Studio Pencils

Pencil brushes that behave like actual Graphite (Not a Quick Hack by a part-time brush creator)

Every brush here started as a real mark. Hard leads, soft leads, charcoal, and worn erasers were drawn on real paper, scanned, and rebuilt as pressure-responsive brushes. The result: lines that break where a real pencil breaks, tone that builds the way graphite builds, and edges that catch the tooth of the page.

Pick your app

Studio Pencils is available for Procreate, Photoshop, and Affinity. Same brush library, tuned natively for each app. No converted files, no compromises in pressure response.

What a complete pencil set actually needs

Most pencil brushes you'll find online are one-offs: a single decent lead, and then you're stuck faking hatching, shading, and texture with tools that were never built for it. A working set needs the whole supporting cast.

• Leads. Hard leads for crisp construction lines and mechanical-pencil precision; soft leads for rich, smoky darks. Ten of each in Studio Pencils.
• Hatchers. Classic, light, scribble, messy, and broken hatching — in vertical and horizontal versions. So you lay down convincing hand-hatched tone in one stroke instead of a hundred.
• Shaders. From soft and cloudy to gritty and scratchy, for building value the way real graphite does.
• Fillers. Ready-made pencil grain for blocking in shadows, backgrounds, and textured areas fast.
• Blenders and erasers. A classic stump for smudging, and erasers that pull back marks with a real eraser's edge. This is one of the classic touches we love in real pencil work.
• Paper textures. Fine Fiber, Eggshell, and FineKraft surfaces to give the drawing a sheet to live on.

Who are these for?

Illustrators who sketch and render digitally but want the drawing to look like it came off a drafting table. Comic artists roughing out pages. Concept and editorial illustrators who need believable pencil texture without scanning anything. Anyone who's tried the default pencil brushes and found them too clean, too even, too obviously digital.

How to choose

If you want the full drawing system for pencil work, then Studio Pencils is for you. If you're after grain and paper feel rather than pencils specifically, look at our paper textures and texture brushes. If you're outfitting a whole workflow, the Complete Collection for your app includes Studio Pencils alongside everything else we make.

Common questions about pencil brushes

What are the best pencil brushes for Procreate?

The best sets go beyond a single lead. Studio Pencils for Procreate includes 60 brushes: 10 hard leads, 10 soft leads, 10 hatchers, 10 shaders, 10 fillers, 5 blenders, and 5 erasers. Built from real graphite and charcoal marks, plus 3 of our premium endless paper textures.

Which apps do these pencil brushes work in?

Studio Pencils ships in native formats for all three: a Procreate .brushset, Photoshop brushes, and Affinity brushes. Each is tuned for that app's own pressure engine rather than converted from one to another.

What's the difference between hard lead and soft lead pencil brushes?

Hard leads give crisp, light, precise lines. These are good for construction, perspective, and mechanical-pencil work. Soft leads lay down darker, grainier, smokier marks for shading and finished rendering. A complete set gives you both.

Are there free pencil brushes for Procreate?

Plenty, mostly single brushes shared on forums. They're fine for sketching, but you'll end up improvising hatching and shading with tools that weren't designed for them. Paid sets like Studio Pencils are complete, tuned systems where the brushes are built to work together. You can grab one of our pencil brushes free here.

Can I use these brushes for commercial work?

Yes. Every RetroSupply product includes a commercial license, and individual products are covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee.