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[@quilaviper]

Using custom brushes to take care of the more tedious tasks isn't "cheating", it's saving HOURS of time. 😂 People are so ridiculous. If those complainers had a comic where they had to draw repeated small things over and over, they'd be using a custom brush too, I guarantee it.

[@Honeybee1748]

Seriously- Like bruh- 😣

[@am_Nein]

@@secretary5692 yeah, its like saying your "cheating" by autotuning like you still have to actually be.. *good*. I hope that comparison made sense my brain is all static rn

[@Xodabeef]

@Secretary My first 2 pices ever where traced (one from a plushy and one from an anime) 😥

[@saix_unicorn]

@@Xodabeef i still "trace" poses when i'm too lazy xd but the important thing is that you know how to draw without tracing and keep it private x)

[@Cinnaschticks]

People who use stamps or keyboards to type are cheating at writing guys its official. 🤦

[@bookvee]

I am old enough to remember when digital art itself was "totally cheating" and then tablets were "the biggest threat to real art, you guys, like totally, evaar!"

[@Drakkin2001]

yeah... like when oil painting came about and it was cheating, because you could scrape a mistake after a day or two, while in "al fresco" or in watercolors you have to do it right in one go.

[@aranavenger]

I bought into that as a dumb 13-15 year old. Lol, looking back at stupid stuff like that is pretty embarrassing

[@itsmaggie6078]

Now the big problem is AI art and I think this is way more serious

[@vespernight4236]

​@@itsmaggie6078 imo, I don't think AI art itself is inherently bad, I just hate how pretty much every ai art program uses stolen artwork, and that ppl try to make money off of art they didn't make. It's a shame too bc I'd argue it could be a nice alternative to commissions, for ppl wanting dnd character art and such, but can't afford a commission in say a very rendered style. just a shame the ppl who make these programs have money in their eyes and don't give af about the artists thery scraping from.

[@BicTransparente]

Yeah, it could be a great tool for artists but instead most people use it to ACTUALLY cheat. Sad things turned out like this​@@itsmaggie6078

[@fluffymonster396]

Work smarter, not harder as they say. People who think custom brushes are "cheating" aren't actual artists. No contest. Also it's hilarious that someone was complaining about "kids" "lying" for attention. Who let grandpa out of the loony bin and onto the internet?

[@robinfinch314]

Hoooonestly. Kids who don't understand that need to take a good look at how good old Bob Ross painted because all the brushes he used have a specific function - just like a custom digital brush would.

[@EditingYomama]

JAHAH

[@cosmicreef5858]

work ahrd and smart You obviously need to keep yourself active by not forgetting how to draw your stuff by hand But if you are producing something in huge masses creating custom brushes is an amazing idea to still use your own art yet make the process faster while not loosing quality

[@Foggeer-von-Dreitveld]

I think what may have happened is this: the person acusing you of selling brushes that are not original has downloaded a pirated version of whatever program he was using. Sometimes these pirated versions will include add-ons which the distrubuter had installed. It could very well be that he pirated the drawing software, and in doing so pirated your brushes aswell.

[@tessfabled4115]

Seconded, the dude sounds like he's working with a pirated version....

[@gaerekxenos]

OOF. Outting themselves as a pirate. Sure hope they don't try to go make an earning using the program, considering how certain companies (coughAdobecoughcough) do go after pirates who use pirated versions of their program and take that nice lovely income off people's hands

[@1.Elliott.Draws.1]

"I'm such a fake artist for using my own art in a form that makes it easier so i don't spend days drawing a single part of a drawing." -what those people expect

[@_Aceus_]

Ah yes, I love it when people accuse others of scamming after not bothering to do their research or looking at how the art style is different for each person instead of being the exact same.

