Create Professional Illustrations and Designs with The Chris Piascik Pack for Adobe Photoshop and Fresco
Picture yourself channeling the spirit of 90s Nickelodeon cartoons, crafting bold illustrations that fizzle with energy, and creating lettering so alive with personality it practically speaks.
That's the feeling you get when you look at the diverse range of artwork from Chris Piascik. And now, you can use the same digital tools that Chris uses in his daily work, carefully curated and tested by the man himself.
Chris explored our entire RetroSupply brush library to handpick his dream illustration kit.
Here's What You're Going to Get:
- Over 120 resources including brushes, paper textures, color swatches, and more.
- Compatible with both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Fresco. The pack includes identical brushes organized into separate .abr files for easy use in each application.
- Get professional-quality results in minutes. No more hours of searching for the right brush or texture.
- Perfect for a wide range of projects from sketches to final artwork, including illustration, graphic design, and lettering.
- Brushes and resources pay for themselves in time saved on just one project.
- Exclusive tutorials from Chris Piascik himself to help you make the most of these tools.
Note: This is the complete stack used by Chris—most of the brushes and textures included in the pack are from existing RetroSupply Co. packs. Guides, tutorials, and color palettes are unique to this pack only.
Be sure to check out the brush preview to see the incredible variety and versatility packed into this ultimate illustrator's toolbox.
Software: Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Fresco
Hardware: Compatible with desktop and mobile devices running Photoshop or Fresco
Storage: 2.6 GB
Here's a Breakdown of Everything in the Toolbox:
- PDF Guide with Video Links. Chris will guide you through his entire illustration process from downloading your brushes to sketching/inking and building up your work with color, halftones, Riso textures, and more. Plus, links to 8 tutorial videos that cover brush installation, halftones, Risograph brushes, and paper textures.
- 19 Page Color Guide. Learn how Chris uses color in his work in this Color Guide that includes guidance for choosing and using color as well as a library of color swatches.
- Over 120 Creative Resources. Including brushes, paper textures, color swatches, tutorials, guides, and more.
- 7 Drawing Brushes. Get diverse brushes for drawing including pencils and pens in a range of styles including Soft Pencil, The Perfect Pencil, ThickNDirty Pen, Chrispy Liner Pen, and more.
- 5 Coloring Brushes. All the brushes Chris uses for his basic coloring including Dry FAT Marker, Rough Colorin, Cool Crayon, Dry Ink Brush, and DEAD Marker.
- 5 Halftone Brushes. Dialed in at different screen angles so you can use 'em for single color halftones or build up your own unique color creations.
- 40 Riso Brushes. Get Chris's signature textures with this massive collection of Risograph brushes. Layer 'em with ease and watch beautiful colors and nuance emerge like magic.
- 16 Riso Messer Uppers. Bring imperfections and a little chaos to your Risograph textures with brushes like finger print, BIG TEXture, Smudge, Roller Mark, Drum Traxx, and more.
- 19 Texture Brushes. Add a wide variety of imperfections to your work including grit, dust, paper, and faded ink.
- 9 Pattern Brushes. Suck people's eyeballs into your work with useful patterns like Pressure Dots, Lumpy Lines, Dirty Diagonals, and more.
- 6 Effects. FInish off your work with analog effect brushes including Ink Smear, Creases, and Folds.
- 2 Fonts. Get Chunky Lean and Wiggle Nation — two personality-packed fonts designed by Chris!
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8 Paper Textures. Choose from a diverse range of paper textures ranging from copy paper to sketchbook to thick toothy premium paper textures.
- ASAlphonzo S.Verified BuyerReviewingThe Chris Piascik Pack for Photoshop & FrescoI recommend this productProduct Standouts Ease of use, Great Quality, Value for Money, Excellent instructionsRated 5 out of 5 starsThe one pack to rule them all
Love Chris's brush choices. Its my go to for most of the digital art I do.
- RSRob S.Verified BuyerReviewingThe Chris Piascik Pack for ProcreateI recommend this productRated 5 out of 5 starsAwesome sauce
Great variety
- CRCraig R.Verified BuyerReviewingThe Chris Piascik Pack for Photoshop & FrescoI recommend this productProduct Standouts Value for Money, Great Quality, Excellent instructionsRated 5 out of 5 starsJust what I needed.
This pack is exactly what I was looking for to enhance Adobe Frisco's capabilities.
- MBMark B.Verified BuyerReviewingThe Chris Piascik Pack for ProcreateI recommend this productProduct Standouts Ease of use, Authentic, Fast results, Value for Money, Great QualityRated 5 out of 5 starsAwesome product
Super easy to use - I can’t to see more from you guys
- DSDaniel S.Verified BuyerReviewingThe Chris Piascik Pack for ProcreateI recommend this productProduct Standouts Ease of use, Great Quality, Value for Money, Excellent instructionsRated 5 out of 5 starsCreate Cool Stuff with Curated Craziness from Chris Piascik!
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…