A desk index for working artists
Pigment is a directory of practical ways illustrators, caricaturists, and designers can use AI as an assistant — for reference, cleanup, color, print, and the business around the work. The hand still signs the picture.
50 practical workflows
50 use cases
A plain question, a stored answer, and no student work in a public generator.
Tools: Google Forms, Tally, Google Drive, Claude
Open the stepsDeadline, use, likeness, and how many revisions — asked once, before you draw.
Tools: Tally, Google Forms, Notion, Claude
Open the stepsCollect photographs you can draw from, and keep them on a local board instead of a social feed.
Tools: PureRef, Line of Action, Quickposes
Open the stepsSeparate the painting yourself, then move the layers a little. You can see every cut.
Tools: Adobe Photoshop, Affinity, Adobe After Effects
Open the stepsRun the title and the date through a contrast checker, then look at the page in gray.
Tools: WebAIM Contrast Checker, Canva, Photopea
Open the stepsFind the picture's source and read the license. Do not ask a chatbot to rule on it.
Tools: Google Lens, Wikimedia Commons, The Met Open Access
Open the stepsSet black and white points on a copy so the line is easier to color and the drawing stays yours.
Tools: Photopea, Adobe Photoshop, Krita
Open the stepsRecord the canvas, cut a short vertical video, and do not invent a timelapse.
Tools: OBS Studio, CapCut, DaVinci Resolve
Open the stepsGive a model the brief, the constraint, and what you decided. Publish only the sentences you still mean.
Tools: Claude, Adobe Portfolio, Cargo, Format, Behance
Open the stepsGet a list of faces to practice, then draw each one from your own face.
Tools: Claude, PureRef
Open the stepsYou bring the number and the scope. The draft only makes the email readable.
Tools: Claude
Open the stepsCreate the invoice in a real tool. If you remind them, the draft may not change the amount or the tone into a threat.
Tools: Wave, Square, PayPal, Claude
Open the stepsFill shapes you closed, on a layer beneath the ink. A colorize mask is only a first pass.
Tools: Clip Studio Paint, Krita, Procreate
Open the stepsUse inpainting only on specks and paper damage, on a duplicate, and compare it to the scan.
Tools: Cleanup.pictures, Adobe Photoshop
Open the stepsOne idea a slide, from the class as it really is, in type people can read.
Tools: Canva, Figma, Claude, Meta Business Suite
Open the stepsYour name, the class, the date, and a QR to the real page, in type that survives the drawing.
Tools: Canva, WebAIM Contrast Checker
Open the stepsTurn a mood into five swatches, then mix them yourself. The hex codes are a hypothesis.
Tools: Adobe Color, Coolors, Claude
Open the stepsUse the mockup from the company that will print the object, so the product matches the photo.
Tools: Printful, Printify, Placeit
Open the stepsSend your own illustration to an image-to-video tool, then reject any frame that lies.
Tools: Runway, Luma, Kling AI, Pika
Open the stepsBring the subject. Take title options. Reject anything that invents a story.
Tools: Claude
Open the stepsConnect a printer to a shop, price from their current costs, and sell work you made.
Tools: Printful, Printify, Gelato, Shopify, Etsy, Gumroad
Open the stepsDraw the keyframes, let EbSynth carry the paint, then fix what it smears.
Tools: EbSynth, Adobe After Effects, Procreate Dreams
Open the stepsAsk for a shot list, then take the pictures yourself so the reference is yours.
Tools: Claude, PureRef
Open the stepsWalk a place on a map, list the angles, then draw from what you shoot or from what you are allowed to keep.
Tools: Google Earth, Google Maps, PureRef, Claude
Open the stepsReduce the picture to a few grays so color has a structure to sit on.
Tools: Photopea, Krita
Open the stepsTurn the printer's current instructions into a checklist, then do the checks on a copy.
Tools: Photopea, Affinity, Claude
Open the stepsMake a clean edge, add the margin they ask for, and use their template.
Tools: Photopea, remove.bg, Vectorizer.AI, Sticker Mule, Printful
Open the stepsCount hours, travel, and what happens to the drawings. Then choose the fee.
Tools: Google Sheets, Claude
Open the stepsList every cost, including prep, and choose a price the sheet can survive. No magic number.
Tools: Google Sheets, Claude
Open the stepsOne page: who it is for, what they leave with, when, where, and how to register.
Tools: Carrd, Canva, Lu.ma, Eventbrite
Open the stepsUse a model to translate clauses into questions. A lawyer answers the ones that matter.
Tools: Claude
Open the stepsHours, headcount, who keeps the drawings, breaks, and light — written down before the night.
Tools: Claude, Google Docs, Calendly
Open the stepsPut a creative upscale next to a plain one before you send anything to print.
Tools: Magnific, Upscayl
Open the stepsUpload a finished PDF or pack, say what the buyer gets, and set the price yourself.
Tools: Gumroad, Payhip, Ko-fi
Open the stepsOne proof with a clear question, notes you can point at, and a final folder that matches what was approved.
Tools: Frame.io, WeTransfer, Photopea
Open the stepsWrite down where the picture will appear before you name a price.
Tools: Claude, Google Docs
Open the stepsTurn a figure until the angle is right, then draw. The mannequin is not the finished person.
Tools: JustSketchMe, Magic Poser, Sketchfab
Open the stepsPrint prices you already chose, a QR to the real shop, and a way to take a card.
Tools: Canva, Square, PayPal
Open the stepsDrop your image into a frame scene so people can imagine the size. Label it as a mockup.
Tools: Placeit, Mediamodifier, Adobe Photoshop, Canva
Open the stepsCopy from work that is actually in the public domain, and let a chatbot quiz your eyes.
Tools: The Met Open Access, Wikimedia Commons, Google Arts & Culture, Claude
Open the stepsLet a model propose a beat list, then draw the frames small and fast yourself.
Tools: Claude, Milanote, PureRef
Open the stepsUse an auto-trace as scaffolding for a logo or a clean ink drawing, not as the finished contour.
Tools: Vectorizer.AI, Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator
Open the stepsMachine translation is a draft. Someone who knows the language approves the price, the joke, and the consent line.
Tools: DeepL, Claude, Google Docs
Open the stepsIf you use a diffusion plugin, keep it on your machine, on a copy, and paint over it.
Tools: Krita, Krita AI Diffusion
Open the stepsRecolor a vector for a poster or a shirt study, and keep the file from before the experiment.
Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Firefly, Recraft, Photopea
Open the stepsDrop the paper out so color can sit under the drawing you already made.
Tools: Clip Studio Paint, Krita, Photopea
Open the stepsEnlarge your own art with a conservative tool, then inspect the line at full size.
Tools: Upscayl, Topaz Labs, Adobe Photoshop
Open the stepsStart with what is true, draft a caption, and post only after you edit it.
Tools: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta Business Suite
Open the stepsDescribe the picture yourself, let a model tighten the sentence, then correct every invention.
Tools: Claude
Open the stepsA short letter about a real date, sent through a tool that includes unsubscribe.
Tools: Buttondown, Mailchimp, Brevo
Open the stepsA short field manual
Where a tool belongs, where it does not, and how a caricature Saturday stays a drawing day. The full text is in the repo. This page is the shelf copy.
Placeholder price $9–$19
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