In addition to a set of standard brushes, there is also an additional one. It contains over two hundred brushes. They can be found on the Internet in the public domain and downloaded to your computer. Brushes are suitable for all versions of the program.
How to install brushes in Paint Tool Sai
Download the selected brushes and unzip them.
- If you have the latest version of SAI installed on your computer, then copy the new brushes into the corresponding folders of the Paint Tool Sai editor: blotmap and brushtex. Then start the "start-sai" application by clicking on its icon. It will automatically find all the added brushes and load them. Then you can use them.
- If you are using an earlier version of the program, then you will have to make changes to the configuration file brushform.conf. It will need to be opened using any text editor. Add links to new brushes "1, blootmap / name.bmp" into the opened document. After that, you can launch Paint Tool Sai and use the added brushes.
The selection of May brushes is united by one theme - it contains various brushes with images of hair, curls and hairstyles. The first in line is the Hair Brush Set with brushes for drawing individual strands and hairs. The Hair Brushes By Lugubrum Stock is a collection of honeycomb hair strands. Wavy Hair Strands Brushes are also curls and curls. But Photoshop Hair Brushes are ready-made hairstyles with which you can model the look. Braids are available in the Hair Photoshop Brushes set, and pencil hairstyles in Lineart Hair Brushes 3. There are also useful emo hairstyles and anime hairstyles brushes for creating a look.
To download your favorite brushes, click on the corresponding picture. The download page will open in a new window. There, at the bottom right of the picture, look for the "Download File" button with a green arrow, press and save the brushes on your computer. Attention! In some cases, the download link is not to the right of the preview picture, but directly below the picture in the form of link or Download here text.
1. Hair Brush Set 
2. Hair Brushes By Lugubrum Stock
3. Wavy Hair Strands Brushes 
4. Photoshop Hair Brushes 
5. Hair Photoshop Brushes 
6. Lineart Hair Brushes 3 
7. Stock Photoshop Brushes Hair
8. Hair Brushes Ii 
9. Anime Hairs Brushes 2 
10. Painted Hair Brushes 
11. Hair Brushes Set 1 
12. Hair Brushes Ii 
13. Ar Brushes Painting Hair 
14. Very Hairy Brushes 
The small application Easy Paint Tool SAI is quite popular among amateurs and professionals in the field of graphics processing, due to its uniqueness and ease of use by trained users. The stationary version of the assembly can be downloaded from the official website of the Japanese developer, and the portable version of Paint Tool SAI can be downloaded in Russian below.
Paint Tool SAI: first look
The application itself is a professional graphics editor, which is not inferior in capabilities to the editor Adobe Photoshop and Gimp. There is also full support for layers and graphics tablets with pressure support. The program is less demanding on computer resources and fully supports 64 bit Windows systems from 98 to Windows 7 and 10.
Downloading and running the application
We should also dwell on the issues of loading and starting the program. For the official version, the installation distribution is first downloaded, after which the installation is performed, which is no different from the standard processes. If we talk about a portable assembly, you can download SAI in Russian as an archive, which, after unpacking, can be used as a separate directory. That is, you do not need to install it or integrate it into the system. To start the program, the executable file sai.exe is used, which must be run as administrator (if this is not done, the system will simply inform you that its execution is impossible).
Method of working in the editor
How to Draw in Sai? Elementary! You just need to choose the right tool like a pencil or brush. Working in the "Paint Tool SAI" editor does not differ much from the above editors (unless you have to additionally study keyboard shortcuts for quick access to some function). Most of the tools are displayed on the main screen, but if necessary, you can use the top panel, which has accessibility functions. Interestingly, the open image is scaled by scrolling with the mouse wheel, and, as usual, you do not need to hold down the Ctrl key. The functions for changing the canvas and layer parameters, which can be accessed from the corresponding menus in the main panel, will be very useful.
By the way, you can also download brushes for Paint Tool SAI. This will significantly expand the capabilities of the program.
A large number of tutorials and lessons will allow you to quickly master the capabilities of the program.
Pros and cons of the app
Finally, with regard to the practical use of the editor, we can say that it is both simple in terms of performing standard operations and complex, since the interface is somewhat overloaded, and an ordinary user is unlikely to figure out what's what the first time. On the other hand, the program's capabilities are quite interesting, and can be quite serious competition for Photoshop, especially in terms of drawing and processing graphics in the spirit of anime and manga.
