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Kyle T Webster

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Artist, Brush Wizard @Procreate, Author, Teacher / Meditative drawing: / Rep: @the_cat_agency / Newsletter:

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1Sep 2, '24I have yet to read a better sentence on the topic of gen-AI and who this tech attracts. Full article:49.8×359k8.2k1.8k844
2Oct 21, '23I'm Kyle from Germany, and this is my Photoshop art.43.4×312k1k7073
3Nov 16, '24Every time you prompt ... Sources: The Washington Post/ Commons.42.2×304k9.7k5k1.6k
4Oct 1, '24This is just ... I mean, what are we doing? Who needs this? Stop making terrible tech. Stop the gross invasions of privacy. Focus on climate change, food insecurity, etc. - develop41.3×297k12k2.8k498
5May 3, '23RT or like if Bluth’s masterpiece, “The Secret of NIMH” rocked your world and changed what you thought animation could be.36.8×265k1.4k265102
6May 5, '24Sketchbooks need not be perfect. The opposite is true-- they are the perfect place for mistakes. Social media distorts this.28.3×204k1.3k228294
7Sep 26, '18Free brushes for #Inktober2018! Free brushes for #inktober! Woo-hoo!27.9×013k5k1.2k
8Jun 2, '24I resigned from Adobe. I am truly grateful for the professional opportunities I was given there, and for some great friendships. I am very proud of the work I did to support the il23.8×171k2.9k129161
9Sep 7, '24It doesn't "empower." It doesn't "enhance." It's not just a "tool." It isn't "inevitable." You say these things to make yourself feel better about using or promoting it. It DOES re21.5×155k5.4k1.2k242
10Oct 23, '24Sign your name here to support:20.7×149k2.1k836208
11Nov 9, '23I would rather watch the first little flip book created by a 10-year old kid, who has just fallen in love with animation, than watch a feature film created mostly by A.I. — that fl18.7×134k4.4k71454
12Jun 6, '24From my latest piece of writing, touching on my resignation from Adobe, listening to my body, and the magic of Bob Ross.18.5×133k1.5k289248
13Jan 10, '24So then don't create them.16×115k4.8k63743
14May 28, '24Meta's opt-out option is a piece of (abusive) performance art. The company puts you through a ridiculous maze of confusion to even arrive at the op-out request form, wasting your t14.9×108k1.5k546139
15Sep 24, '24👉A reminder that I no longer work at Adobe. Please direct your Photoshop brush inquiries to the company. I work at Procreate — if you're interested to see what I'm building now, j13.4×97k4.4k285839
16Jun 20, '24Now Meta has labeled all of my Insta posts as 'Made with A.I.' WTAF?12.5×90k8186690
17Jun 21, '24Straight-up movie villain stuff here. Like, you can't make this up. Unreal.12.3×88k3.2k294109
19Sep 5, '24Art is human.11×79k3.8k681140
20Dec 21, '23These are clearly trained on major Hollywood film stills, right? Where are the studios? They could crush this with their lawyers in a minute, I would think. Am I missing something?10.7×77k8247540
21Mar 22, '18I took a photo of a colored pencil mark, instantly created a brush in Adobe Capture, and immediately had access to it in Adobe Photoshop Sketch on the iPad. If you have never tried10.6×06k1.6k265
22Oct 18, '23Digital artists, be aware that the lower cost Apple Pencil that was recently announced has NO pressure sensitivity, thus rendering it pretty useless for those of us who draw.9.8×71k97632929
23Mar 21, '24I drew for Hemispheres numerous times. The budget was decent and I enjoyed working with the art team. If a magazine like Hemispheres, which used to be a reliable spot for good art 9.7×70k1.2k19349
24Jun 28, '24Let's go!9.3×67k1.1k5120
25Dec 18, '19ATTENTION: FREE BRUSHES from SYD!!9.3×04.3k1.4k814
