I got a present yesterday for my birthday and it is a Wacom art tablet. It's a black surface you plug into your PC and draw on with a pen so the strokes and stuff you make are transported to the laptop screen. I was not sure if I wanted a tablet such as this or an iPad in the first place, but it's a gift and I'll take it (but if you think an iPad is better, do let me know!)
I am not sure what to do? Specifically, I need an app for my PC so I can draw with this thing and I have no idea what to get.
Any suggestions? (and maybe some of your own art that you have made with the app!)
Things to consider:
- I do not mind paying money
- I have no idea what this tablet does/can do
- I know like NO apps besides procreate and that is the only reason for me to buy I whole freaking iPad
I got a present yesterday for my birthday and it is a Wacom art tablet. It's a black surface you plug into your PC and draw on with a pen so the strokes and stuff you make are transported to the laptop screen. I was not sure if I wanted a tablet such as this or an iPad in the first place, but it's a gift and I'll take it (but if you think an iPad is better, do let me know!)
I am not sure what to do? Specifically, I need an app for my PC so I can draw with this thing and I have no idea what to get.
Any suggestions? (and maybe some of your own art that you have made with the app!)
Things to consider:
- I do not mind paying money
- I have no idea what this tablet does/can do
- I know like NO apps besides procreate and that is the only reason for me to buy I whole freaking iPad
@TheBlueOne
happy late birthday, and congrats on your first tablet! they're very fun, and i recommend reading through all of the manual and familiarizing yourself with the pen and buttons (if it has any). you can try looking up user-made guides to the tablet as well, see if anyone has any tips for using it.
for apps, i use krita personally. it's free, and has many brushes and features, as well as an animation setup if you're interested in that. my friend uses firealpaca, also free, and while i've never used it, you can try out both to see which one you like better.
for me, i prefer drawing on a tablet/computer than an ipad. it makes it easier to see what i'm doing and has a much bigger space. and i've found computer apps have more features and are generally easier to use than mobile.
here's a couple sketches i've done with krita, but it has a [i]ton [/i]of brushes and options, which i am very much not using very many of. some of them are more patterns/experimental though, so you might not use them very much, if at all.
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TheBlueOne
happy late birthday, and congrats on your first tablet! they're very fun, and i recommend reading through all of the manual and familiarizing yourself with the pen and buttons (if it has any). you can try looking up user-made guides to the tablet as well, see if anyone has any tips for using it.
for apps, i use krita personally. it's free, and has many brushes and features, as well as an animation setup if you're interested in that. my friend uses firealpaca, also free, and while i've never used it, you can try out both to see which one you like better.
for me, i prefer drawing on a tablet/computer than an ipad. it makes it easier to see what i'm doing and has a much bigger space. and i've found computer apps have more features and are generally easier to use than mobile.
here's a couple sketches i've done with krita, but it has a
ton of brushes and options, which i am very much not using very many of. some of them are more patterns/experimental though, so you might not use them very much, if at all.
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Medibang Paint and FireAlpaca are both free programs that have simple, easy to learn user interfaces, c: I have limited experience with them, but they're pretty decent! I personally found Krita to be very difficult to learn when I tried it a few years ago, but everyone I've seen that knows how to use it does swear it's fantastic.
My go-to PC art apps are Paint Tool Sai and Clip Studio Paint. They're paid and each cost around $50, but Clip Studio goes on sale pretty regularly. Both have free trials.
Paint Tool Sai is hands down THE easiest program to learn, in my opinion. The UI is just so, so clean and simple and probably one of the things that always keeps me coming back to it. You won't encounter anything that you won't come to understand very quickly. However, it has MUCH less functionality than Clip Studio and I can't say with a full chest that it's worth 50 bucks nowadays.
Clip Studio is definitely geared towards those experienced with painting programs, but it's the cream of the crop at that price point imo. It's a really powerful application with an endless stream of user-made resources you can download through the app launcher. It
is pretty hard to get used to at first, and the default UI kind of sucks (though you can change it).
I do most of my polished work on Procreate these days, but
this is a quick sketch I did in Clip Studio a little while back.
edit: Oh yeah — IMO, you're better off sticking with your tablet and PC. iPads get pretty expensive and even my Pro starts to get hot when I'm working on big canvases in Procreate. On smaller models, it can also feel cramped. I really love the convenience, but if it weren't for that I'd probably
always choose to draw on PC.
Medibang Paint and FireAlpaca are both free programs that have simple, easy to learn user interfaces, c: I have limited experience with them, but they're pretty decent! I personally found Krita to be very difficult to learn when I tried it a few years ago, but everyone I've seen that knows how to use it does swear it's fantastic.
My go-to PC art apps are Paint Tool Sai and Clip Studio Paint. They're paid and each cost around $50, but Clip Studio goes on sale pretty regularly. Both have free trials.
Paint Tool Sai is hands down THE easiest program to learn, in my opinion. The UI is just so, so clean and simple and probably one of the things that always keeps me coming back to it. You won't encounter anything that you won't come to understand very quickly. However, it has MUCH less functionality than Clip Studio and I can't say with a full chest that it's worth 50 bucks nowadays.
