Posted: 1/30/2014 7:44:10 AM EDT
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Anyone know of a beginner, free Digital art software that's worth a crap?
Been dabbling in drawing, but I want to make it digital. I have planty of ideas for Concept planes, concept mech and other things. Thanks. |
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GIMP is free, and cross-platform.
Paint.net is also free, but I've never used it. Photoshop 2.0 was being "given" away by Adobe last year. There's a post on it, someplace. I will note, there was a young lady who did some incredible work with Paint. Yes, MS Paint. Rebekah Naomi Cox is the name. XCRMonger uses ARTRage on her tablet, I think. Me, I can use GIMP to resize picture. Barely. Good luck! |
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Each program gives me a very different style.
Corel Painter 12 is very cool, but challenging. At least for me. 
Photoshop makes for a smoother look 
I've only used PaintPro a little. It's good for cartoony stuff, or for coloring. I like the airbrush tool on this one a lot. 
But I think thus far, ArtRage is my favorite. I like doing quick cartoons and I really like the "Archer" look, and i can nail it with ArtRage. I can crank these babies out fast. 
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Your stuff in GD is what has gotten me started with drawing/photo editing on computers. Now I need a wacom pad thing 
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Each program gives me a very different style. Corel Painter 12 is very cool, but challenging. At least for me. https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/t1/529994_116978271769199_405540573_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1/578422_116978545102505_1614326889_n.jpg Photoshop makes for a smoother look https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/t1/523668_203912669742425_1161461728_n.jpg https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/533581_219095711557454_998857112_n.jpg I've only used PaintPro a little. It's good for cartoony stuff, or for coloring. I like the airbrush tool on this one a lot. https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1476678_390946977705659_302054935_n.jpg But I think thus far, ArtRage is my favorite. I like doing quick cartoons and I really like the "Archer" look, and i can nail it with ArtRage. I can crank these babies out fast. https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1/1493187_414621262004897_1631891442_n.jpg https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/1235235_425224050944618_1936834582_n.jpg Your stuff in GD is what has gotten me started with drawing/photo editing on computers. Now I need a wacom pad thing
They're really inexpensive, and completely worth it. 
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