Cultured Downloader

If you like looking for user-submitted artworks on the web, you're probably aware of Pixiv and Fantia, which are platforms where artists are free to share their creations and interact with their community. It's not uncommon to find an artwork you like so much that you want to store it on your personal computer, so if you find yourself doing that often, a batch downloader tool might prove especially useful.

Cultured Downloader is a tool one can use for many of their Pixiv and Fantia artwork downloading needs. It's command line-based, and although the setup involves a coupe of extra steps, it won't take long before you'll be able to download a folder's worth of artwork.

It doesn't take much work to set up the tool, but you will have to go through a couple of steps to get it up and running. You'll have to authenticate with your respective Pixiv/Fantia account, after which you'll have to do some Inspect Element business. While this may sound complicated, the developer-provided guide is easy to follow and will help you get everything done with little effort.

Upon getting everything sorted out, you'll be able to get to downloading your favorite artwork. There are a couple avenues you can take here: download stuff individually, or in batches.

When looking to download in batches, you can opt to download all the artworks from an artist, as well as all the illustrations with a certain tag. Upon doing so, you'll also be able to specify how you want the files to be downloaded: from newest to oldest, from most popular to least popular, and so on.

The tool is also able to convert certain animated images into GIFs. This is an automatic process, but the conversion can increase the time it takes to download everything.

All things considered, Cultured Downloader can be of great aid to those who find themselves often downloading artworks from Pixiv and Fantia.