[@cosmicreef5858]

Exactly! I was accused of tracing many times without people even doing the bare minimum research or even just look at my art pages I am still improving in my art and i was focused more on anatomy first to get better at before i get to improve in coloring said lines with mentioned anatomy This is what they used as an "excuse" That my lines does not match my coloring. As if people are not different and learn things in a different way or choose to prioritize different things. Geez

[@gamingpuppster]

people say custom brushes is cheating? but.. they're custom? so, you would have needed to draw them anyway? some people

[@MystiNebula]

The craziest part is how confidently incorrect people can get, like, it's incredible how they can just say something so clearly incorrect, and defend it so adamantly with the shittiest arguments, if you can even call them that. The internet is fucking weird man, giving these kind of people a megaphone.

[@weebandgaminginc.7593]

The internet helps, and tic tok’s algorithm is questionable, witch is why I try to stay away from the app, except to post a video, but i don’t think the entirety of the blame is on the internet. It may be on the people who believe it and spread it more. Look at it this way. If the greatest weapon you can give a bully is your ear, then why would it be different online?

[@Scarshadow666]

That's what humanity has always been like for a very long time (sometimes unfortunately). ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ People used to institutionalize others (and it was not always due to mental health issues/struggles, sometimes it was because they were LGBTQ+, they said "no" to the wrong person, etc) and people thought things like lobotomies "helped" each other. Some people even thought the witch trials were helpful to their community back in the day. Dunning-Krueger is one hell of a drug humans have been snorting throughout history.

[@sothisishowusernameswork.2043]

@@weebandgaminginc.7593 The internet is good, when you search deep, and no I don't mean the dark web, On the surface people are really mean, but then you can find people who actually have brains.

[@weebandgaminginc.7593]

@@sothisishowusernameswork.2043 yeah. But, the modern generation is one that takes little seriously, witch is why roblox can get VERY annoying from time to time. Obviously, there are games from people who take things seriously but a lot of it is just memes and weird avatars. And don’t even get me started on tik tok or YT shorts. Or… maybe i just have really high standards when it comes to good content.

[@sothisishowusernameswork.2043]

@@weebandgaminginc.7593 Most of it Is NOT meme avatars. With slenders you gotta search for their games to find them, unless if I'm wrong and you can find it on the discover page. How do I know this? Because I play roblox.

[@wyrmoffastring]

I recently had to paint a whole table full of D20s for a work project. I made brushes for that. I had to shade each die individually anyway, but just skipping drawing them in saved at least two or three hours. If I was doing this traditionally, I would have made a linoleum stamp. Because you have shortcuts in traditional art too.

[@FaelumbreProject]

It's a fun choice of timelapse drawing to use this video with - even though you're using a lot of CSP's tools, there are still spots where you clearly have to draw a lot of repeated stuff like the flowers, the software can only help so much

[@foxbuns]

some artists have carpal tunnel.. for us it isnt even an option, we must use shortcuts if we want to create!

[@ypotryll]

Yep! Exactly. Former factory worker here 🙌

[@cosmicreef5858]

it is not a must but it is a good idea if you have to mass produce something without loosing the quality

[@foxbuns]

@@cosmicreef5858 it is literally a must if we, with carpal tunnel, want to create anything without pain ❤️ learn reading comprehension

[@antlerbuddy3008]

The funniest thing about all this: I looked at your brush packs now and will definitely buy them. They look amazing. So if anything, this really just gave you free clout 😂

[@SantsunTheDemon]

In my opinion, you can’t cheat in art, art is art it’s not a competition

[@OriginalAkivara]

Plagiarism, tracing (if you trace it should be for private learning not art you share with others) is definitely cheating.

[@Absitiam]

AI art is cheating. It just steals from other artists. There is no original input from the user, nothing under fair use at all.

[@OhCrapI_He]

@@Absitiam *Cheating yourself out of the experience of drawing it yourself. Next time I see AI "art," I'll leave a comment with the copypasta version of the following: "You cheated. You didn't learn, you didn't grow, you took a shortcut and gained nothing."

[@TeasilaNova]

This guy seems like he hasn't looked at clip studio's free assets... hold up, does this guy even use clip studio?

