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Mika-Creates posted Feb 15, 2023

Anybody have any suggestions for art websites/apps to use?

I’m stuck with the non-paid version of SketchesSchool

takooki posted Feb 18, 2023

for what? drawing or like finding a community, or promoting your comic?

Mika-Creates posted Feb 18, 2023

Drawing the comic, this one is the one to post it

takooki posted Feb 18, 2023

https://kleki.com/ is a little more simple but gives you multiple effects to choose from under the editing option

I have some apps I can recommend too. Autodesk Sketchbook is available on pc and mobile for free. Don’t know if it’s available on android. It’s what I use :)

Mika-Creates posted Feb 18, 2023

K thx :D

Hame posted Feb 26, 2023

Gotta say, Clip Studio Paint is worth the investment of time and money if you're serious about having a comics career. It transformed my work and led to me working as a cartoonist full-time. https://www.clipstudio.net/en

Many creatives who are tired of Adobe love Affinity's suite -- very powerful, one-time purchase, reasonably priced programs for photos, illustration, and page design. https://affinity.serif.com/en-us

If you just want to draw for fun, there are lots of great, inexpensive options like:
- PhotoPea, which is basically "free, web-based Photoshop" - https://www.photopea.com
- Procreate, which lots of comics folk love; only for iThings, though - https://procreate.com
- PaintTool SAI - https://www.systemax.jp/en/sai
- Gimp - https://www.gimp.org
- Krita - https://krita.org/en
- MediaBang Paint - https://medibangpaint.com/en
- ArtRage - https://www.artrage.com
- Ibis Paint - https://ibispaint.com
- AutoDesk Sketchbook - https://www.sketchbook.com

All that said, I still love going back to markers, watercolours, and coloured pencils to do my diary comix. There's a lot to be said for getting comfortable with drawing before going into the labyrinth of software, which is only as good as what you put into it -- and the more "you" you can be, the better your tools will support your artistic ambitions.

Mika-Creates posted Feb 27, 2023

Tysm :D I’ll check some of them out

MariMorgan posted Feb 27, 2023

I can recommend Clip Studio Paint. It's also available on iPad, if you're using one, but I also have it on my laptop. It's perfect for comics and manga.
If you use an iPad, give Procreate a chance!

Mika-Creates posted Feb 27, 2023

Alr :]

ArtCrumbs admin posted Feb 27, 2023

I will also recommend CSP as someone who has been using it since 2014 as Manga Studio is fantastic. It's made making manga and comics so much easier. My only grouch is sometimes the barred I (with the lines on top and bottom) sometimes doesn't show up. CSP text tool has issues with alternative symbols/characters with fonts sometimes. It can be a pain to have to find a different font you like, but that only happened to me once. I've heard the newest update should fix some of these issues though.

Mika-Creates posted Feb 27, 2023

Kk :D