Changes in Paint Tool SAI 2.0
- the canvas size was expanded to 100000x100000 (for the 64-bit version);
- the number of drawing layers has been increased to 8190;
- new types of layers: regular, folder, vector, shape and text;
- added tools: shapes, text, gradient, ruler and perspective;
- new filter - Gaussian blur.
Supported file formats:
- sai (format from version 1.0 / 1.2)
- sai2 (format version 2.0)
- psd (standard Photoshop)
- psb, jpeg, png, bmp, tga.
Paint Tool SAI is a graphics editor designed to create vector and raster graphics. The big advantage is its compatibility with all versions of Windows and its small size, which allows you to download the full version of Paint Tool SAI quickly.
Features of paint tool sai 1.2.0.
- Simple interface. It does not require a lot of training, you can deal with it intuitively.
- The presence of hot keys. For those who have worked with Adobe Photoshop before, it will be quite simple, the keyboard shortcuts are similar. In addition, there are additions.
- High performance. The graphic editor does not require a lot of PC resources.
- Support for major formats, including .psd, and native sai format.
- Graphics tablet compatible.
- Ability to draw both raster and vector graphics.
- Setting up the workspace. The user can choose the windows he needs in the process of work and distribute them over the surface.
It may seem to some that Paint Tool SAI has an outdated design, but this is its advantage. Due to its simplicity, it will quickly become irreplaceable. In addition, you can download it for free.
Good evening, friends!
The guide was created for fun in Paint tool Sai or just Sai.
Here I will tell you about the possibilities in this program. First of all I want to tell you about brushes. Brushes in Sai can be adjusted to any subject of drawing. In this guide I will tell you about a pencil. After all, many people love art drawn with a pencil, but in Sai it is like times available.
Paint tool Sai. Just click
So let's get started, how do you adjust the brush to match a regular pencil? It's very simple, using a regular Pen brush or another. Just catch and paint with the pen!
Pencil brush settings. English version and Russian
I will tell you more interesting things later.
I will also tell you today about "Outline selection".
Actually, what is it for? Of course, to quickly select the contour and save time. For this, I will give you an interesting explanation and settings.
First of all, select the path itself, and then remove our "details" that were formed during the selection using the SelPen tool. However, if you go beyond the line, this is fixable. You can just take the SelEras tool and remove everything.
The selection of May brushes is united by one theme - it contains various brushes with images of hair, curls and hairstyles. The first in line is the Hair Brush Set with brushes for drawing individual strands and hairs. The Hair Brushes By Lugubrum Stock is a collection of honeycomb hair strands. Wavy Hair Strands Brushes are also curls and curls. But Photoshop Hair Brushes are ready-made hairstyles with which you can model the look. Braids are available in the Hair Photoshop Brushes set, and pencil hairstyles in Lineart Hair Brushes 3. There are also useful emo hairstyles and anime hairstyles brushes for creating a look.
To download your favorite brushes, click on the corresponding picture. The download page will open in a new window. There, at the bottom right of the picture, look for the "Download File" button with a green arrow, press and save the brushes on your computer. Attention! In some cases, the download link is not to the right of the preview picture, but directly below the picture in the form of link or Download here text.
1. Hair Brush Set
2. Hair Brushes By Lugubrum Stock
3. Wavy Hair Strands Brushes
4. Photoshop Hair Brushes
5. Hair Photoshop Brushes
6. Lineart Hair Brushes 3
7. Stock Photoshop Brushes Hair
8. Hair Brushes Ii
9. Anime Hairs Brushes 2
10. Painted Hair Brushes
11. Hair Brushes Set 1
12. Hair Brushes Ii
Fine-tuning PaintTool-SAI
PaintTool-SAI is easily configured through configuration files that can be opened and edited in a regular Windows Notepad (but only in it, no Word and others like it, they can add additional codes to the file that will ruin it).
I will be setting up Portable version 1.0.2d (you can find the version number by opening the file sysinfo.txt, the topmost line), but this description will work for version 1.1.0 as well. and most likely for other versions.
For the portable version, all the files we need are in the folder App, which is located in the main program folder. For version 1.1.0 everything is in the main program folder.
