FlipNot Brushkit Deluxe! for Krita

FlipNot Deluxe! is a resource bundle for Krita filled with brushes that match Flipnote Studio 3D for 3DS. Paint with pixels to make all kinds of fun, retro-resolution artwork!

Looking for more cool brushes and effects? My original kit Flipnot 2  is packed with 29 brand-new brushes! Check it out!

Stand-out Features!

• Includes all 20+ Flipnote Studio brushes---even the weird ones!
• You can paint patterns in one or two colors at the same time!
• You'll get the right shape when clicking thanks to built-in pixel grid alignment!
• Square brushes scale correctly even at big sizes!
• All eight patterns align with each other!
• Flipnote Studio's 8-color palette is built-in!
• Super-easy to install. Just a few clicks! See the bottom of this page.

What's included?

Four Exact-Shape "Aligned" Brushes

These brushes are all exact pixel shapes. Use them for consistent lineart or stamps. The cursor shows exactly where you'll draw, since they're aligned to Krita's pixel grid. None are pressure-sensitive.

1. Pixel (will need touch-ups to be pixel-perfect until this Krita feature request is completed)
2. 2x2 Square
3. 3x3 Square
4. 4x4 Circle

Nine Regular Brushes

These are dynamic tools for painting with pixels.  When you're zoomed way in, the cursor won't show exactly the pixels you'll draw--use the Aligned brushes for that. No-alignment is better for these brushes since the snapping awkwardly changes the way the lines look. 

1. Needle: Unaligned 1x1 brush  (will need touch-ups to be pixel-perfect until this Krita feature request is completed)
2. Circle
3. Pressure-Sensitive Circle (minor pressure sensitivity)
4. Square
5. Pressure-Sensitive Square (minor pressure sensitivity)
6. Slime: Thick corners, just like the one in Flipnote Studio.
7. Paintbrush: Fully pressure-sensitive circle brush.
8. Traintracks: Odd brush that's empty in the middle. Krita cannot draw the background color here, unlike on 3DS.
9. Candy: Larger version of traintracks.

Eight Pattern Brushes

Flipnot DX has eight pattern brushes, just like Flipnote Studio. Each brush is fully pressure-sensitive. Check out the Advanced Pattern Tips section for how to use them!

Six Spray Brushes

Use spray brushes to draw textures and effects.

1. Speckles: a classic spray-can tool.
2. Sand: larger, denser version of speckles. 
3. Kanji: lots of tiny, messy lines 
4. Sticks: larger version of kanji
5. Airbrush: changes size with speed and drawing angle, but not pressure.
6. Spraypaint: larger version of airbrush.

Advanced Pattern Tips

Draw Overlapping Patterns to Create More Textures

To draw a pattern like normal with a transparent background, click the Gradient in the top-left toolbar and choose Foreground to Transparent. This is a good way to create more complicated shading or combine some colors to create the illusion of a color outside the palette.

Draw Background and Foreground at the Same Time

To draw a pattern with two colors at once, click the Gradient in the top-left toolbar and choose Foreground to Background. This is handy for blending two hard lines or quickly combining colors.

Use Patterns to Create a Shadow

You can apply a changeable pattern to an already-drawn layer by placing the layer inside a new group, using a Pattern Overlay layer style on the layer (or adding a pattern fill layer above it in inherit-alpha mode), then placing a Gradient Map filter mask above the layer.

Try a Pattern on Another Brush

All the Flipnot patterns are tagged "flipnot" in the pattern browser. You can change the texture on any other brush to one of these patterns to draw with that pattern on that brush. Make sure the texturing mode is set to "Gradient Map" to replicate the color blending effect, or "Subtract" if you don't want that.

Draw Reflected Patterns with the Mirror Tool

Texture brushes overlap differently if the mirror brush tool is aligned on a 0.5 pixel or a 0.0 pixel. 0.5 overlaps perfectly; 0.0 is offset by 1 pixel.

Fix Slow Texture Brushes

If you're drawing patterns at huge sizes, drawing might get slow for you. If this bothers you, open the brush settings and change Texture > Pattern > Options > Texturing Mode from "Gradient Map" to "Subtract". You can't combine background and colors this way. 

Thanks for Checking out Flipnot DX!

Did you know there's a sequel to Flipnot DX? Flipnot 2  has 29 all-original brushes to help you paint in pixels with brand-new effects and patterns! Check it out!

Installation

You'll get a ".bundle" file after downloading. Just click Settings, then click Manage Resource Libraries..., then click "+Import", and browse to the .bundle file. That's it! Look for the brushes in the Brush Presets docker.

Feedback

I'm looking for feedback and for art to feature on this page. Contact me if you'd like to use this kit for free in exchange for attribution, at flipnot@sobs.moe!

Showcase

Showcase art contributed by myself and @bugbard.neocities.org. Thank you very much!

Changes

• v2: Pattern brushes draw faster and are easier to see, Aligned brushes are made with custom tips.