I decided to finally give actual (digital) brushes a try, with no prior experience painting in real or virtual life. I think it turned out alright! Definitely not superb, and I barely even know how to operate the program I used for this, but it’s a refreshing change of pace. This also took embarrassingly long but I suppose these things get quicker the more one does them.
I’ll stick with flatter colours and outlines for now, but I’ll probably revisit traditional brushes like this at some point.