Kyle T. Webster

{{Short description|American artist and writer}}

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Kyle T. Webster is an American illustrator, designer, author and educator.{{cite web|url=https://create.adobe.com/2016/8/26/create_with_kyle_t_webster_photoshop_brush_master.html|title=Create with Kyle T. Webster, Photoshop Brush Master - Create|website=create.adobe.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ai-ap.com/publications/article/14637/illustrator-profile-kyle-webster-i-try-to-get.html|title=AI-AP - Profiles » Illustrator Profile - Kyle Webster: "I try to get my paws into everything"|website=www.ai-ap.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uncsa.edu/news/20171107-kyle-webster-brushes.aspx|title=Adobe Systems acquires Kyle Webster's digital paintbrush company|website=www.uncsa.edu}}{{cite web|url=https://www.macworld.co.uk/opinion/apple/kyle-t-webster-illustrator-iphone-developer-3485309/|title=Kyle T. Webster - From illustrator to iPhone developer|first=Nick|last=Spence|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.journalnow.com/relishnow/the_arts/magic-man-art-magic-coexist-in-illustrator-s-life-work/article_2eb27b21-fce5-549b-bb64-d6de8b11a762.html|title=Magic Man: Art, magic coexist in illustrator's life, work|first=Lynn Felder Winston-Salem|last=Journal|publisher=}}

His illustration work has been published in The New Yorker,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/12/05/the-eastern-front|title=The Eastern Front|magazine=The New Yorker |date=28 November 2011 |publisher=}} The New York Times,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/opinion/l13science.html|title=Opinion - How to Stop America's Scientific Brain Drain|newspaper=The New York Times |date=3 June 2018|publisher=}} and other publications. {{cite web|url=https://www.defliterary.com/authors/kyle-t-webster/|title=Kyle T. Webster|date=19 October 2015|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://layersmagazine.com/at-a-time-when-the-print-media-was-dying-this-illustrator-still-managed-to-double-his-income.html|title=At a Time When the Print Media Was "Dying" This Illustrator Managed to Double His Income|date=23 February 2016|publisher=}}

He is the founder of the KyleBrush brand of Adobe Photoshop brushes that was acquired on October 18, 2017 by Adobe Systems. He worked for Adobe on drawing initiatives{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/18/adobe-acquires-kylebrush-com-adds-over-1000-digital-brushes-to-its-lineup/|title=Adobe acquires KyleBrush.com, adds over 1,000 digital brushes to its lineup – TechCrunch|website=techcrunch.com}}{{cite web|url=https://theblog.adobe.com/renowned-illustrator-kyle-t-webster-kyle-brush-will-bring-adobe/|title=What Renowned Illustrator Kyle T. Webster of Kyle Brush Will Bring to Adobe - Adobe Blog|date=20 November 2017|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cgchannel.com/2017/10/adobe-releases-photoshop-cc-october-2017/|title=Adobe releases Photoshop CC (October 2017) - CG Channel|website=www.cgchannel.com}}{{cite web|url=http://blogs.adobe.com/adobelife/2018/04/11/kyle-websters-brush-with-adobe/|title=Kyle Webster's Brush with Adobe|publisher=}} until resigning in mid-2024{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/kyle.t.webster/p/C7ujGu0IRuU/?hl=en |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=www.instagram.com}} after publicly criticizing the types of Generative AI being added to Adobe products{{Cite web |last=Webster |first=Kyle T. |title=The Creativity Country Club |url=https://accidental-expert.com/p/the-creativity-country-club |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=accidental-expert.com |language=en}} and just before Adobe announced a change to their Terms of Service that appeared to claim a right to use any work created with their software to train their AI.{{Cite web |last=Weatherbed |first=Jess |date=2024-06-07 |title=Adobe’s TOS “update” isn’t the problem — it’s trust |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/7/24173838/adobe-tos-update-firefly-generative-ai-trust |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=The Verge |language=en}}

Shortly after resigning from Adobe, Procreate developers Savage Interactive announced that Webster had joined them as Brush Developer for their Procreate line of apps{{Cite web |title=Kyle T. Webster joins Procreate in a win for digital artists everywhere. - Procreate Insight |url=https://procreate.com/insight/2024/kyle-t-webster |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Procreate |language=en-US}}

His picture book, "Please Say Please!" was published by Scholastic in July, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.journalnow.com/relishnow/the_arts/visual_arts/new-book-encourages-kids-to-say-please/article_2e1299a4-0c94-5475-abc0-4d32359c41f9.html|title=New book encourages kids to say 'please'|first=Kathy Norcross Watts Special|last=Correspondent|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kyle-t-webster/please-say-please-webster/|title=PLEASE SAY PLEASE! by Kyle T. Webster , Kyle T. Webster - Kirkus Reviews|publisher=}}

In the summer of 2017, He partnered with Adobe to digitally recreate seven of the original paintbrushes used by Norwegian artist, Edvard Munch, as part of an international competition inviting artists to use these digital brushes to create "The Fifth Scream."{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/edvard-munch-paintbrushes-the-scream-photoshop-adobe-project-a7792251.html|title=Edvard Munch's 100-year-old brushes digitally recreated so you can paint with them|website=Independent.co.uk |date=15 June 2017 |publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-paint-digital-scream-edvard-munchs-brushes|title=You Can Now Paint a Digital "Scream" Using Edvard Munch's Brushes|first=Alexxa|last=Gotthardt|date=21 July 2017|publisher=}}

Kyle lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with his wife, Sonja Webster, who founded the women's social and professional networking platform, "The Ladies Tea" in 2007, and his 2 children. {{Cite,

news|url=http://www.greensboro.com/news/women-connect-inspire-over-cup-of-tea/article_6c498af7-2480-53e4-9f29-b696230c8fe2.html|title=Women connect, inspire over cup of tea|last=Seward|first=Carla Kucinski|work=Greensboro News & Record|access-date=2018-06-06|language=en}}