#I will just switch back to fire alpaca when I need my brushes LMAO

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The lightroot dispelled the darkness and brightened the surrounding area . . .

zooey mama

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I was wondering what program you use to draw your art and how long it took to get used to it

I use clip studio paint pro! it’s a program you have to pay for (you could also get it’s upgrade version clip studio paint EX but its more expensive- I’m honestly not sure what features are different or if its worth the extra :/ maybe look up a comparison video if you have extra spending money? one thing I know is different is that in pro you can make like a 20 second or so animation but I think EX has unlimited numbers of frames so if ur interested in animating that might be worth looking into. any animations on this blog were made with pro not ex tho) 

I bought mine on sale about..2 years ago-ish? for like $30. It’s actually really similar to paint tool sai, but with more features (the reason I got it was the manga-making features like the toning stuff! It makes making my comic 110% easier lmao)  u can customize the layout a lot and stuff so you can hide features u arent using or customize your color palettes ect ect. 

As for how long it took me to get used to it- I think that because I was switching from paint tool sai which has a similar layout, it didn’t take me long at all…the more you play with a program, the quicker you get used to it! I also looked up a ton of tutorials haha. I def immediately loved the lineart stuff way more because it’s way smoother than sai’s imo

I don’t mean to sound like an advertisement, but it’s super good and I would highly recommend it if you have the money! theres also a lot of good tutorials for it and free brushes in the community- along with other assets u can download :> Here’s a link to the free trial if you wanna just play with it and see if you wanna buy it! and theres a lot of videos reviewing it on youtube if you wanna see other people’s opinions :>

BUT I will also say as far as art goes programs don’t matter that much imo- hard work, study and practice can make masterpieces in even MS paint! 

I could probably draw similar stuff to what I do on paint tool sai which can be found for free if u can find the cracked vers (like …right here is what google gave me, u can try this at ur own risk if u dont wanna pay for it) and has like 80% of the features clip studio has- I used to use paint tool sai actually so if you dig way way back on my old (kinda bad lmao) art blog 99% of that art is made in paint tool sai which is SUPER easy to use and has a ton of nice tutorials! (the only reason my art on there looks bad is bc I was younger but I promise paint tool sai is also a very good program and easy to use lol)

 and I’ve also heard good things about Krita and Fire alpaca altho I haven’t personally used them myself! I used to use gimp when I was younger and it’s free and SUPER easy to use (I have a few friends who use it and their art is A++ with clean lines and NICE colors. I’m specifically thinking about @mewmizu like look at her art its great shoutout to my talented friends tbh) all of those I just listed are also free programs as far as I know! You can find videos comparing them on youtube! Ofc I reccomend just..playing with them yourself too since they’re free and decide which you like and what features you’re personally looking for in an art program. For me having smth that can make comics and also illustrations was important so that’s why I’m using clip studio!

Sorry if this got wordy but I hope it helped! If you need to know anything else about the program (or my art?) feel free to ask and I’ll try my best to explain! Have a nice day! :D