[@Drag-0n]

Do you really ask this question? 🤣

[@TeasilaNova]

​@@Drag-0n my question is 100% rhetorical but it would be just hilarious if he *did* use clip studio.

[@nebulatheseanight]

i doubt this guy had even heard of clip studio before all of this

[@TeasilaNova]

@@nebulatheseanight he's the type of guy that doubles* down on a mistake, and still believes his mistake is the hill to die on. like-- my condolences? x'D edit: lol i typed doubt*

[@KwartOrSomething]

he probably got it illegally which came with the brushes

[@roxygrant8990]

Man people LOVE to call others out on things they know nothing about. Can't believe this happened to you, you're like, the hardest working artist I know!

[@KristopherBel]

I have a theory about This Guy. I know that when people download software the less legal way often they come bundled with a bunch of extra assets also not payed for. It is possible that This Guy had a pirate bundle that DID have all your brushes in there as default. I know this happens doing tech support I have seen many people think nonfree extras come default with certain software because they didn't get it through the proper channels. So I know that some people just troll and lie and are not that clever, and This Guy might be anyone or all of those, but also I thought this is a possible scenario.

[@sampirson9224]

I started using CSP a few months ago and whike yes, the already existing brushes and assets are pretty good, there are not NEARLY enough of them to do every specific thing you want. Not sure why This Guy is then so surprised that people would make more??

[@TOBY_TERROR]

Yeah no I remember seeing this guy and because I use clip studio I was so confused and proceeded too find that no, the brushes are infact not already in the program? Anyway this video reminded me of the brushes and I totally need too buy them now lol

[@BelovedGhost7]

the fact I saw the TikTok and then a couple days later find this (and forgot about the TikTok) is so funny to me lmao

[@BelovedGhost7]

AND I SAW THE BOOK BRUSH VID OMG

[@nonstoryadict]

As soon as you said “TikTok” I immediately knew where this was going. 🤦

[@kiwiconsumer]

3:52 honestly, the way you made the moon shape with that is clever so now i am gonna do that 🥰

[@NexeL_NKC]

You'd be surprised how many book related environments I've done or wanted to make in my own art... I need that book brush. And/or need to make my own because I always felt like it was cheating to make a brush that would save my hand and my sanity.

[@Nogiistune]

Wow, this accidentally auto played on my phone but I got so invested Im now completely awake without having a morning coffee?! Your story telling is AMAZING

[@GWAHGWAHGWAHGWAHGWAHGWAHGWAHGW]

“Pay your artists” has actually become apart of my vocabulary. This is not a joke. A great example is whenever volunteer work for something genuinely very difficult is free I always think of this: “The only thing you get for saving the world is one roll of two-ply toilet paper and a warm feeling in your heart! (The warm feeling in your heart is cardiac arrest, please go see a doctor)”

[@jennifercline7571]

This is literally the first time I've heard of you and your channel, and I wanted you to know that I subscribed by the one minute mark of this video because I was laughing so hard.

[@paddy404]

how did "THIS GUY" even didnt double check- omg-

[@tabbsticks]

It’s especially funny that the coin brush was used in the thumbnail. 💀

[@sparklecatss]

As a digital artist AND a traditional artist I can say that digital art is NOT cheating and that in fact you have to create an entirely different skill set to do digital art too! It takes time to practice and master. And anyone who thinks digital art is cheating, has probably never made a digital art piece.

[@KarribuCG]

Wait until they find out that superman is actually an actor, and that he can't really fly.

[@celestedivine131]

Just wait till those people find out that every big animation company does this kinda of "cheating", since EVER

[@spareribbs2304]

Ah, I've been waiting for this video for a while - I've really been curious what on earth anyone would think _you_ would scam people over, but this is even more stupid than anything I could have imagined, how does anyone put this much time and energy into acusing someone over something that's falsifiable within one look? It's astonishing, really

[@nimauradrakestone]

I'm obsessed with your line art! 😍

[@CatandRaven]

I picked up your brushes awhile back and I love them! They're so useful and fun to play with. Thank you for making them!

