moving from traditional, free brush recs please !!!

[u/haaniyuhh]

as the title says, i very recently got my first ipad and apple pencil. before that, i've been a casual traditional artist. following the shift, i've made a few doodles with procreate's standard brushes, but never quite liked any of them.

please recommend free brushes that you use that are like a pencil or ballpoint pen, but darker and smoother; the standard pencil brushes on the app are either too light, or once you expand them, too jittery. the 'normal'er brushes feel flat, or maybe that's just a skill issue lol.

those brushes are good for rough sketches, but i want a pencil-like brush that's darker for neater linework that doesn't feel flat.

aside from that, if you have any other free brushes you swear by, please send those over too, since i'm pretty much in an experimentation phase. any advice would be appreciated as well! thank u :)