# Trying to recreate a brush from another Drawing App

**URL:** <https://krita-artists.org/t/trying-to-recreate-a-brush-from-another-drawing-app/184950>\
**Category:** Bundles and resources help\
**Tags:** brush-identification, brushes-help\
**Created:** [June 7, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/trying-to-recreate-a-brush-from-another-drawing-app/184950 "2026-06-07T00:57:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![CrazyCatBird](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/crazycatbird/32/26371_2.png) [@CrazyCatBird](https://krita-artists.org/u/CrazyCatBird)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/trying-to-recreate-a-brush-from-another-drawing-app/184950/2 "2026-06-07T11:51:49Z")

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Do you have screenshots of your results vs what you want? 🤔

BTW, Found this old discussion… Maybe there could be something you could use from it:

> [@Paint with two colors at the same time](https://krita-artists.org/t/paint-with-two-colors-at-the-same-time/41089/12):
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> My personal recommendation would be to use GIMP to make .gih brushes because you can specify that a layer image be divided into cells for each ‘stamp’. That way you can see the stamps more easily. Krita has each stamp on a separate layer so it’s impossible to see them together as a collection on the canvas. I’ve made two dimensional .gih brushes in GIMP and in krita and I much prefer to use GIMP for it. You can make exactly the same animated brush in krita but the UI/UX at the design/build st…

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