Procreate Stamp Brush Maker
Turn any image into a stamp brush — free, right in your browser
Drop in a picture and get a ready-to-use Procreate stamp brush back. Everything happens inside your browser: your image is never uploaded, never stored, and never leaves your device — you can confirm that yourself in your browser's network inspector. No account, no email, no watermark.
Line art, a signature, a logo, a doodle your kid drew — if it has a clear shape, it can be a stamp. One tap in Procreate and it prints exactly where you want it.
Read this before you make your stamp
A stamp is a mask, not a photograph. Whatever you upload becomes a shape: white areas print, black areas stay empty, and grey turns semi-transparent. A confident black-and-white drawing makes a crisp stamp; a photo with soft gradients makes a muddy blob. If your image relies on colour or lighting to read, it will not survive the trip.
Your image is processed on your device and never uploaded.
What makes a clean stamp
Best input: a transparent PNG
If your image has a transparent background, the shape is taken from it directly — no guessing, no cleanup, pixel-perfect edges.
A scan or photo of a drawing works too
Dark lines on light paper are detected and flipped automatically so your linework becomes the printing shape. If the result looks inside-out, hit Invert.
Contrast decides everything
Solid black lines print crisp and opaque; pencil-grey strokes come out faint and washed. If your sketch is light, darken it before uploading — any photo app's contrast slider will do.
Size: 1,000–2,048 px is the sweet spot
Size matters less than you'd think, but there are limits. Below 600 pixels the edges turn blocky — the tool will warn you.
Photos with gradients make poor stamps
People, landscapes, anything soft. The stamp keeps the shape and throws away the picture: a portrait becomes a smudge. If you want a photo as a stamp, trace its outline first and upload the outline.
Why your stamp isn't working — common problems and fixes
The brush stamps a solid square
Your image has no transparency and almost no contrast, so the whole canvas became the shape. Upload a PNG with a transparent background, or increase the contrast until the subject is clearly darker (or lighter) than the background.
The stamp prints inside-out — background prints, lines don't
The automatic detection guessed the polarity wrong. Flip the Invert toggle: what prints and what stays empty will swap. This usually happens with white drawings on dark backgrounds.
The edges look ragged or dirty
Two usual causes. JPEG compression leaves faint halos around lines — re-export as PNG if you can. Or the source is too small and the edges upscale badly — use an image of at least 1,000 pixels on the long side.
The brush imported, but tapping prints nothing
Check the paint colour: a stamp printed white-on-white is invisible. Pick a dark colour and tap again. Also make sure the layer you're on isn't hidden or locked.
The stamp is very faint
Your linework is grey rather than black. Grey means semi-transparent in a stamp. Darken the source image and rebuild the brush.
The downloaded file won't open on iPad
Some browsers save the file as .zip. Rename it back to .brush (the contents are identical) and tap it again — Procreate will import it.
The stamp prints rotated or keeps changing angle
That's Procreate's brush behaviour, not the file. Open the brush in Brush Studio → Stamp settings and turn off rotation jitter, or set orientation to fixed.
How to import your stamp into Procreate
- Download the .brush file on your iPad (or AirDrop it from your computer).
- Tap the file. Procreate opens automatically and drops the brush into an "Imported" set at the top of your brush library.
- Or: open Files, long-press the .brush, choose Share → Procreate.
- Pick a colour, tap once on the canvas — your stamp prints at the size of the brush cursor. Pinch the brush size slider to scale it.
Need more detail? See our full guide on importing brushes into Procreate.
Only use images you have the rights to.
Frequently asked questions
Is this really free? What's the catch?+
Free, no signup, no watermark. We make brushes for a living — the maker is how you find out our brushes are good. If you'd rather not build every stamp yourself, our ready-made packs are one tap away.
Does my image get uploaded anywhere?+
No. The whole tool runs in your browser; the image is processed on your device and never touches a server. Open your browser's network inspector while using it — you'll see no request carrying your file.
What image formats can I use?+
PNG, JPG and WebP. PNG with a transparent background gives the cleanest result. HEIC (the iPhone camera format) isn't supported — export as JPG first.
Can I make a coloured stamp?+
A stamp brush carries shape, not colour — that's how Procreate works. The stamp prints in whatever colour you've selected. If you need full-colour placement, that's an insert-image workflow, not a brush.
Can I turn several images into one brush set?+
Right now the maker outputs one .brush per image. Batch export into a single .brushset is planned — the format is the same one we already build our packs with.
Can I sell brushes I make with this tool?+
The brushes you make from your own images are yours — do whatever you like with them. Just make sure you own the rights to the image itself.
Does it work with Photoshop or Clip Studio Paint?+
This tool outputs Procreate .brush files. For the reverse trip — Procreate sets as Photoshop/CSP .abr — use our free converter.
Rather skip the DIY?
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