Nifty Tech Tools for Artists - Imageo

There's no shortage of influencers promoting apps, workshops, and art gear online, unfortunately genuinely useful, artist-focused advice on practical tech tools? That's much harder to find. Most of the good stuff is hidden as general-purpose software that nobody has bothered to frame for creative use, which means curious artists have to do their own digging.

Colour wheels are everywhere, but most don't reflect how human eyes perceive colour. OKLAB is different. Developed by Björn Ottosson in 2020, it's a colour model built around human perception, separating hue and lightness in a way that feels intuitive rather than mathematical. It's been widely adopted in computer graphics design illustration and gamming communities, and a new wave of colour pickers based on it are now available. You don't need to understand the technical side at all. Just know that it's a smarter starting point for mixing and choosing.