frequently asked questions

This section is under construction! Last updated: August 30, 2022.

✧ Software and equipment

• What do you draw with?

  • iPad Pro 10.5 2017

• What app do you use?

  • Clip Studio Paint
  • I used to use: Procreate (until 2021), Photoshop (until 2019)

• What brushes do you use?

  • Hoarse oil for smoother parts of the painting. Usually for rendering the face, blending, and adjusting details. Note: for the image on the right, I used this brush on top of a layer I applied gaussian blur to.
  
  • Thick coating Brush Set for texture and laying down the initial values/base colors. The one below is my favorite and I use it the most!
  
  
  • oil pen for some base colors and hair.
  
  • Flat Thick Coloring Brush 2 for thick brush strokes, works best when painting on one layer imo.
  
  • Sharp Watercolor for blending. I only use it on hair highlights these days.
  

• What art supplies do you recommend?

  • Logitech K380 wireless keyboard for Clip Studio Paint keyboard shortcuts on iPad
  • Clairfontaine Paint'On sketchbook is my go to sketchbook
  • Strathmore watercolor postcards are my favorite size to paint on
  • Holbein gouache set has all the colors I need
  • Winsor and Newton watercolor brushes are good quality and cheap
  • Palomino Blackwing pencils have a texture that is to die for
  • This wrist strengthener for when my wrist starts to feel off or too tight
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✧ Habits

• How often do you draw?

  • I usually draw every day, but there's no pressure to do that as an artist! I just really like it a lot, it's therapeutic

• How long have you been drawing for?

  • I've been drawing digitally since 2013, but I've only been studying seriously (doing practice, finding academic art resources, etc.) since 2020

✧ Process

• How many layers do you work on?

  • I have a habit of merging everything into one layer as I go
  • I make separate layers for value adjustment using blending modes, but I end up merging half of them down later on
  • I also use separate layers for details and accessories and I usually don't merge these

• How long does a drawing take?

  • A fully-rendered piece takes around 10 hours, but a lot of the rougher pieces I post on Instagram take around three

• How do you render?

  • TBA

• How do you pick colors?

  • TBA

✧ Tips

• How do you practice?

  • TBA

• How should I start digital art?

  • TBA

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