26Jun 5, '24A contract is between TWO parties. TWO. If the ARTIST is to receive payment within 30 days of delivering the work, according to the CONTRACT, then that $ better be in the artist's 9.1×66k1.8k220143
27Dec 15, '22Important message for artists: listen to your body! The angle at which my keyboard sits relative to my drawing tablet, and the way I hold my iPad while drawing create repetitive st8.8×64k996189142
29Sep 23, '24Devastating to see one of my favorite bands use a boring AI image for their new album art. Worse still: the image is almost a direct copy of someone else's album cover. I will not 7.4×53k1.5k10744
30Feb 28, '17Halftone brushes are finally live and seem to be downloading fine. Enjoy.7.0×03.4k1.4k118
31Sep 9, '24This is not the kind of thing that excites most people, but I made a ballpoint pen for #Procreate that practically has me doing backflips. I may just use it as my primary sketching7.0×50k1.8k88418
32Feb 26, '24I have yet to meet a child under the age of 7 who doesn't like to draw. Give a kid some markers, pens, pencils, and crayons and watch them go to town. It's the best. So what happen7.0×50k7877961
33Dec 30, '23Those advocating for destroying copyright have clearly never created even mildly successful art, music, games, books, etc. Are they jealous? Independently wealthy? It's selfish and6.9×50k97412142
34Apr 27, '19This gives me so much faith in the creativity and ambition of young people. Please share.6.9×03.8k1.2k105
35Nov 8, '17I am writing a new article about something that has been bothering me for over twenty years. Intro:6.8×03.3k1.4k0
36Mar 19, '20#Illustrators of the world: if you are experiencing a drop in commissions due to this crisis, reply to this tweet with your sample art. I don't have a million followers, but I have6.6×02.6k1k207
37Sep 26, '24Y'all like markers?6.4×46k2.5k107239
38Dec 13, '19It’s not my place to tell any other artists what to do with their time and art, but I strongly recommend you not enter competitions like this. It’s spec work created for people tha6.0×03.3k1.1k41
39Mar 1, '18Please RT - tips to REDUCE BRUSH LAG in #Photoshop: 1. Increase PS's Memory Usage 2. Set Drawing Mode to 'Basic' 3. Use external drive for Scratch Disc #digitalArt #PhotoshopTips #6.0×02.8k1.2k168
40Aug 19, '24I'm proud to work with James and everyone else at Procreate. ❤️5.5×40k1.1k6934
41Jun 28, '24Drew this with a few new Procreate brushes.5.0×36k1.2k3860
42Sep 26, '24This marker hits the spot. #Procreate4.8×34k1.8k57203
43Sep 27, '24... and I built a couple of more textural and abstract brushes that are fun for suggesting multiple things, including foliage.4.7×34k1.8k67262
44May 2, '24I just realized I have been making digital brushes professionally for 11 years. Over 2000 of them. That's a big chunk of my working life spent just inventing, playing and experimen4.5×33k81838148
45Nov 16, '24Soulless garbage. Shame on CocaCola. The message is received: "We don't care enough about our product or our audience to make good ads."4.1×30k1.4k8222
46Nov 6, '24Happy with this gouache brush. #Procreate4.1×30k1.5k56239
47Jul 9, '20#Art skills: Starting out, you make good progress and are encouraged. Then, a plateau. Then a leap forward! Then a plateau and maybe a slump. When all hope seems lost, another brea3.7×02.2k54671
49Feb 13, '17OK! My Halftone Brushes will launch 2/28. If you own my Screentones, this is a free update. Yes, you can really paint halftones. I'm serious3.7×02.1k59313
50May 19, '22If you're looking for art tips on TikTok, be really picky. The platform is simply brimming with bad advice. You don't want to learn a bunch of bad habits and then have to unlearn t3.7×01.6k327582
51Sep 14, '24"Your funeral." "You'll be left behind." "Adapt or die." Y'all are so tiresome. #ai3.6×26k7894819