Clip Studio is definitely geared towards those experienced with painting programs, but it's the cream of the crop at that price point imo. It's a really powerful application with an endless stream of user-made resources you can download through the app launcher. It
is pretty hard to get used to at first, and the default UI kind of sucks (though you can change it).
I do most of my polished work on Procreate these days, but
this is a quick sketch I did in Clip Studio a little while back.
edit: Oh yeah — IMO, you're better off sticking with your tablet and PC. iPads get pretty expensive and even my Pro starts to get hot when I'm working on big canvases in Procreate. On smaller models, it can also feel cramped. I really love the convenience, but if it weren't for that I'd probably
always choose to draw on PC.
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Happy belated birthday!!
Firealpaca has been my go to for a LONG time
it's super easy to use, although the brushes are not ideal.
medibang is along the same lines as firealpaca
there's also krita which has a nice brush selection, but can be finicky to use
Photoshop is going to be your best bet if money isn't an issue
I have a tablet similar to yours. Sometimes people enjoy using those more than using a display tablet or ipad. Sometimes they're difficult to get used to and a display can be a better option. It just depends on you. A lot of using a tablet like that is just getting into a comfortable position where you can use ctrl+z on your keyboard while drawing on the tablet.
Play around with it and see how it feels! Practicing drawing lines and circles is really good way to get used to the transfer from your tablet to the screen.
There really isn't an ideal setup for digital art. it all depends on what you enjoy and what feels most comfortable to you. trial and error.
Happy belated birthday!!
Firealpaca has been my go to for a LONG time
it's super easy to use, although the brushes are not ideal.
medibang is along the same lines as firealpaca
there's also krita which has a nice brush selection, but can be finicky to use
Photoshop is going to be your best bet if money isn't an issue
I have a tablet similar to yours. Sometimes people enjoy using those more than using a display tablet or ipad. Sometimes they're difficult to get used to and a display can be a better option. It just depends on you. A lot of using a tablet like that is just getting into a comfortable position where you can use ctrl+z on your keyboard while drawing on the tablet.
Play around with it and see how it feels! Practicing drawing lines and circles is really good way to get used to the transfer from your tablet to the screen.
There really isn't an ideal setup for digital art. it all depends on what you enjoy and what feels most comfortable to you. trial and error.
Late happy birthday!! <3
Personally, I think iPad is a little easier but you can still make very beautiful art on computer tablet, and i heard it might be better posture wise for your neck? It just takes some time to get used to and train your hand-eye coordination...
I used to draw using a wacom bamboo tablet (but it's so old xD) plugged into my computer. I would recommend using MediBang Paint, or Fire Alpaca which is super similar. They're both easy to use and free to download. MediBang has some online brushes and effects you can easily add as well~ (i forgot about fire alpaca though...)
krita is also great free software and acts alot like photoshop. though it was very buggy/laggy in my experience, the brushes there are really good ~
the only paid software for PC i know is clip studio paint, which will take time learning it (it has it's own user manual to read haha) but there are many features and i think it's worth it.
but bottom line, it's really best that you experiment and pick what software you are most comfortable drawing in. the tools are where you can express yourself, and beautiful arts can be made anywhere is just given the time and effort <3 (eg. medibang and clip studio have their own art site to upload art. just give them both a browse and you will see what i mean!)
Late happy birthday!! <3
Personally, I think iPad is a little easier but you can still make very beautiful art on computer tablet, and i heard it might be better posture wise for your neck? It just takes some time to get used to and train your hand-eye coordination...
I used to draw using a wacom bamboo tablet (but it's so old xD) plugged into my computer. I would recommend using MediBang Paint, or Fire Alpaca which is super similar. They're both easy to use and free to download. MediBang has some online brushes and effects you can easily add as well~ (i forgot about fire alpaca though...)
krita is also great free software and acts alot like photoshop. though it was very buggy/laggy in my experience, the brushes there are really good ~
the only paid software for PC i know is clip studio paint, which will take time learning it (it has it's own user manual to read haha) but there are many features and i think it's worth it.
but bottom line, it's really best that you experiment and pick what software you are most comfortable drawing in. the tools are where you can express yourself, and beautiful arts can be made anywhere is just given the time and effort <3 (eg. medibang and clip studio have their own art site to upload art. just give them both a browse and you will see what i mean!)
@
TheBlueOne Happy late b-day! ^^
I can definitely reccoment Krita.
It's amazing app with so many options (It's better than PhotoShop, you can't change my mind) but still is easy to navigate and have good manageable interface.
It's perfect for drawing tablets (it's mainly made for them I think), I use Huion tablet and it cooperate with that app perfectly. (Ya can set keyboard/button shortcuts, even for your pen)
Pros:
1. You can draw at 2AM
wait no, don't
2. Good interface
3. A lot of options, brushes, even animation time line!
4. Tablets work great with it
If Ya want examples, check out my
Art Shop or
DeviantArt~
@
TheBlueOne Happy late b-day! ^^
I can definitely reccoment Krita.
