What software are used for CG illustration?

Two-dimensional PS (Photoshop) and PT (Painter) are more used. I personally prefer pt. Most foreign illustrators use a combination of both.

However, some painters with better painting skills, or painters, pay more attention to the feeling of painting, and do not use the production function in the software less. In addition, the software is all the same. If you know one, the others will be easy to master.

Three-dimensional ones have 3D, and Maya. There are also some other software in 2D and 3D that I'm not familiar with.

Here's a sketch I drew with pt.

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Drawing characters CG illustration requires SAI, it is a kind of drawing software, full name in English: easypainttoolsai, you can set the tools in the software, such as brushes, erasers, pens, etc., and draw your favorite illustrations freely in the canvas interface.

Photoshop can also be used to draw illustrations, it is not only a retouching software, it can also create illustrations. It's just that many of the features of sai are more user-friendly than Photoshop, you can rotate and flip the canvas at will, and reverse aliasing when zooming.

Drawing illustrations with SAI also requires a hand-drawn tablet, and professional CG illustrations require a hand-drawn tablet. A tablet is a type of computer input device, usually consisting of a board and a pen. It is used as a painting creation aspect, like a painter's drawing board and brush.

The pen tablet allows you to recapture the feeling of drawing on paper with a pen, and it can simulate the brushes of a variety of painters.

Model software: 3DMAX, Maya, C4D

High-modulus software: zbrush, 3dcaoat

Texture software: Mari, Substance Painter effect software: Houdini, Naiad, Realflow scene software: Vue

Compositing software: AE, Nuke

Color grading software: Speedgrade, Da Vinci color grading, Nuada 2D animation software: OpenToonz, Retas, TVPAINT, Toonboom series.