# Does Krita have a brush that gives an effect of glitter? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Questions\ **Tags:** brushes-help\ **Created:** [July 6, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-brush-that-gives-an-effect-of-glitter/69904 "2023-07-06T08:59:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sketchy](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/sketchy/32/171537_2.png) [@Sketchy](https://krita-artists.org/u/Sketchy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-brush-that-gives-an-effect-of-glitter/69904/1 "2023-07-06T08:59:37Z")
> [@Glittery!](https://krita-artists.org/t/glittery/41271): > > I wasn’t sure where to put this so I put it in the Lounge. @tachiko has made a brush based on a MyPaint brush stroke, here: [Using a mypaint tip gives krita brushes a mypaint feel](https://krita-artists.org/t/using-a-mypaint-tip-gives-krita-brushes-a-mypaint-feel/41254) As part of that, they made a “weird thing” image for masked brush use. I’ve tried that “weird thing” (both as it is and also inverted) as a Gradient Map brush tip. I used Rotation controlled by Fuzzy Dab to avoid patterning and a wide spacing to avoid streaking. Here are the results using some of @Rakurri’s gradie… I did a search and couldn’t really find anything apart from the above attached post, but I couldn’t understand from it if there was a brush conveniently made that looked like glitter or if further steps needed to be taken to get the glittery effect in this post. I basically want to do a digital art piece that looks like a real world painting with bits of glitter on it (as I’ve done this with acrylics and glitter and it looks really pretty). I’m hopeless at creating new stuff so I don’t think I’d know how to create a brush so am wondering is there one already created someone could point me to? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-brush-that-gives-an-effect-of-glitter/69904/2 "2023-07-06T09:27:54Z")
As a small start, you can have this ‘pack’ (not a bundle): [Ahab-Rough-Glitter.zip](https://www.dropbox.com/s/l9ni1c7hmhd935n/Ahab-Rough-Glitter.zip?dl=1) You’ll need to put the two .png files into your brushes folder and the .kpp file into your paintoppresets folder then restart. Or do it the modern way with Settings → Manage Resources → Import Resources. In use, select a multicoloured gradient and then paint with it. The colours and their distribution/appearance depend on the gradient and the fact that they are ‘selected’ by the lightness value of the brushtip image. So, you can make your own brushtip image and your own gradient to get different effects. (It’s more difficult to get something good looking than that sounds.) ---
**Author:** ![Sketchy](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/sketchy/32/171537_2.png) [@Sketchy](https://krita-artists.org/u/Sketchy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-brush-that-gives-an-effect-of-glitter/69904/3 "2023-07-06T10:05:03Z")
Thank you very much. I have downloaded the brush and it works fine. I shall get on a Youtube tutorial about painting with a gradient as I’ve never done that before. I shall see what that’s all about and have a play. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/michelist/32/65826_2.png) [@Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/u/Michelist)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-brush-that-gives-an-effect-of-glitter/69904/4 "2023-07-06T10:58:34Z")
> [@Sketchy](#): > > I shall get on a Youtube tutorial about painting with a gradient as I’ve never done that before. If it is the video from Ramon, then you’ll have much fun, if it is a different one, you may want to watch it too: ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/t6lOYEGgz5k/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/t6lOYEGgz5k?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Michelist ---
**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-brush-that-gives-an-effect-of-glitter/69904/5 "2023-07-06T11:00:59Z")
@Sketchy I think I made a bad mistake with the brush preset .kpp file I packed. It should have Brush Mode set to Gradient Map: ![Gradient Map](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/5/f/5f128f6e83185a92ed5d5c72f0ecf20a50d3c33c.png) Please check it and correct it if it’s not set to Gradient Map. ---
**Author:** ![Sketchy](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/sketchy/32/171537_2.png) [@Sketchy](https://krita-artists.org/u/Sketchy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-brush-that-gives-an-effect-of-glitter/69904/6 "2023-07-06T12:00:29Z")
Thank you, it was set to lightness map so I have changed it to Gradient map. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/1X/e446d8b3077ddf6dfb5b2cd65199c20095b47dcf.png) [@system](https://krita-artists.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/does-krita-have-a-brush-that-gives-an-effect-of-glitter/69904/7 "2023-07-10T12:01:25Z")
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