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CLIP STUDIO PAINT great art program that you can get for a one-time payment (altho unfortunately they've been making some very anti-consumer decisions with version 2.0)! it's got everything i need to efficiently draw, plus 5000 other features completely alien to me. if you're looking for a solid art program that handles both illustration and comics pretty well, this one is my preferred software

FRENDEN BRUSH PACK LOOOOVE these brushes. there's so many good texture-y brushes here out of the Hundreds included. this pack costs money but it's well worth it, like 99% of the brushes i use are from this pack. plus you get free updates for life!!

INTUOS PRO MEDIUM drawing tablet that i've been using for years now (mine's an older model than what's linked here). it's solid, works fine, wacom just overcharges for literally all of their tablets. haven't had any problems using it, but if you're looking for something cheaper, i've heard Huion has good tablets?? i've never used one myself so you'd have to look into reviews

DRAWING GLOVE a godsend for my sweaty hands. once you wear one you'll never go back. i own two different drawing gloves and this one is definitely my favorite

JOYTOKEY this little program is such a hidden gem. basically, it lets you map keybinds to controllers, so i use this bad boy to map Clip Studio keybinds to one of my joycons, which works SURPRISINGLY well as a little keyboard shortcut device?? way nicer than using my keyboard

SPYDERX PRO if you wanna make sure that your monitor's colors are as accurate to what they'll look like in print as possible, this little device is REALLY useful for that. idk how it compares to similar products, since this is the only monitor calibration device i've used, but it at least makes my monitors look WAY nicer than they ever did when i calibrated them by hand