Before making any corrections, I advise you to make a backup of the entire folder with the program, just in case. That is, save a copy of it somewhere.
All changes will take effect only after restarting PaintTool-SAI.
How to create your own preset
First, let's try the simplest thing - add our own preset with a predefined file resolution. These presets are convenient when creating a new file, we just select an item from the list with the necessary parameters, and do not set them manually each time.
To do this, we need to open the file presetcvsize.conf... In the screenshot, I've added a translation of the values \u200b\u200bfor each item. The last name is the name of the preset, it can be anything, but it must be in quotes. For example, I added a new preset:
1920, 1080, 72, 0, 0, "1920 x 1080 (Full HD)"
This is what it looks like in SAI
How to add your own texture in layer properties
papertex papertex.conf, and add the line:
1, papertex \\ FileName.bmp
FileName.bmp
This is what it looks like in SAI
How to create your own texture brush
To do this, add a file with a finished texture (file format bmp, color mode Grayscale (grayscale), size 512x512 pixels) to the folder brushtex... Then open the brushtex.conf file in notepad, and add the line:
1, brushtex \\ FileName.bmp
FileName.bmp
This is how it looks in the program
How to create your own brush shape
(only two types of brush shapes)
Type 1
To do this, add a file with the finished texture (file format bmp, color mode Grayscale (grayscale), size 512x512 pixels) to the folder blotmap... Then open the file in notepad brushform.conf, and add the line:
1, blotmap \\ FileName.bmp
it consists of a special code (one) and a path to the texture, FileName.bmp is the name of your file. It is desirable that the texture is seamless.
Type 2
To do this, open the folder elemap... It contains 63x63 pixel bmp graphic files that can be edited in your own way using only two colors - white and black. The path to the newly created graphic file must be added to the configuration file brushform.confby adding the line to it:
2, elemap \\ FileName.bmp
it consists of a special code (two) and a file path, FileName.bmp is the name of your file.
The pale purple coordinate system does not need to be visible, it is for ease of editing. As I understand it, the tool works in such a way that it rotates the shape according to the direction of the brush movement. With some experimentation, you can achieve your own unusual effects.
I made my own brush shape by simply painting this 63x63 square with black. I named this form Square_Max... Then I picked up such settings as in the screenshot. The result is a tool with interesting subtle features. The main disadvantage is that it slows down (does not keep up with the hand), the stronger, the larger the size of the edited image and the radius of the tool.
How to fix incorrect display of two color transition mode names in layer settings
1 - open the file language.conf
2 - find the character string:
"help.chm"
3 - immediately after it, press enter a couple of times, move the cursor up to the resulting blank lines and insert the following text:
BlendMode_Sub \u003d "Subtraction"
BlendMode_AddSub \u003d "Add-Subtract"
4 - save
How to change Russian to English
I'm used to using the English version of SAI. Therefore, I changed my Russian language back to English.
To change the language, you need to take the file language.conf from the English version and replace it with a similar one from the Russian one. I took it from version 1.1.0 and it fits the portable version 1.0.2d, but not really, I need to add something.
1 - open the file language.conf
2 - looking for a string of characters (including quotes):
"Status Bar"
3 - immediately after it, press enter, a new empty line will appear.
4 - insert the following text into a new blank line:
WindowFunc_HSLMode \u003d "HSL-Mode"
5 - looking for a string of characters (including quotes):
"Status Bar (& U)"
6 - immediately after it, press enter, a new empty line will appear.
7 - insert the following text into a new blank line:
WindowMenu_HSLMode \u003d "HSL-Mode (& p)"
8 - looking for a line containing DlgJpgSave_Title
9 - change DlgJpgSave_Title on the DlgJpegSave_Title (added Latin letter " e")
10 - do the same for the next 10 lines
11 - we find a string containing a string of characters:
12 - delete this whole line (together with a semicolon at the beginning of the line) and all the lines below, exactly up to the line containing the chain of characters (we already leave this entire line entirely):
13 - save
The English version has not yet been fully tested by me, errors and incorrect work are possible, so this replacement of the version is at your own risk, if anything, change it back to Russian.
Well, that's probably the whole tutorial. There is nothing more to customize there.
Enjoy your drawing.
So I just mentioned how SAI often uses custom settings for brushes. This is even clearer with this amazing pack of 40 free brush settings.
