Alaska Piks might be just the thing.

Originally Posted by: hunter1801I play classical and flamenco guitar, so I'm no stranger to fingerpicking. I know HOW to do it, but I've never done it on a steel string acoustic.

I don't want to grow my nails out for a couple reasons:
1) I play bass in a band, so I need my nails short
2) They would get destroyed at work anyways

I've been inspired to start going into this genre because of this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ewan+dobson&oq=ewan+dobson&gs_l=youtube-reduced.3..35i39l2j0l2.259403.261628.0.261687.15.15.0.0.0.0.114.1142.13j1.14.0...0.0...1ac.1.L3TTUe66Aos

Are nails required, or are there other ways to achieve this? I notice that he uses a thumb pick and I know you can get individual finger picks. Just not too sure what my options are.