artstuff

pencils & brushes

mediums sketching set
basic set of pencils (HB, 2B, 0, eraser)
Mont Marte signature oil pastels (×36)
my first set of oil pastels
Mont Marte traditional mop brush
Mont Marte sable rigger
Mont Marte skin colour pencils
a nice-to-have set of colours; these definitely improved the quality of my portrait sketches
Mont Marte woodless graphite pencils
I didn't even know these existed (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B, EE)
Sand Suwanya's watercolours
if you're in Thailand, do consider getting a set of Suwanya's natural pigment watercolours. They're available at BACC and Woot Woot at Warehouse 30
Muji gel ink pens
this is my go-to pen
Studio360 Kyoto watercolours
a set of five watercolours from Studio360: kimono red, matcha green, murasaki purple, arashiyama orange, and kamorgawa blue
Renaissance brushes
Sakura micron pen

papers

Renaissance R.704 A5 sketch pad
90gsm Fabriano paper
Muji message cards
I love making small watercolour "postcards" and coloured pencil portraits on these

hardware

Bamboo
drawing tablet

software

Krita
currently my favourite tool for creating digital art and animations
Dotgrid
a grid-based vector drawing tool by 100R
Noodle
a 1-bit drawing tool, also by the Rabbits
Nasu
another gem of a tool from the Rabbits: a 3-colour pixel art tool.
Sketchbook
my go-to app for drawing on the go on my phone
GIMP
my initial favourite tool for graphic design, illustration, and photo processing