Name: Ink Bleed for Affinity
Brand: RetroSupply Co
Price: 19.0 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (31 reviews)

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MAKE YOUR ART LOOK LIKE IT CRAWLED OUT OF A VINTAGE HORROR COMIC

Ink, shade, distress, and study your way into the gritty look and surprisingly efficient working methods of classic horror comics.

With Ink Bleed, you get 15 horror-inspired inkers, 5 shaders and washes, and 5 defect brushes designed to help clean digital artwork feel rougher, darker, and more alive.

Everything you need to ink, shade, and distress your work in a vintage horror-comic style.

15 distressed inkers. A full set of rough, gritty ink brushes inspired by old horror comics and monster magazines.
5 shaders and washes. Add dirty halftone shading, line shading, stipple texture, soft washes, and hard washes to build tone and atmosphere.
5 defect brushes. Rough up clean digital artwork with printed-looking flaws, worn edges, and distressed imperfections.
Inspired by vintage horror comics and magazines. Built around the look and feel of EC Comics, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Creepy, Eerie, and other classic horror reference material.
Includes an inking practice sheet. Study the strokes, try the brushes, and practice building your own horror-comic textures and effects.
Includes Working in the Dark. A practical guide that turns stories from EC Comics, Warren, Eerie Publications, and other horror-comic history into lessons on shipping faster, working with constraints, building repeatable creative systems, and finishing more work.

Most "horror" or "comic" ink brushes are either too clean (modern, even lines with a frustratingly smooth plastic look) or too generic, with over-the-top, scratchy grunge texture applied to everything.

Ink Bleed was built differently. Rooted in the pre-Code horror comics of roughly 1948–1955, printed hot and cheap on four-color newsprint. The result is inking that feels like it survived the Comics Code instead of being born after it.

What's Included

15 distressed inkers (fine crow-quill to broad gritty filler)
5 shaders & washes (Dirty Halftone, Dirty Line, Dirty Stipple, Soft Ink Wash, Hard Ink Wash)
5 bonus defect brushes (Light Ink Damage, Medium Ink Damage, Heavy Ink Damage, Ink Distress, Ink Speckle)
Install & More Guide
[EBOOK] Working in the Dark: Lessons from the People Who Built Horror Comics
Ink Bleed Practice Sheet
Ink Bleed Reference Sheet

Compatibility

Affinity Designer Pixel Persona only. Tested in the latest Affinity by Canva release. These are raster brushes, not vector brushes.
Versions for Procreate and Photoshop sold separately

File Formats

.afbrushes (Affinity brushes)
.af (practice files)
PDF guide

4.9

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

Based on 31 reviews

Reviews Summary

Customers say these brushes deliver authentic inking with natural texture and pressure sensitivity that feels like traditional tools. The set works beautifully for comic art, vintage designs, and horror illustration, with users praising the shading and defect effects for finishing touches. Many appreciate the curated selection without unnecessary duplicates and find the brushes versatile across tattoo design, logos, and illustration styles. A few note the set is Affinity V3-only and some wish for more brush variety or clearer tool descriptions, but most find them inspiring and easy to use.

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Josh S.
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Ink Bleed for Procreate
I recommend this product
Product Standouts Ease of use, Authentic, Fast results, Excellent instructions
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Outstanding Set
LOVE. I actually have the I Want It All bundle, but I have explored and almost use this exclusively right now. The brushes have great texture and pressure sensitivity out of the box. The shading lines and dots are great and the Ink Wash and Ink Damage are perfect for finishing touches and shading. Goes great with Duplitone or Color Labs as well. I would recommend this to anyone for any style, particularly for gritty comic or character creation.
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Andrew S.
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I recommend this product
Product Standouts Ease of use, Authentic, Fast results, Value for Money, Excellent instructions
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Extremely versatile and useful!
I purchased this set with the intended use in mind(Horror/Comic illustrative stuff), but I've found it useful for other applications as well. Tattoo flash, logo design, basic illustration. When used with certain color palettes it can be horror focused, but has really opened up options for me in other styles. Great deal on some great tools!
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Michael H. J.
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Ink Bleed for Photoshop
I recommend this product
Product Standouts Ease of use, Great Quality, Value for Money, Authentic, Fast results
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent Brush Pack for Vintage Inking
Having developed an interest in vintage comic book inking (specifically horror) I find that Ink Bleed has the exact look that I was not satisfied with from other brushes I’ve tried or purchased. The textures in each brush are perfect for different looks. The each brush behavior is finely tuned, especially pressure on both Photoshop and Procreate. Build up of the ink is very realistic and built up strokes visually look natural. This is the best ink brush pack RetroSupply has made by far, just buy them.
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Rick A.
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I recommend this product
Product Standouts Authentic, Excellent instructions, Great Quality, Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Inkers and More - Not For Affinity V2
Who needs another set of inkers and shaders? You do! I’ve purchased a lot of brush packs in my time. So, when I saw this new Ink Bleed set from Retro Supply, I had the same thought as that whale over Magrathea, “Oh, no. Not again." Then I watched the “Comic Book Grunge: Vintage Digital Inking Tutorial - Retro Art Tutorial” on YouTube, and decided I needed it. Boy, was I right.
These brushes have the perfect blend of inkers, from smooth to scarily gritty. The pressure sensitivity is set perfectly, and every single setting seems fine-tuned to match the style I need at the moment. I used to have two inkers in my ‘Favorites’ brush category. They have been replaced by three of the inkers from this set (one of them is the secret inker they won’t tell you about.) The shaders and the defect stamps are also great, and will go into my regular rotation.
Combine this ink Bleed with either the ColorLab or Risograph brush pack for color, and maybe a pack of Phantom Paper, and you’ll have the perfect suite of tools for your vintage retro art pieces. I can't recommend these brushes highly enough.
One warning: The Compatibility message in the Specifications section tells you these brushes are for “Affinity Designer Pixel Persona only”. You have to know that they do not work in Affinity Designer versions 1 or 2. In fact, they will not even be imported to any version of Affinity designer - Windows, Mac, or iPad. As far as I can tell, these brushes will ONLY work in Affinity by Canva,…
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Sarah T.
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Ink Bleed for Procreate
I recommend this product
Product Standouts Ease of use, Authentic, Great Quality, Value for Money, Fast results
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Really close to using traditional pens!
I bought this a while ago and I'm really surprised by them! They behave so much like IRL inking tools! I'm legit in love with them! I created this piece with them of my characters from one of my webcomics I write and I'm just amazed by them. 11/10 would definitely recommend if you are a comic artist or illustrator!
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