Computer Setup:

This is my sleeper PC build. My gaming computer in disguise as the 90s.

Specifications:

• Monitors: Acer S201HL bd 20″ 1600 x 900, DVI LCD Monitor, GEM GM-140B 14″ TFT LCD Monitor components inside of 1997 Shamrock Tech. C703 17″ CRT shell (Modified)
• Case: 1998 IBM Aptiva 2137 E26 (Modified) (found at the Goodwill thrift store lol)
• Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-AB350N – Gaming Wifi
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core Processor, Thermaltake Water 3.0 Performer C (CPU Cooler)
• GPU: GIGABYTE NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC 11GBs
• RAM: Crucial RAM 32GB Kit (2x16GB) DDR4
• PSU: Raidmax Model RX-730Z, 730W
• Storage: (2) ADATA SU800 256GB Solid State Drive, (2) ADATA USA Ultimate Su800 1TB Solid State Drive
• Mouse: Micro Innovations PD430 PS2 Optical mouse
• Keyboard: EzKey EZ-9900 USB Keyboard
• Speakers: Midiland MLI 699 PC Speakers
• Tablet: Wacom Cintiq 13HD Pen Display
• Operating System(s): (Dual Boot) Manjaro Linux 21.3.7 & Windows 11 (64-Bit)

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Software:

Drawing & Motion Graphics:

• Adobe Suite CC:
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • After Effects
  • Animate
• OpenToonz
• FireAlpaca
• Krita
• Drawpile
• MS-Paint (lol)

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3D Software:

• Autodesk: 3DS Max & Maya
• Blender
• Pixelogic ZBrush
• Unreal Engine 4
• Unity Engine
• Cube 2: Saurbraten , Tesseract – Open Source game engines
• Design Doll – 3D character posing for drawing reference
• Noesis – 3D model previewer/format converter
• Ninja Ripper -3D Game Model Ripper
  • Written Tutorial
  • Youtube Tut (extracting)
  • Youtube Tut (Importing)
• 3D Game Model Rippers/Extractors List

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Music Trackers:

• Open ModPlug Tracker (Open MPT)
  • Documentation
  • Youtube Tut
• Fast Tracker II
  • Manual- 2.08
  • MS-DOS native
  • Modern hardware alt.
• MaxYMiser (Atari ST)
  • Manual- Musician’s Guide
  • Youtube Tuts
• SID-Wizard (C64)
  • Manual- First Ed. , Second Ed.
  • C64 Music for Dummies

• Korg DS-10+ Plus – Music Synthesizer for the Nintendo DS:
  • melonDS (NDS Emulator)
  • Youtube Tutorial Playlist
  • Home of the KORG DS-10 Blog
  • Korg DS-10 Synthesizer Manual

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Other apps:

• RetroArch – A free and open-source, cross-platform frontend for emulators, game engines, video games and other applications
• Able Interval Timer – Customizable timer great to remind self when to take drawing breaks
• Work Timer – Smart timer sets to a program and tracks how long you’ve been actively working
• OBS Studio – Open Source software for video recording and live streaming
• Audacity – Open Source audio editor/recorder
• Openshot – Open Source video editor

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Resources:

• Khan Academy (Free)
• SoloLearn – Learn to Code (Free)
• FreeComputerBooks (Yes, FREE!)
• FreeTechBooks (More FREE books!)
• PDFDrive (FREE PDF BOOKS GALORE!)

• CtrlPaint.com (Learn digital painting)
• Drawabox.com (Fundamentals of drawing lessons)
• The Etherington Brothers (Drawing Tutorials)
• Animal Photo Art References (based on angle of 3D head model)
• Alternatives to Adobe Program
• Pluralsight
• The Gnomon Workshop
• CGsociety.org