DAUB Brushes vs Syntetyc Downloads

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.

Syntetyc Downloads is a web-based collection of digital art resources for illustrators working with fantasy worlds, anime-style landscapes, and environments. The catalog groups downloads into brushes, tutorials, courses, color palettes, and printables. Environment Brushes 2.0 is free and contains 19 stroke-based brushes in native formats for Procreate, Photoshop, Art Studio Pro, Clip Studio Paint, Infinite Painter, Krita, and Affinity. Listed file extensions include.brushset,.abr,.artstudio_brushes,.sut,.przp,.bundle, and.afbrushes. Syntetyc describes the brushes as medium-advanced and says they require practice and familiarization. The Anime-Style Background illustration course costs $22, paid once. Its 10 lessons cover a digital landscape workflow from sketching and composition through coloring, lighting, and final rendering. Materials include over five hours of 1080p HD video, PSD and Procreate project files, a brush set, and a color palette. The course demonstrates Photoshop and Clip Studio Paint, with techniques applicable to Procreate, Krita, Affinity, and other drawing programs. Instruction is described as manual digital art using zero AI generation.