RECOMMENDATIONS

List of things, tools, software, etc I use and recommend

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Art, Illustration Software

• Clip Studio Paint (I use the EX version)

Design Software

• Affinity Studio
  • I have tried this since 2022, and finally bought it on 2023 before it was part of the Canva family and when it was still named as Affinity Designer, Photo, and Publisher
• Canva

Domains

• Porkbun
  • I have tried it since 2023, then tried it again and bought in 2026, a decade long subscription plan since I’m quite forgetful

Web hosting

• Zume
  • Bought it in 2026
  • Not much to say, but I like it so far and the support is also considerate since I’m a newbie in WordPress. The poor support team had to answer my never-ending inquiries and if you know me, I am very formal and have paragraph-lengthy inquiries

Website

• WordPress.org
  • This website !
• Articulation Sites

WordPress

Theme

• Blocksy
  • This was the first theme I tried and I quite like it. The name also sounds cute to me, idk why there’s a certain *ticklish feeling* to the name “Blocksy”. (Is this like synesthesia?) So after I tried Kadence which was my 2nd option, I went for Blocksy haha. (I liked Kadence because it has a letter K. I like Letter Ks).

Plugins

• Blocksy Companion
• Greenshift
• Yoast Duplicate Post

Memberships

Commissions

• Artistree
  • I only really do rare commissions and when I do, I forget to open it publicly and do commissions for close friends. But anyway, if you’re an artist or just a creative looking for a platform, try Artistree.

Print on Demand

Communities

• Studioworks *

Web Tools