🎨 what this is
a living list of the tools i use to make visual things, shape ideas, collect inspiration, and occasionally convince the chaos to hold still long enough to become something.
this is not a perfect studio inventory. it is more like a workbench with glitter in the drawer.
🖥️ design tools
- adobe photoshop
- adobe illustrator
- adobe indesign
- adobe acrobat
🧠 idea tools
- chatgpt
- obsidian
- screenshots
- saved references
- notes from conversations
- random sparks from scrolling
🖼️ image / art tools
- ai image generation
- photo editing apps
- stock image libraries
- public domain image archives
- texture libraries
- brushes
- patterns
- color palettes
✂️ making / crafting tools
- knitting patterns
- crochet patterns
- alcohol ink
- paper
- markers
- paint
- glue / tape / scissors
- whatever is already nearby and pretending to be useful
🌈 inspiration sources
- coffee shops
- cats
- dinosaurs
- second life
- catholic art and architecture
- old books
- memes
- weird internet fragments
- clean layouts
- cozy rainy visuals
- bold color accents
🧩 how i use these tools
- collect visual sparks before i know what they are for
- make rough drafts before trying to make anything polished
- use ai to brainstorm, remix, organize, and unblock
- use design tools to refine, control, and finish
- keep useful references where i can find them again
- let playful ideas exist before judging them too hard