52Oct 18, '17The exciting news is here: I’ve joined Adobe and my brushes are exclusively on Creative Cloud! Read more:3.4×01.9k29021
53Dec 13, '19The right way to do this: comb Insta or Behance. Reach out to 5 artists who do great work, but are not well known yet. Pay them each $20K for a poster illustration. Boom!- 5 cool p3.4×02.3k42432
54Dec 16, '20To all the folks out there who feel insecure because you see such incredibly accurate lighting and anatomy (from all angles!) in the work of the artists you admire, don’t forget: m3.4×02.1k396135
55Sep 27, '24A sort of "all purpose" painting brush (acrylic-y?). It's useful. #Procreate2.8×20k88730102
56Dec 13, '18Look for these new #photoshop brushes soon, friends!2.8×01.9k26977
57Apr 19, '24Okay so "non-fiction" now means nothing. Great. Regulation now, please. Hurry.2.7×20k707827
58Jul 3, '24I am a bit quiet on here because I'm busy thinking about, writing down, and exploring all the many, many ways I want to help @Procreate users enjoy drawing, painting and animating 2.7×19k8082324
59Feb 15, '223 weeks ago, my blood pressure dropped suddenly and I passed out and hit my head on a stone floor in our house. My wife drove me to the ER to see about a concussion or injuries to 2.6×01.5k18061
60Oct 28, '14Congratulations to @gerardway for making a great record.2.5×01.6k4040
61Jan 31, '17Your eyes do not deceive you. Real Halftone brushes, controlled by pen pressure, are coming soon from #photoshop2.5×01.6k3140
62Oct 22, '18I can't believe I had never seen this Escher print before. I love it.2.5×01.8k28123
63Aug 4, '19If you dislike Trump and McConnell's policies, & need a good inker & cool textural brush for Photoshop, you can have these for FREE. If you give $1+, 100% of proceeds go eq2.5×01.2k47083
65Jun 6, '15Everybody - please, please retweet this. We need numbers to get their attention. This is theft, plain and simple.2.4×07677570
66Feb 19, '19Please RT for your digital art pals - here is a fun, easy way to produce brush strokes with color variation and texture, a la Mary Blair, Christian Robinson, etc. - try it! @photos2.2×01k349133
67Aug 3, '16Friends, my Megapack has now been fully updated (for FREE) with lots of new brushes. Enjoy.2.1×01.1k4081
68Oct 18, '17To clear up some confusion: if you are a Creative Cloud subscriber, my entire brush library is now FREE to you (1500+ brushes) - you don't pay extra.2.0×01.3k2181
69Sep 26, '19So you’re having trouble mixing blue and yellow to make greens in a digital painting environment? And you want real, wet paint? Adobe’s got you covered with Fresco. #digitalArt #di2.0×01.3k16458
70Jul 21, '22Reminder to all artists who draw in #Photoshop with a North American keyboard layout: the "~" (tilde) key, when held down, allows you to erase with whatever brush you are currently2.0×0977176201
71May 18, '18I love this #comics plugin for #photoshop by Daichi Ito: allows you to create custom 'speed lines' (radial and linear) and totally customizable halftone gradients (even with random1.8×01.1k22288
72Jun 7, '20I started this fundraiser last Tuesday with a goal to raise a donation of $2500 in the 3 weeks it'll run. Thanks to the generosity of the art community, it's now at $7K. Thank you.1.8×0731364112
73Jul 24, '19Hey! Awesome digital art resource time, friends!! Here is a cool site where you can instantly generate a perspective grid for your art file. It is so fast and easy to use. Well don1.8×0760250200
74Jul 11, '19I still see major brands doing art contests from time to time. Here is my canned response to any emails I get on this topic (and this was written in 2015 ... the more things change1.7×01k24533
