This small program overlays the digital canvas with adjustable grids. Link to software: Lazy Nezumi Pro PhiMatrix The guide I use the most often is the perspective ruler.Īlthough Clip Studio Paint has a built-in perspective ruler, I find the Lazy Nezumi Pro version provides more flexibility and power. In addition, it has an impressive collection of drawing guides. This strangely named but extraordinary program boasts a unique and powerful brush stabilizer. Link to software: Corel Painter Lazy Nezumi Pro This painting stage takes quite some time to complete. I use a set of customized camel hair brushes exclusively, slowly building up form, tone, and color with multitudes of overlapping, semi-transparent brush strokes. For reference, I keep the value and color studies I previously created in Clip Studio Paint close at hand. I start by transferring a finely detailed line drawing from Clip Studio Paint, and then begin painting over it. Painter allows an artist to emulate real-world brush strokes like no other software. Here is where I do the bulk of my painting. Link to software: Clip Studio Paint Corel Painter It is an invaluable aid in refining my ideas to the stage where I’m ready to begin painting in earnest. I use it for all my preliminary brainstorming sketches, layouts, line work, and value and color studies.
Overall the program is totally immersive and a delight to use. Selecting colors, or selecting variations of a particular color (hue, value, or blends), is a simple process and very visual. And that enables me to either customize existing brushes to my exact needs, or create unique brushes from scratch.Ĭhanging brushes, and changing brush size and opacity on the fly, is a breeze.
In fact, it adds what seems like a million potential tweaks to every brush. The brushes respond beautifully to the touch, and the brush engine is extraordinarily powerful. This is a fully equipped visual artist’s studio in digital form, and it makes drawing, coloring, and painting genuine pleasures. Although I strive to keep my digital setup as simple as possible, I’ve found that there’s no single program that meets all my needs.
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