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
└── 📂Blender
└── 📂ZBrush
└── 📂Exports
📂Ref
📂Renders
📂Texturing
└── 📂MarmosetToolbag
└── 📂SubstancePainter
└── 📂3DCoat
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)