#i'm in love with the dot pen in CSP

[civettictis]

CSP Brushes i like to use!

I usually work on:

5000x5000px 500dpi

4961x7016px 600dpi for big illustrations (A4)

320x240px 500dpi for pixel art

Lineart and Sketching:

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I use this one for pretty much everything! Very much a favorite of mine.

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I mostly use ZAKUZAKU from this set. It's not really ideal for my usual artstyle, but it feels nice to use, and has good texture.

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I use this one for coloring, rendering, lineart and sketching! I customize this one with a halftone texture for rendering from time to time, as well as a similar brush with the ID: 1963562

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I use BASSY in this set! It's usually my go-to if i want to do cleaner lineart without texture. I tend to use it on lower stabilization (Between 2 and 6)

Coloring and Rendering

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I have another version of the lasso fill too, but they're pretty much the same. This one just has anti-aliasing as it's standard setting. (I do prefer to turn off anti-aliasing when doing base colours for a bigger piece since i like to use select color gamut)

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I use DAEPEN4 from the set a lot! I like using it for soft coloring or shading. I also use a duplicated version of it with a halftone texture for some rendering.

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I loooove this pen i use it 4 everything

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Rake brush i use for some textures. There's a "grainier" one with this ID: 1896418

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I use this one lots for rendering. I like the Block one the most.

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Yummy scrummy texture and color-blocking brush for rendering.

Erasing:

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I love lasso tools... Go-to stuff. I wish they made the next one as a lasso tool too...

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I forget to use this too much when i'm coloring, but it's nice when you get a good flow with it (needs to be used with a refrence layer)

For pixel art,

I like to use the standard Dot pen, and the lasso tools with ant-aliasing off. Tbf i vary my tools A LOT art to art, and i really just use whatever feels best. (this applies for non-pixel art too)

For pixel art, i really just make sure i have anti-aliasing off on the brushes i use.

In general,

I do also like some of the standard CSP brushes, like the airbrush tool (often accompanied by lasso select) and the marker pen on high stabilization for artwork like merchandise or more "technical" looking artwork.

I use a lot of various half-tone brushes, which are really just a lot that i came across by searching up half-tone or hatching.

I have far too many brushes downloaded, and i pretty frequently switch between stuff, but i tried to list the ones i most consistently use.

Additionally, a brush i like to use is the Jerma pen, which, as it may sound, is just a pen where the brush tip is a png of Jerma. The material was deleted from the CSP assets, but i still use it with custom pen pressure. It's unironically a very nice pen for less refined artwork and sketches.

[metalbenders-and-telepaths]

💕 self-love time! talk about which ones of YOUR creations (edits, artworks, fanfics) you like the most then send to other creators to do the same 💕

Thank you for this ask <3 <3 I think I'll go through my art folder and sort it out by the years (and also a fun look of my past fixations haha)

2020

My obsession with AU's still hasn't changed at all. I really miss my traditional sketches because nowadays I draw digitally and I abuse the heck out of ctrl+z and my sketches take like x4 longer lmao.

Also I am pretty proud of my edit of The Merciless. I still rewatch it from time to time (and cry about it haha).

2021

Man I kind of miss my Loki show era. I was literally pumping out art every second day for like two weeks. I liked this one in particular because I actually allowed myself to calm down and complete it across a few days, whereas these days I only allow one day for each art (because adhd - out of sight out of mind lol). (x)

2022

Last piece of art using Procreate before I switched to CSP. My goal with this piece is to replicate the 山水畫 (shan shui) style and I actually achieved what I wanted :D (x)

Dot pen my beloved! My second art using CSP. I remember drawing this while giggling like a maniac. Drawn during my honeymoon phase with Formula 1. Good times. (x)

I had so much fun abusing the grid snapping and straight line tools. I was exclaiming things like "wow technology is great" haha. Also first time I thought to myself that I wouldn't mind having a keychain of my own work hehe (x)

This one is like, my magnum opus. I don't think I'll ever be able to top this (or have the patience again lmao) (x)

I think this is the first time I actually vibed with my own art? Like wow I can actually feel warm and fuzzy looking at my own creation? (and now knowing Seb is retiring makes me even more emotional) (x)

Another art where I achieved my initial goal and drew something that I'm happy with (look I even added watermark and signed it lol) I also manually drew the background (because I couldn't find a png file that didn't have to pay for lmao) and I liked how it turned out! (x)

I always wanted to do a redraw of that bisexual anne hathaway photoshoot and I finally did it with my current blorbos! This one was initially going to be full b&w but I'm glad I decided to add the red last minute (x)

OOOOF this got really long lmao anyways thanks for the ask once again :))

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Atlas’s redemption arc

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