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My Digital Art & Design Must Haves
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My favorite hardware and software that I use in my digital art and graphic design creations, as well as tutorials and other recommendations.
 
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I absolutely love this! Great for creating designs, social media posts and mockups.
Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone
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A professional vector graphics editor. I use the iPad version of this software and wouldn't be without it.
Graphic Design & Illustration Software | Affinity Designer
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Most of my designs are created on my iPad Pro. 
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iPad Pro
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The best pencil stylus for your iPad. 
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Apple - Pencil (2nd Generation) - White
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A great and affordable digital art  program for your iPad.
Procreate® – The most powerful and intuitive digital illustration app available for iPad.
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A premium painting app.
ArtRage for iPad
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Perfect for digital art and graphic design. 
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Pen Tablet / Digitizer Tablet - Wacom
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A great little tutorial for drawing flowers in Procreate.
How to Draw Flowers in Procreate
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You can spend hours with this software, creating layers of color and texture. I use the iPad version which I love.
Pastello | JixiPix Software
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An invaluable guide if you are new to Affinity Designer.
Designer Desktop Quickstart Guide | Learn Affinity
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A great all rounder for photos and graphic design.
Transform photos and make gorgeous graphics | Adobe Photoshop
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If you are serious about digital painting then this is the program for you. Expensive but worth it. 
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Corel Painter 2023
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I've downloaded many free brushes for Procreate from this site. I would highly recommend it.
1800+ Brushes for Procreate - Free and Paid - Download fast and easy
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You can easily create a color palette by simply uploading a photo.
Color palette generator | Canva Colors
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A great site for color inspirations.
Pantone Color Palettes
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