[@rottjavel3073]

while clip studio has default assets that are chains and barbed wire, those are kinda shit. They're also colored for you so good luck making those fit into your style. People making their own custom brushes and putting them up on a store is a blessing

[@ScrewdriverGaming]

I've literally never heard of a positive thing coming from tiktok

[@NEWGHOST9]

Part of me wishes you name dropped the guy, just so i could block em myself, but what a wild experince

[@insanelysane110]

with this being the first video i see from you, you are already one of my favorite artist youtubers

[@Hieronymous_Flex]

What kind of person wastes hours of their day leaving hundreds of comments on some random video? Like, even if you WERE doing what they claimed, why would they not just report it and move on? They REALLY need a hobby. Other than harassing innocent people on the internet, I mean.

[@kiethveseyofficial]

Some basement-dwelling creep is probably what This Guy was. I think this guy GOOGLED Clip Studio Paint and never even downloaded it.

[@Rozdlc]

The biggest thing for me about clip studio's assets is that they're manga style and my comics are in a cartoonish and simple style. So I'll make or look for brushes that are similar to my style, even if clip studio has an existing version.

[@piperbalczon3352]

HAHA! she said "everything was going smoothly until this guy rolled around *ad plays* LIMU EMU (and doug)" haha it was all their fault

[@a.bookish.cake.addict]

**eats skittles while slouching** I’m so healthy

[@gaerekxenos]

I would not be surprised if *that guy* ended up making a mistake with thinking brushes are similar. There *is* a chain brush. There are *two* chain brushes. They are fairly different from someone drawing chains in their own style. But other things? Not default, or you'd have to go look through an Assets Library of a sort, such as on the CSP Assets page (which aren't necessarily by CSP either) I think this is my only issue with using these types of brushes is exactly what was touched upon: Matching the art style. There are a lot of assets which look nice that I've seen in the CSP Assets page, and I've downloaded a few of them before; however, I've realized how little I'm going to use them since I don't actually feel like they'd fit with anything I'd draw in the first place due to style differences. They look pretty and are super cool -- but totally useless for my needs. It was a similar thing with the default pattern brushes and other assets as well. The only things I'd use from someone else are maybe some effects brushes, but that's about it I suppose if I ever do end up going into comics, I might consider working with these types of brushes myself due to the sheer need of simplifying and speeding up the creation of repeated elements. But for now? I'm not creative enough to work out how I'd get the defaults or ones people use into my art style/workflow, and I'm a bit too lazy to create my own -- so I'm not touching them for the most part, with some special exceptions on very simple effects

[@claywingate7010]

I saw the coin video on youtube! instantly wanted to download it, now I've made around 25 custom brushes and I'm getting really good at it, you really inspired me! thanks a bunch!

[@polygawn]

I love how the thumbnail has the coins in it 😭😭😭😭😭

[@KrisOrcott]

The opening was hilarious ^^

[@ananaspizza7014]

watching your speedpaints is so satisfying!

[@fallenclaws13]

I absolutely love the dramatic opening

[@yahuili7837]

a minute ago I was waching this and you had exactly 10ksubs and a minute later you have 10.1k, you are LITERALY growing by the minute!

[@ovelha0_096]

It's sad when people keep trying to get you to give up, and make you sad with false accusations, it's good to see that even with all these bad people making false rumors about you and your custom brushes you moved on and didn't give up even with them continuing with that. I hope you have already solved this problem, even though it's been four months since this video was posted, I hope you no longer have to put up with the behavior of this type of people and can do what you like without being accused of cheating and steal from others.

[@Creepy_Kitty9614]

Exactly though, like their are book brushes and finger brushes so you don't have to do many repeated things when doing panles-

[@michaelgamel5915]

I love how after talking about the brushes now every time I notice a brush I'm like whoa a brush!

[@MediecreGoddess]

brushes like that sound fantastic for storyboarding too. and if the artstyle doesnt match you could just use the brush on the sketch layer as a first draft

[@akianopiates]

i absolutely love ur hilarious n witty commentary, ur humour always makes me laugh!

