 42 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 39 Total 4 star reviews: 2 Total 3 star reviews: 1 Total 2 star reviews: 0 Total 1 star reviews: 0
42 reviews
  • JC
    James C.
    Verified Buyer
    Product Standouts Fast results, Great Quality, Excellent instructions
    Rated 3 out of 5 stars
    6 days ago
    Good, usable, a bit underwhelmed

    The ink pens and line texture pens (the dots and squiggles) are all good and totally usable. I was pretty underwhelmed with the stipple and texture pattern pens. They're container-based (or maybe just for contained use) so you get these odd edges to your strokes that make them hard to customize. Unless I'm only drawing within a clipping mask, I'd end up with these cut off patterns that I'd have to go back in and clean up manually. With how these are built, I also can't really layer some of the patterns without them looking clunky or just quickly becoming too dense.

    Overall, the pack is good and I'll be using most of it. I probably should have shopped around a little more, now that I've used it and no more about my own preferences.

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    janettetsmith
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Product Standouts Ease of use, Great Quality, Value for Money, Excellent instructions, Fast results
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    8 months ago
    Love The Dead Pen | A Wicked Cool Hand Drawn Tool Kit for Adobe Illustrator

    These brushes and swatches have come in really handy for me, easy to install and use, great price, too! Thanks RetroSupply Co., I'll surely buy more of your products!

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    RetroSupply Co.
    8 months ago

    Hi Janette,

    Thank you for your support and for taking the time to review The Dead Pen! We're glad you're satisfied and enjoying them. Happy creating!

    -The RetroSupply Co. Team

  • BG
    Benji G.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    9 months ago
    Love the pens

    Adds a new and different style to my illustrations.

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    RetroSupply Co.
    9 months ago

    Hi Benji,

    We're so glad you're enjoying your Dead Pen purchase! Thank you for taking the time to write a review.

    Happy creating!

    -The RetroSupply Co. Team

  • LG
    Lisa G.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1 year ago
    HIGHLY RECOMMEND

    This is an amazing brush kit!!! Makes drawing so much more enjoyable.

  • AS
    Ashly S.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2 years ago
    Fun

    My designs look so much better!

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