pc art

[sir gamington 15]

Any pony know a good program for doing artwork on the computer? I've been wanting to try out drawing computer wise like most of the artist bronys around and even if i might suck at it i wanna give it a shot to my best ability. so any pony got any programs i should check out?     

[hellocat 308]

Yup. Lots.

 

Krita and MyPaint are awesome free painting tools.... Really, don't just dis them cause they're "not Photoshop" or because "they're free". They are pretty different in feel and I like both of them.

 

EDIT:

Gimp's also a very good photo editor/image manipulator, though not that great for painting IMO.

 

I know people are gonna say Paint Tool Sai and Photoshop, which are both great tools, but I'm not going to recommend them unless you want to dish out the money for them cause pirating them hurts them as well as the free alternatives I mentioned.

Edited August 13, 2013 by kotakotakota

[duidamasterXD 9,627]

@@sir gamington,

 

I've moved your thread to Creative Resources, as it is related to asking for help with something artistic. Hope you're able to get some good advice

[sir gamington 15]

hmm ok thanks very much friend now let me see if i can be a good artist to try out these new programs, hopefully i can master it even if it takes a while.   and thanks again. 

[hellocat 308]

Ohhh, also, if you're under Windows, Paint.NET is a pretty good option. http://www.getpaint.net/download.html <- that's the site, and though it looks kind of sketchy, I can tell you it's fine. It's a lot easier to master than some of the others, but still can do a lot.

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          My gut's telling me that you're planning on drawing with the mouse, with this in mind I'd suggest giving Inkscape a try. Inkscape is an opensource vector program which is reminiscent of Adobe Illustrator and several other programs. I myself have toyed with it and it's quite powerful considering. I myself use OpenCanvas and while it costs dosh to use the newest version you can download Ver1.1 for free. The biggest strengths of OpenCanvas is that it has similar properties of SAI while having a fully built in replay option to share how you drew your doodles.

 

          Whatever you choose to use I wish you the best of luck on your endeavors 

Edited August 13, 2013 by Accellerant

[sir gamington 15]

Thanks for the advice good friend i will be using a mouse so maybe that can help me a little more then i think lol sence mouse work is a challenge.   

[Sugar Pops 210]

i use paint tool sai. i think trial and the full version are the same for some reason but i have the  the full version. stabilizer only works for tablets. but you really dont need stabilizer. if you want to see what i've done with paint tool sai here's the link to my deviantart acc  http://kasytheshark.deviantart.com/