I love the many varities and was you can digitally paint! So many styles available, and more art software keeps coming out and upgrading to better quality all the time. I think that digital painting is going to become a huge filed over the next few years as software and awareness of this art form grows.
Who buys art digitally?how do they pay for it? How do you make digital files protected against downloads, so that you can e-mail the file when you get paid?
Terry Harris 16 Jul 2008
What's your favorite art software? For digitally painting my favorite due to ease of use, tutorials, and support is Corel's Painter series. I started with Painter Classic and fell in love with it. Over the next several years I upgraded as the product developed until the current version I have, PainterX.I have used other painting software, but nothing has been as good for me to use so far as Painter.
I do use some other programs sometimes for just a few features they have, but love Painter best. I am able to add in brushes & effects.
I like FlamingPears's TwistedBrush and a few others, but Painter remains the main program I use when I am drawing or painting.
If you ave some favorites, list them please. If you know of low costs or free on line programs, please post the links & if you have tried them out.
Corel Adobe, and many other programs will let you download the software for 30 day trials so that you can try before buying them. Also, if you use an electronic drawing tablet or plan to buy one, check and see which ones are available and if they come with software bundles. Many will come with art software, photo editing and other software. Often the software is worth more at retail if you bought it separately than the tablet will.
I use a 6x8 inch Wacom tablet and find that is plenty of room for my art as you are scrolling and looking on the monitor as you work, not at the tablet.