Utility Software
- Reference Board: PureRef and VizRef for my tablet
- Reference Manager (through tags): Eagle (far better than Adobe Bridge in every way), Adobe Bridge. I highly recommend managing reference art with tags, a lot of issues arise with folders
- Screenshots: LightShot, GreenShot,
Win + Shift + S,Print key - Color Picker (from ref): Windows Power Toys Color Picker, JCPicker. Art software often has a built-in color picker
- Color Palette Picker: Coolors, Lospec, Adobe Colors
- EXR Image Reader: DJV
- Preview all kinds of Image Extensions in File Explorer: SageThumbs (supports: .PSD / .TGA / .TIFF / .BMP / +defaults +more)
- Nightlight for my eyes: F.Lux
Project Folder Structure
Always keep your project files organized. And use the same folder structure among your different projects.
Example
📂Modeling-Sculpting
📂Blender
└── 📂ZBrush
└── 📂Exports
📂Ref
📂Renders
📂Texturing
└── 📂MarmosetToolbag
└── 📂SubstancePainter
└── 📂3DCoat
My Setup for Sculpting & Texturing
For sculpting and texturing, I use a keyboard in my left hand and my drawing tablet with my right hand. Having the 3D software open on the drawing tablet and reference on my main monitor and my mouse close by for when I have to do something on the monitor.
My Setup for Modeling
For modeling I use my keyboard, mouse and monitor.
The Hardware I Use
- Huion Kamas 22 Plus (21.5 inch - 1920 x 1080 (16:9) - 60Hz -140% sRGB Color Gamut (QLED) - Etched Anti-Glare Glass - Fully Laminated - 1200:1 Contrast Ratio)
- iPad Pro 11 4th Gen (11 inch - 2388 x 1668 (7:5) - Dynamic refresh rate from 24Hz to 120 Hz (ProMotion) - P3 D65 Color Gamut (A P3 display where sRGB is properly mapped) - Liquid Retina panel - IPS - 600 nits - Fully Laminated - adjust color and intensity to match ambient light (True Tone) - anti-reflective coating (1.8% reflectivity))
- 64GB DDR4 RAM
- 10 key less Mechanical Keyboard (Master keys 730 - Cherry MX Red Switches)
- Wireless Mouse with Infinite Scroll Wheel toggle (Logitech G502 X Lightspeed)
- DT 770 Pro (Studio Headphones)
- U-PHORIA UMC202HD (Sound Interface)
- Windows 11 (OS)
- Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 5700 GPU (8GB VRAM - 1.75 GHz Clock Speed - Release 2019)
- AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU (12 Cores - 24 Threads - 3.7 GHz-4.8 GHz Clock Speed - 7 nm - Release 2020)
- Samsung C32JG50 WQHD Monitor (2560 x 1440 px - 32 Inch / Zoll - 144 Hz)