[@wrathoftheneko2231]

As soon as I started watching this video I knew exactly who you were drawing!! What an adorable chibi Fearne!! And I never understood why people think using brushes and stamps is cheating. Let’s see those people hand draw all those coins or books.

[@PrinceArthur711]

this is the first video I've ever seen from you, randomly popped up in my recommended and by the loa you have some amazing artwork!

[@gulu_gulu12]

LMAO the mocking voice sounds exactly like peridot from steven universe

[@sparklestorm1236]

The bane of every animators existence is crowd scenes and rooms with a lot of tiny things so I feel your pain with the gold thing

[@impishrebel5969]

Outro: I have a newsflash for these "Cheating" AHs and I am SO TIRED of these people saying using tracing/rulers/mirrors/articulation dolls/brushes/a reference/painting from life!!(yeah I heard that one before)/ *plain old pencils* are cheating. Ever heard of Rockwell? Yeah, THAT ROCKWELL. American artist of the 20th century, painted many iconic paintings. *HE TRACED HIS DRAWINGS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS* like flat out tracing, using a projector. I stopped caring about using digital poses after I found that out because seriously if the people insisting on this junk are that great of artists, why aren't they world famous?

[@Tenma_Shiwasu]

I did know about you because of your brushes, and I see you are really cool, also I like your style. you're amazing!!!

[@flamingtorrent2109]

oh i only saw the bookshelf brush video ages ago, its cool i stumbled upon the one behind that through unrelated videos!

[@FrogPersonIsReal]

It sounds like that guy didn’t even look at the free assets in clip studio

[@Hanna_Munden]

"until this guy rolled around" the video cut to an ad featuring Jeff Goldblum. JEFF how could you?! 😂 I'm a traditional media rather than a digital artist, but we've taken shortcuts and use time/labor saving tools all throughout history. Work smarter not harder and sell your innovations like any other non art professional does.

[@freshlybakedmaroon]

Omg wait ur the person who inspired me to make a webcomics! I love your art and comic :D

[@WolfyAj-sx8sn]

i actualy just got clip studio and was looking at possibly getting you brushes they will definantly save me time and are very helpfull and look great! i actualy got my sister a charm from you for christmas one year

[@lilymoon9659]

Just know that the bookshelf video, led to me reading my first EVER web comic. I read it every morning it comes out

[@SkyeSoleil]

Once on Tiktok I was accused of using the symmetry tool for a digital painting. I didn’t, but the person told me to stop lying. I don’t use Tiktok anymore

[@jasong6501]

creating custom brushes sounds like the artist equivalent of a programmer spending weeks to automate a 2 hour task except actually worth the time investment

[@sarahking3294]

I love your drawings!!!😆

[@inkypunk]

Oh hey the short you posted of that coin brush was my first contact with your channel a little while ago. I thought it was clever. These kind of repetitive fiddly patterns are what make me apprehensive of making comics.

[@QUEERVEEART]

i love this video. im a traditional artist mainly, but i do have an ipad, apple pencil, and procreate . digital art makes me upset and it takes a lot longer than traditional. i decided to not do it again until i was ready. its prolly been over a year now. and i am so happy playing with traditional art supplies, i really love them and how the colors look (: but. i have been considering trying digital again. watching your videos is inspiring, and this one about the brushes makes me want to digitally paint again… if i do get back to digital art ill def sub to your patreon for those brushes yo

[@kowaikaiju]

i think i watched this video a few months ago (rewatching it now) but im almost sure this video pushed me to make my own custom brushes (coins, laces, fur trim etc) it was really fun and apparently people on CSP asset store really like them too :D

[@qt_slush6092]

Trust me as a scenic artist in theatre things aren’t always about how technically skilled art is but about conveying the over design and specific details, especially for a first mock up to show the rest of the team. I’m in college so you best believe I’m using my brushes every chance I get. If anything I love find unique ways to use a brush.

