Christi's Comix Toolbox // Digital Brushes

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I'm so excited to finally announce the official release of Christi's Comix Toolbox - a comprehensive set of 52 digital brushes and assets for Affinity Photo and Designer!

Over the last year I've meticulously crafted specific tools for use in my client projects using Affinity software. The tools were never intended to be released publicly, but after Serif contacted me with the proposal of adding them to the official Affinity Store, I couldn't resist and quickly jumped at the opportunity.

These tools were created with a comic illustration aesthetic in mind. Even though I'm an illustrator and not technically a comic artist myself, I do draw a lot of influence from comic book art styles, both in the approach I take, and in the tools I use to create my work. The Comix Toolbox includes all kinds of digital adaptations of traditional comic art tools, and while it's primarily tailored for a comic look, it can be used for all kinds of different illustrative uses. Excelsior!

Let's have a look at the contents:

Sample Illustration

BRUSHES & ASSETS

In this set you'll find 36 digital brushes, comprised of:

1 x Quick Perspective Guide (always handy!).

3 x Custom Erasers for tackling those pesky mistakes.

5 x Drafting Pencils for doing sketches, planning and layouts.

13 x Ink Brushes which include all kinds of inking tools like brushes, brush pens, dipping pens, technical pens, fineliners, markers, dry brushes and more.

10 x FX Brushes for adding ink splatters, halftone shading, special effects and texture.

and last, but not least, 4 x Comic Style Colouring Brushes.

Brush Cheat Sheet/Preview

You'll also find 16 digital assets included:

4 x SCREENTONE SHEETS:

Varied density halftone pattern sheets that can be masked as needed.

A quick and easy shortcut to a classic comic book style/

5 x WORN TEXTURES:

A collection of gritty, scanned and processed texture sheets.

Perfect for creating that old, worn-print look.

4 x GRITTY BORDERS:

Grunge frames never go out of style!

Give your artwork pages loads of character with a gritty border.

3 x COMIC PANELS:

These scalable, hand-drawn vector comic panels can easily be flipped, resized and adjusted to fit your comic book pages.

Mini Tutorials Are Also Included

SAMPLE ARTWORK

In addition to the brushes and assets, you can also find a layered sample file included, where you can see how the brushes have been used to get to the final result. This file, in conjunction with the 'Tips & Tricks' document included in the purchase, should give you a very clear indication of how to use these tools to their full extent.