These are tools and resources that I use for drawing. Not expert advice.
I love experimenting with different existing tools and technology even if I already have a setup I'm comfortable with.
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What's on my desk? (digital)
| Software |
Purpose |
Remarks |
| Clip Studio Paint 4.0 (Desktop) |
do le drawing thing |
Life-saving auto backup into cloud. Big community, tons of user-made assets available. |
| Krita |
Can do everything that CSP does, but for free |
If you are already familiar with raster software interfaces, Krita's will not be daunting. Fun to learn and tinker. |
| PureRef |
Gather reference images |
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| Google Drive |
Archive past drawings, backup storage |
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| Obsidian.md |
Notetaking |
Organise OC content. I use the dataview plugin to gather all the birthdays and blurbs in one place. I have an addiction lasting more than 6 months. |
Hardware
| Hardware |
Remarks |
| XP-Pen Star-06C Pen Tablet |
A second-hand tablet that a random schoolmate was giving away. Outdated and buggy. |
| Some random US$15 bluetooth 12-key numpad |
More hotkeys outside the tablet for Clip Studio Paint. Changing key bindings within the raster software is preferred. Additional remapping of keys can be done with HIDmacros. Example by David Revoy on his blog. |
Traditional
| Tool |
Purpose |
| Sakura Pigma Micron set |
Lineart |
Honourable mentions
Stuff that I may have used in the past.
| Software |
Purpose |
Remarks |
| ibis Paint X (Android app) |
My go-to for doing digital art before getting a tablet. Still has the smartest lineart extraction algorithm. |
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| Adobe Photoshop |
Bloatware that can format text using paths and precise calculations. |
Typesetting guides
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