#Definitely skip the part in my journey where i used adobe ink(? i feel like i googled it once and it was not in fact ink. but i SWEAR | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

skyburger · 8 months ago

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anyway my point here is you do NOT need a fancy art program to make good art. imo i think you just need to know your art program pretty well! you can make gorgeous art in literally any program you just gotta know how it works

its crazy to me when people are recommending really fancy art programs for beginners like. i know there are good free ones for both art AND editing but im so serious when i say i think the best one for beginners is 100% ms paint & paint.net

#so tldr. if you want to start drawing on windows? ms paint and/or paint.net #ios my fave is ibispaint the free one Does have ads sadly #but you can get the ad-free one for like $10 ish...? in USD. and its a one-time purchase #ive definitely gotten my moneys worth out of it so i dont feel too bad abt it LOL #Dont bother with whatever the hell the subscription thing they have is though. ive never once needed it and ive been using this for years #macOS & linux though im very sorry i dont know off the top of my head. best advice is to go to google and search for something like this #free open source art program for [mac / linux] site:reddit.com #reddit is my go-to for free stuff and open-source stuff they know it ALL.#i wish i had a really simply art program rec on ios though i feel bad recommending really easy ones for windows #and then ibis is like. very fancy compared to those.#but if you start on windows like i did and move to drawing on ios? ms paint -> paint.net -> ibispaint x is a totally fine pipeline #Definitely skip the part in my journey where i used adobe ink(? i feel like i googled it once and it was not in fact ink. but i SWEAR #i remember it being called that)#adobe ink is so fucking bad. you cant edit image layers you added its so bad. like if you added a photo from your files?#you couldnt draw on it or erase it. i think you could drag it around... MAYBE resize it. and only keeping its shape #you couldnt stretch it. i dont even rermember if you could change the opacity #like the amount of time i spent tracing over images for a stupid joke is actually abysmal #DO NOT USE THAT STUPID APP!!!!!#um i think thats it for my rambles though #muffin mumbles

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