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Hi everyone! i’m finally back for a while and I’m planning to start drawing again so i was wondering—what drawing apps do you guys recommend/use? I’d really appreciate any suggestions!

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Up to you if you want to buy it but I use PaintTool SAI Ver1, although they have now come out with ver2 but I haven't tried it. it's a PC/MAC only program though.

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I’ll definitely check it out in the future, but for now I’ll just keep it in mind since I’m not really used to drawing on a Mac. I really appreciate the suggestion. Thanks so much!

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i use ibispaint!! :DD ive used medibang briefly but the controls are a bit harder to use than ibispaint imo

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I’ve loved using Ibis Paint for mobile art for so long, it’s honestly been amazing. I recently got an iPad hoping it would help me level up my art, but to be honest, I still find it way easier to use on my phone. That said, I’ve always found the UI a little tricky and kind of frustrating at times. I still appreciate the suggestion though! <3 (PS your art is amazing but I just don’t think I’m a Ibis paint type of girl unfortunately 💔)

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its fine!! 😌😌 maybe medibang or procreate could work? Or if you have a laptop try firealpaca or paintool sai :3

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I’ve heard about medibang! I’ll check that out, thank you!  \(^ヮ^)/

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I just use the sketch app that came with my phone (//▽//). I've used Photoshop, Ibis and Illustrator before but I prefer fewer and simple tools so this works for me.

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That’s honestly wild, considering how beautiful your art is. I’m always experimenting and trying to figure out my art style, so I need all the features a program can offer. But I think I’ll definitely have to check out Illustrator in the future. I also saw your recent art — great work as always, Ghostie! (o^▽^o) 

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Haha thank you. Experimenting is good, trying iconic styles definitely helped back when I was figuring out how to color. Its been a long time but Illustrator was more useful when drawing objects instead of people.

I'd love it if you'd join the collab but if you don't want to or have time I completely understand (ᵕ—ᴗ—)

It's thanks to you I started drawing again so right back at ya, great work CB

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I use procreate and ibis. I know you have to pay for procreate, but k like the mechanics of it better than ibis personally, but ibis is also good too so I suggest using that, with a bunch of custom brushes and things like premade patterns and background, so I suggest using ibis paint!

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I’m definitely planning to check out Procreate. I’ve heard so many good things about it, and almost all of my art buddies use it too! Quick question though: is it hard to get accustomed to? I’ve heard there are a lot of hidden features that you kind of have to discover on your own. (〒﹏〒)

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no it’s not very hard! It’s quite easy once you get the hang of it, and I’ve been able to find easy tutorials online on certain features like symmetry, alpha lock, overlay, etc. since u have friends who us procreate in sure they can help u with hacks and tricks! I’m not sure ab all the hidden features but the ones I have now make the art look good! Just be careful when drawing small instead of drawing large than shrinking it down because it makes your art look pixely, at least in my experience ⊂((・▽・))⊃

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im using ibispaint right now but i was using hipaint previously for a long time, you can try that out if you're in a situation where you cant buy procreate cause its basically a fake free one 😭 but its really laggy and closes itself off sometimes depending on the device, i don't recommend it too much honestly but its a good alternative for procreate so yeah 

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I use ibispaint! although I did use sketchbook(thats literally the name of the app) for a bit, imo it's kinda confusing at first but the brushes they have are literally god tier 🙏