Categories / Digital Art & Illustration
Digital Art & Illustration
Comics and brushes artists buy — a free painter — or the PSD shops hand you.
Clip Studio Paint is the drawing and comics suite artists actually buy. Krita is a surprisingly strong free painter. Photoshop remains what studios require for PSD delivery — a retoucher that also draws.
Clip Studio Paint
Why it won →“Brush feel, comics tools, and poseable 3D with a one-time license. The artist's #1 on Windows.”
Alternatives
Runner-up
Krita
A free painting studio with a serious brush engine.
Serious free painting with great brushes and animation tools. Rougher than Clip Studio — zero cost to try.
Also good
Adobe Photoshop
The industry image editor shops still require. · Subscription
Still what shops expect for PSD work. Heavier and less drawing-first than Clip Studio.