Updated: Sept 1, 2025
What program do you use to draw? What brushes do you use?
I use Clip Studio for all my art/comics. I use an XP-pen display tablet on my computer and a Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ to draw on the go.
My lineart brush: https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1788976
My sketch brush: https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1811630
My tone brush (with swapped textures): https://rondanchan.gumroad.com/l/ms5-wc1?layout=profile
My colour palette: https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1986433
My halftones: https://www.truegrittexturesupply.com/collections/clip-studio-brushes/products/beat-tones-halftone-brushes
What can I do with your art?
You may use my art as display pictures, wallpapers, and banners, and would like credit if you do so! I ask that you not repost or edit my work. You may not sell or use my art to train AI.
Can I use your art as a tattoo?
Shoot me an email @ jey@topazcomics.com first, but mostly likely yes unless the piece happens to be very personal. If you want to drop me a Ko-fi donation that’d be much appreciated too!
Where can I find you online?
Find all my socials at the bottom of this page or over on my portfolio
Comic templates for 6×9 size comics made by me for my “Ins and Outs of Webcomics” info comic.
Templates include .png, .psd and .csp files. Dpi is listed in template names.
A bit of a long post so I’ll pop it under a read more, but similar to this post just with a new test image, new brushes, and pros/cons notes!
Back in 2020 I was fully committed to Clipstudio and was determined to try out just a TON of brushes to see what might stick. I started out using a quick doodle per year since then to test styles on. 2020 was a quick Jigen face.
Brushes used
Noisy Marker
Grunge Dot
Real Pencil (CSP Default)
Marker
Concept 3
Muddy-Ari
CRM Flat Bleed
Pencil Hatching
Crunch Hatching
Nature Hatching
Let me know if this was helpful! I really like sharing brushes & things like this.
Just got CSP (which I’ve never used before) for my S6 yesterday and I’ve been having a good time testing it out – although I have this really strange glitch that happens on every art program I try with my Staedtler stylus where I lose pressure sensitivity every few lines while in landscape mode. I have no idea what causes it or why it happens! So now I usually just draw in portrait.