The creator DocWendigo released a pack of textures alongside these brushes and you can download all of them right from the DeviantArt page.
Note: I found a few different brush packs with the same name so if you Google search “easy paint tool sai brushes” you might find more to work with.
I’d definitely recommend grabbing this pack though and keeping it handy.
The tutorial makes this an easy setup for absolute beginners too.
Brush Supplement # 2
So many artists hit a wall with free brushes. They eventually learn how to create their own, but not all are created equal.
To get into something a little more specific have a look at this fur brush created by rainbowsprinkles12.
At first glance this may not look like much. But you can do a lot with brush settings to get this fur brush to look how you want.
Whether you’re drawing a horse’s mane or a big grizzly bear, this brush should work wonders. It's also pretty small only weighing 50KB in size.
The download link can be found on the main DA page along with comments and further setup instructions.
For some color and pizzazz in your painting work check out these colorful textures released by AF-studios.
Inside the pack you’ll find 5 huge JPEG files measuring 2000 × 3000 pixels. That’s pretty darn big! And they all work up to 300 DPI which is perfect for print resolution.
These textures weigh about 38MB which definitely isn’t small. But these are textures you can use across so many brushes, or even alter them in photoshop to create new textures.
So much potential here in this pack of 5 basic textures. All you need to do is take the first step and download it.
SAI Textures
Super basic yet incredibly useful describes this texture pack.
It comes as a freebie from user Piromanova and the pack includes 17 unique textures tailor-made for brushes. You can alter the shape, spacing, and even change how they work based on opacity.
A lot of options to work with here.
Inside the .zip file you’ll find a set of instructions on how to install these textures too.
SAI can be really confusing if you’ve never used it before so basic instructions are pretty commonplace with texture packs.
I do recommend checking this out and testing these textures just to see what you think. They don’t follow traditional brush norms but they are really well-designed. And they can fit into a bunch of project types from to anime fan art.
Custom SAI Brushes
If you’re looking more for shapes and unique brush styles then DigiKat04 has a pack for you.
Nature brushes are always nice to have. Aside from the grass brush mentioned above there’s also this free pack
The textures really do feel quite natural and they’ll blend into any piece of artwork.
But I do think this pack will be tough for newbies Paint Tool SAI from scratch. If you’ve never done any digital drawing in here before then spend some time with the default brushes first.
Try to use this pack more as an addition once you’re comfortable with digital painting. It feels great under your stylus but will take some adjusting.
Electroslime SAI Brushes
Gumroad is one of the best websites to find digital art brushes. Problem is they’re spaced out across tons of profiles and there’s no easy way to search for everything.
Nintendo ARMS is a lesser-known game with a dedicated following. The art style is superb and this brush kit is aimed at mimicking the style.
This is an excellent all-purpose brush that you can use to create amazing works of art without ever having to switch tools.
This has a sketchy dry brush texture that you can use to create light, wispy shapes or layer for more depth and opacity. This can give your cartooning and concept art a bit more “life” in the final design.
Play with the settings to try creating different effects and line qualities too. This might become your new favorite brush!
And make sure to view the linked demo video to see this bad boy in action.
Doxy's Brush Dump
Now this pack is the result of an artist's past decade of experience and the brushes they use the most!
This is a good toolbox of brushes that includes all kinds of textures, line qualities, and screen tones so that you can render just about anything you can think of in any medium.
If you’re new to Paint Tool SAI and just want a basic pack of brushes to get you started, this is a fantastic place to start.
Doodlemancy's SAI Brushes
This set of 3 brushes even gives each one a name: “pencil,” “softy”, and “bloopy”.
If those aren’t descriptive, I don’t know what is!
The pencil brush is what it sounds like: a brush that perfectly captures the texture and quality of a soft pencil (think 6B), which is great for sketching and line drawing.
The softy brush is a round, fuzzy, pastel-like brush that’s great for shading. But also handy for soft highlights and texturing. It’s like applying little puff balls to the page.
The bloopy brush is a small brush that’s great for drawing soft lines, which is a strong fit if you’re going for a serene look.
Overall this threesome is a lot of fun to play with, and no that’s not dirty.
SAI Brushpack (9 Custom Styles)
Nine awesome texture brushes make up this pack that mimics the quality of wet and dry pastels.
