Cool Software

Affinity

Fantastic alternative to Ad*be Illustrator / Photoshop. One-time payment!

FireAlpaca

A simple yet amazing art program! It's generally free and has a paid version on Steam.

GIMP

Great alternative to Photoshop! It's free!

Krita

A slightly more complex art program with many features. It's free!

MediBang Paint

Another yet simple yet amazing art program. It is generally free and seems to have a subscription model for certain features. There also seems to be a paid version on Steam.

Paint Tool SAI

A lightweight art program. It's known for its amazing stabilizer and blending brushes. One-time payment!

Note: I heard the dev team is solo / small. Please do consider supporting them if you are interested in using this program!

PureRef

Let's you create a board to add images like references / inspirations / etc!

Rainmeter

Customize your desktop background with widgets and accessories! It's free!

WindowBlinds

Customize your Windows 10 / 11 to look different! One-time payment.

Note: Themes can be found directly on the software or you can look on Wincustomize.

Winstep Nexus

Need an extra dock for shortcuts? Try this! It's generally free and has a paid version with more options.

AntiMicroX

Used to map keyboard buttons onto a controller. I use this for art program shortcuts! It's free!

Xpadder

Used to map keyboard buttons onto a controller. One-time payment!

Note: The dev has been running this over 15 years now and still makes it work today. Gotta respect. I used this to map my Maplestory shortcuts on it.

Calibre

A pdf / e-book organizer program. I arrange all my e-books here! There is a neat tagging system as well.

MotionBox

A video website browser. You can organize channels into folders!