75Jun 7, '18Please share this mini brush tip! Every single #Photoshop artist needs to know about 'Clear' mode! Turn any brush instantly into an eraser. @adobedrawing @Photoshop1.7×091526842
76Aug 7, '18Looking for a nice, gritty texture for your line art and shading in #Photoshop? Select the Animator Pencil from the Megapack Drawing Box, Increase the 'Flow,' and select 'Dissolve'1.7×01k20491
77May 23, '19Coming soon: the Adobe 2019 Summer Brush update, free for all CC subscribers.1.7×01.1k17257
78Mar 5, '21The Spring 2021 #Photoshop and #AdobeFresco brush update is complete and will be live for all of you by late April. In addition to a great set of stippling brushes, there are new i1.6×0885137160
79Dec 6, '22Hi, #photoshop artists. What do you think of this? I have always wanted the Lasso Tool to have a mode that worked this way. So, I made it. Coming soon.1.6×090798132
80Jun 17, '19Photoshop brushes, new raster brushes, vector brushes, live brushes (oils and watercolors) - brush heaven! #AdobeFresco is on its way!1.5×085119739
81Jun 14, '18JGL, please commission artists at a fair price for this work. If your crowdsourcing model succeeds, other companies will follow suit and artists will suffer the consequences. There1.5×09932191
82Jan 31, '17One brush, varied pressure. Easy as pie. #photoshop1.5×09871461
83Feb 1, '19A plugin for making seamless textures in @Photoshop - I use this almost every time I'm making new brush textures, friends. It's great - spread the word!1.5×0764204118
84Mar 28, '21Reminding everybody that the great Arthur Adams did an awesome illustration for the 1963 ‘King Kong vs. Godzilla’ for Criterion. #KingKongVsGodzilla #illustration1.4×090318618
85May 1, '17Ok, got it right this time. Update is this Thursday - 10 new brushes, free. Thanks for sharing.1.4×07842502
86Nov 25, '19For some artists, there are long(ish) periods where there isn't much growth (in skills, ideas ...). Then suddenly, something clicks, and there is a noticeable change that takes you1.4×086217216
87Sep 5, '19Anybody see the App Store today?1.4×066722329
88Apr 21, '21If the #Photoshop smudge tool is too slow, try these tips to speed it up:1.3×0715113135
89Nov 6, '20I had to draw something.1.2×09169110
90May 28, '19Thread— Setting the record straight: there is a Twitter myth that I was a starving artist who hit it big with brushes. I worked full time for 7.5 years as a web designer, then Jr. 1.2×076710236
91Nov 13, '20Not enough people know about this key command to instantly erase with the brush you are currently using in Photoshop. This was added in the latest Photoshop updates.1.2×067710185
92May 30, '18Good stuff on the way. #photoshop1.2×08631056
93Oct 31, '17"Workaholics aren’t heroes. They don’t save the day, they just use it up. The real hero is already home because she figured out a faster way to get things done." From the book, "Re1.1×07341550
94Feb 2, '17Halftone brushes coming along beautifully. Dot density responds perfectly to pen pressure. #Photoshop1.1×0887560
95Apr 1, '19Illustration friends, this is BONKERS!!!!: @wacom @Photoshop #digitalart1.1×066015310
96Apr 11, '18GREAT NEWS - The Megapack is fully updated for all #Photoshop CC subscribers. New brushes and repaired brushes! Use the link in your brushes panel to 'get more brushes.' RT for you1.1×064517817
97May 6, '19Paul Felix can make a pencil do anything. #drawing1.1×070013722
98May 4, '21Happy May 4th. #MayThe4thBeWithYou #MayTheFourth1.0×06501358
99Aug 11, '22R.I.P. Sempé, one of my drawing heroes.0.9×06897021
100Aug 27, '17My new Manga brush set will include 10 pressure-responsive halftone brushes. They will also be added FREE to my Halftone brush set. I got u.0.9×06447617

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