The Chris Piascik Pack for Procreate

As a professional comic cartoonist, I quite often find that when I have a bit of "spare" time I have a massive need to play around and practice other things that I enjoy, and this year I've been having a lot of fun working on illustrative lettering. As we all know, Chris P is the master, and having completely devoured his entire YT channel, I really REALLY wanted to try out the tools he uses to make his work. No joke, this brush pack just took my absolutely terrible lettering art to a completely new level! It was also really fun to learn a new technique with the riso brushes. The quality of the pack is incredible, and I'd highly recommend them to digital artists. I'll definitely be popping back to the Retro Supply co shop in the future, there are so many other packs I'm itching to get my mitts on!

I've been a graphic designer for almost a decade now, and though I've done some digital illustrations, this is the first time I want to make it a part of my job. Chris's story resonated a lot with how I feel about my profession, and I absolutely LOVE his stuff, so I obviously had to jump on the 1 year sale to buy these. I gotta say, I'm SUPER IMPRESSED with how much variety this pack has! It's incredibly easy to apply, even if your style isn't anything like Chris's work. It's incredibly versatile, and I love how much more elevated it makes everything look in FRESCO. For a non-illustrator, this pack has made it MUCH EASIER and less intimidating to step into something unknown. I really appreciate the guide and all the videos going along with it. It's truly such a great investment, and honestly a steal! Pumped to keep using this pack in my work!!

Let's face it - Retro Supply has a TON of great tools to choose from. Some might even say an intimidating amount! The great thing about this set is that uber-prolific illustrator Chris Piascik curated a subset of his favorite, most-used Retro Supply tools and then threw in a bunch of helpful extras to ensure you're well-equipped to create your best work. Many brushes, several paper textures, couple of fonts, and lots more. But just the right, manageable amount of great stuff.

I found a couple of things to be super helpful: The provided brushes are grouped into drawing, inking, and effects brushes - and then there's also a section of Riso brushes! Each group of brushes has a good variety, but feels like the selection was intentionally the best of the best. I can be a bit of a "style chameleon" depending on the project, so it was cool to realize that whatever my work needed, I could find a brush that was the perfect match. Tight, loose, elegant, messy, gritty, clean. They're all there.

Also - I have to say, I was not expecting the color palettes to be as helpful as they turned out to be. After years of experimentation, Chris shares his color palettes that work the best, and he explains WHY they work. I bought this set specifically with the intent to use it for Retro Supply's #FrightFall2024 Daily Drawing Challenge this October, and I used a couple of these color palettes on all 31 of my entries. Using these colors and the methodology described in his color guide helped unify…

This pack was worth it for the inking and sketching brushes alone. The classic inker is the digital brush I’ve been trying to find for a long time.

All the extras like the Riso Brushes and texture and colouring brushes, not to mention the pdf filled with tutorials and colour palette ideas.

Honestly just having fun playing with the whole set.

Chris packed so much into this super pack that you will find tools for your current work and lots of future projects. He includes tons of helpful information and instructions, so you can put the pack into use immediately. Chris is so creative, and in this pack he has shared his favorite brushes, a couple personally created custom fonts, tons of coordinated color palettes, paper textures, patterns, and more.