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 Outdated and buggy. |
| Random US$15 non-programmable Bluetooth 12-key numpad |
More hotkeys outside the tablet for Clip Studio Paint. Remap keys using 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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