[@Waifuccu]

I love how some people are so bold in screaming "scammer" but don't have any recipes...

[@JanisJupiter]

When you mention this guy and switch to making the grumpy elf thing, I’ve thought you were drawing him at first😅

[@NoahPopejoy]

I swear I was actually here when this happened. In fact, I think this is how I ended up finding you as an artist. XD

[@thegamingillustrator]

i was accused of stealing art on my instagram once. they literally linked my own instagram to myself in my own instagram comments to accuse me of "stealing from this artist"

[@Mongoosejack]

OMFG!!! That's wild 😂🤣

[@aoscf77]

Lmao

[@cosmicreef5858]

lmao some people are really pathetic

[@m_artroom]

….why!?! 😂😭

[@izoraiza7169]

I like using brushes to make it easier to draw certain things like when I make a background for a character of mine or an outfit design for a character or something. It's not bad to use a brush to make things easier. The person buying the brush usually does their research to make sure they don't get scammed or just already knows it's not a scam. Once had someone tell me My drawing was someone else's drawing and I proved that I posted it on the site they were showing me. I showed them that it was my account. Some people just like to do things to hurt others sometimes.

[@azot3571]

some people really cant just go through the day without being overly negative

[@theharaldrsaga]

This is one of the best thumbnails I've ever seen lol

[@f1ava1inda]

you know "this guy" is probably watchin this and getting butthurt 😂

[@AbsolutelyAri1]

I like listening to your vids while drawing 😊

[@lapinajustleft]

I thought this video would be bland, but this was really good. You really made this entertaining, that person definitely is weird… I don’t have access to custom brushes but I duplicate layers with stuff I need. Hopefully you don’t get accused anymore, good luck, Starfish

[@StoryTeller796]

Oh..., that was your first mistake. Twitter. Oh, nevermind, there was no issue there that you could've reasonably made, and honestly you kind of dodged a realistic bullet that would've been used against you. Oh, it was only one guy.

[@mauriciodesouzaalves4908]

I wouldn't have nearly as much patience as you had with said person as you... some days after the false accusations I would be playing real life Ace Attorney with "this guy".

[@Cosmic.V0id]

Damn I was trying to remember where I discovered you from and it was those brushes a long while ago

[@Anjel1e]

This didn't and then did go where I was expecting. This internet stranger is sorry you had to deal with all of that BS.

[@joelnub9547]

Love when people reply to every single comment on something like the amount of times they state their argument somehow increases its validity... also the crying while laughing emojis DEFINITELY add validity points as well

[@comix999productions]

I like listening to your stories while drawing.

[@TheOne_PanPan]

wait...that's your book shelf brush....hm, you learn somthing new everyday.😄

[@NathanATaylor]

3:53 wow, such a cheater. Star even uses a circle tool instead of drawing a perfect circle.... THE HORROR!!!😱

[@imhard1]

0:22 for some reason i expected you to pull out a ukelele also unrelated but when i read castoff i always read arianna's lines with your voice for some reason

[@am_Nein]

I was so shocked when I realised it was you who made that book brush aaah

[@philipnyqvist2]

Om not interested in drawing, I almost never use a pen, and yet here I am watching you talk about brushes.. 10/10 experience

[@P0pt4rtXD]

My brain: This seems easy to draw My dumb a$$ me: *this is hard*

[@Riatheriichu]

I NEED THAT BRUSHH!!

[@musical_costumer7976]

I love the sad violin music so much lol

[@yesmynameisgamecube]

the sad stock music has me weak 😭😭😭

[@milymentalist]

Watch out, this guy is gonna launch a coffeezilla-caliber investigation on you and totally expose your *reads notes* time saving tools

[@Dunebat]

Not gonna lie: I started watching your channel for the incredibly cute, extremely well-done art, but I stayed for the awesome stories and on-point advice given by the artist with the lovely, bubbly voice. [Insert Bill Murray "You're Awesome!" meme here.]

[@This_Muno]

I love your videos you need way more subs.