Some brushes in here have a scratchy texture while others are much softer and almost look like paint.
You can also layer colors beautifully with these brushes and texture just about anything you can think of from hair, skin, and eyes to cloth, grass, clouds, foliage, and stone.
Each brush has a distinctly different mood, too. So you’ll probably have a lot of fun incorporating these into your regular brush rotation.
2srooky Sai Brush Pack
I think the best brush packs are the ones that artists use themselves and have fine-tuned over time to match their drawing needs.
Well that’s exactly what you’ll find here, a collection of 2srooky’s favorites.
Each one in this set is designed to provide everything you need to create complete drawings and digital art with minimal adjustments and brush changes. Over weeks and months of painting this adds up to a lot of time saved.
Nintendo ARMS Brush 2.0
This is the second iteration of this artist’s original ARMS brush, designed to do everything the original could do ... but better!
Everything here was made to replicate the look and feel of the Nintendo ARMS game, so if you love that game and would like to incorporate that into your style, well look no further.
This brush has all the same texturing and precision as the game art style which is really cool. And it can add a lot of movement and energy to any digital drawing.
Big Brushes Pack
Don’t you love it when artists put together the actual stuff they use?
That’s always what I’m looking for and it’s why I love this set.
Inside you’ll find a great variety of textures, shapes, brush tips, and more, all in this one pack.
I have to say this is the perfect all-purpose pack that makes for a fantastic kickoff point if you aren’t sure where to start with Paint Tool SAI brushes. Try it out and see what you think!
AcetalDigital's Sai Brushes
There's nothing better than a good brush you can use for everything, right?
Well this one like the hammer in your toolkit.
You can use this one brush to complete an entire work of art, from the initial sketching to coloring, texturing, highlighting, and shading.
It's an incredible resource for digital artists. I feel like it can do just about anything and it's an awesome addition to your brush collection for SAI powerusers.
Luvbites: Artist Starter Pack
This set of tools is great for the Paint Tool SAI beginner who wants a comprehensive set to begin with, along with templates and instructions for getting the most out of them.
Inside you’ll find over 40 custom brushes (for versions 1 and 2), a template for soft shading, and a template for cell shading.
No matter what your style is like or what you want to draw, this brush set is indispensable. At least check it out and give it a quick test run.
Sketchers Brush Pack
Inside this collection you’ll find 10 sketching brushes that are perfect for base sketches, detailing, doodling, highlighting, or even texturing.
Most of these brushes are textured and lend a fun scratchy-ness to your sketches that you’re bound to love.
They mimic a variety of mediums like pens and pencils, chalk, watercolor, and acrylic paint.
Keep in mind, these are only for Paint Tool SAI 2 so it’s unclear if they can run in older versions (you can try, but not officially supported).
If you do a lot of digital doodling in Paint Tool SAI then this pack is a must-have.
qvoro's brushes
Funny enough, this is actually a set originally made Clip Studio Paint that includes settings for two of the brushes in Paint Tool SAI (Color and Line).
I’ll admit, these are pretty basic and you’ll probably find yourself using them for quick drawings or possibly even more detailed artworks. But not a whole lot else.
Use the sketch brush for your base sketch, and maybe as you move onto fine details and textures too.
Then use the color brush for your coloring, shading, and highlighting. It's amazing what you can do with just two well-designed brushes, once you learn how to use ‘em that is.
Sai Artistic Textures Vol1
Don’t let the volume 1 in the title fool you here. This set is perfect just the way it is, no volume 2 needed.
Here you’ll pick up some fantastic brushes for quickly rendering all kinds of textures, from animal skin to worn concrete, corrugated metal to a sci-fi “coding” texture.
You’ll have a lot of fun playing with these brushes and finding creative ways to work them into your digital paintings.
One other cool feature: these brushes are all seamless so they’re great for filling in large areas quickly. This pack can also help you save a ton of time while adding a whole new dimension of texturing to your SAI workflow.
LoZ Breath of The Wild Brush Pack
Every Legend of Zelda game has some of the best graphics and character designs hands-down.
And let me say this brush pack does a fantastic job.
While this is hosted on Gumroad, you’ll notice it has a price tag of $ 0. That means you can download the entire pack for free at no cost, or choose to give a tip. Either way these brushes are available for everyone.