Clip Studio Assets vs DAUB Brushes

Clip Studio Assets is a catalog for finding, downloading, and publishing materials for Clip Studio Paint. Its collection includes brushes, image materials, poses, 3D objects, gradients, color sets, workspaces, and Auto Actions. Free materials are available; individual paid materials may be priced in Clippy or GOLD, which are required to download them. A Clip Studio account is required to download materials or to publish and edit them. Users can access the service through Clip Studio Start or a browser on a tablet, PC, or smartphone, with Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows listed as platforms. Clip Studio Paint version 4.2 and later can automatically install downloaded tools, color sets, gradient sets, workspaces, and Auto Actions; other software requires extracting downloaded ZIP files. Anyone can upload Clippy materials, while GOLD materials are restricted to qualified creators and earn royalties based on price and download count. Uploads must belong to the submitter, and materials made with AI image-generation technology are prohibited. CELSYS says it may remove materials or suspend accounts without prior warning.

DAUB Brushes sells downloadable natural-media brush sets for Clip Studio Paint, Affinity, Procreate, and Photoshop. Its collections include watercolor, oil, pastel, charcoal, chalk, ink, pencil, and marker tools for Clip Studio Paint, while Affinity sets cover essentials, pigment simulation, comic brushes, inking, halftone patterns, and dry media. Procreate's Expression set contains 278 tools, and Photoshop's Pro Set is described as 100 natural-media tools and 24 papers. The Clip Studio Paint Markers set supports pen pressure, tilt, and axis rotation; Watercolors offers blending effects and real paper textures. Prices include a free 12-tool Pencils set and one-time purchases such as Markers for €3.99, paid once and Watercolors for €6.99, paid once. The Clip Studio Paint Super Bundle costs €19.99, paid once and includes 572+ tools and 60+ textures. Sets use a single-user license. Artwork made with the brushes may be used commercially without a time or usage limit, but the brushes themselves cannot be sublicensed, redistributed, or included in commercial products. The maker identifies himself as Paolo Limoncelli and says he released the first DAUB set in 2014.