It's amazing app with so many options (It's better than PhotoShop, you can't change my mind) but still is easy to navigate and have good manageable interface.
It's perfect for drawing tablets (it's mainly made for them I think), I use Huion tablet and it cooperate with that app perfectly. (Ya can set keyboard/button shortcuts, even for your pen)
Pros:
1. You can draw at 2AM
wait no, don't
2. Good interface
3. A lot of options, brushes, even animation time line!
4. Tablets work great with it
If Ya want examples, check out my
Art Shop or
DeviantArt~
Happy late birthday!
I use FireAlpaca and use basically the same tablet as yours, though mine's from 2015, so it might be an older model. I would very much recommend FireAlpaca. It's free and easy to use.
I heard Clip Paint Studio's another option, though it is a paid program. However, everyone I know who uses it does recommend it.
Happy late birthday!
I use FireAlpaca and use basically the same tablet as yours, though mine's from 2015, so it might be an older model. I would very much recommend FireAlpaca. It's free and easy to use.
I heard Clip Paint Studio's another option, though it is a paid program. However, everyone I know who uses it does recommend it.
I use Krita a lot and it does well, and it's free too!
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Congrats on getting your Wacom! I've been using Wacom tablets since like... 2008. Crazy how inexpensive (or at least more affordable) they are these days! My first one was the 1st generation of the Wacom Bamboo. It was so sooo small but like $80 and I had to beg and beg and begggg my mom to buy it for me for my bday. She was (and still is) 1000% technology illiterate and she couldn't even understand what it was let alone what it could do LOL. Had to look up an image of it lol:
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I have also used the Wacom Intuos which was provided by my job. After I left that job, I got a Surface Pro--its not Wacom and the comparison was definitely felt! The pen was terrible and jittery. The Surface Pro is just not good for artists... I then got a Wacom Cintiq 13HD as an ebay find. I recently just upgraded to the Wacom Cintiq 22HD. Anyway, I know my way around Wacoms so feel free to ask me questions about them!
As for software I use, I have always used [b]Photoshop[/b] to create art. Back then, I used to... uh.. sail the seven seas for it if you catch my drift. However, I seriously don't recommend that for many reasons. Also, it was easier to do then--not so much now. I'm a freelance graphic designer so I pay for the subscription now as I pretty much use a good chunk of the Adobe suite for work so it pays for itself.
I haven't used [b]Clip Studio Paint[/b], but its a one time purchase and there's always deals going on for it. Might be a better option than a subscription program for a hobbyist! Many professionals use it as well.
Here's some of my work. I'm mainly a designer, but I like to do digital paintings too:
[img]https://i.ibb.co/QmvNYsR/bestfriends-century-fanart-by-selkaine.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/JBYKD9J/dragon-background-vers4.png[/img]
This is one of my projects where I used Photoshop to draw the sketch, then I used Illustrator (vector program) to create the finished piece. I like to swap between the two programs a lot.
[img]https://i.ibb.co/G9JkbMQ/See-America-progress.gif[/img]
After you've gotten your art program of choice, I'd recommend just trying to get comfortable with it. Do some exercises and keep playing around with things!
Edit: I just want to add that any art program, paid or free, can be used to make great art! The program doesn't make the artist <3
Congrats on getting your Wacom! I've been using Wacom tablets since like... 2008. Crazy how inexpensive (or at least more affordable) they are these days! My first one was the 1st generation of the Wacom Bamboo. It was so sooo small but like $80 and I had to beg and beg and begggg my mom to buy it for me for my bday. She was (and still is) 1000% technology illiterate and she couldn't even understand what it was let alone what it could do LOL. Had to look up an image of it lol:
I have also used the Wacom Intuos which was provided by my job. After I left that job, I got a Surface Pro--its not Wacom and the comparison was definitely felt! The pen was terrible and jittery. The Surface Pro is just not good for artists... I then got a Wacom Cintiq 13HD as an ebay find. I recently just upgraded to the Wacom Cintiq 22HD. Anyway, I know my way around Wacoms so feel free to ask me questions about them!
As for software I use, I have always used
Photoshop to create art. Back then, I used to... uh.. sail the seven seas for it if you catch my drift. However, I seriously don't recommend that for many reasons. Also, it was easier to do then--not so much now. I'm a freelance graphic designer so I pay for the subscription now as I pretty much use a good chunk of the Adobe suite for work so it pays for itself.
I haven't used
Clip Studio Paint, but its a one time purchase and there's always deals going on for it. Might be a better option than a subscription program for a hobbyist! Many professionals use it as well.
Here's some of my work. I'm mainly a designer, but I like to do digital paintings too:
This is one of my projects where I used Photoshop to draw the sketch, then I used Illustrator (vector program) to create the finished piece. I like to swap between the two programs a lot.
After you've gotten your art program of choice, I'd recommend just trying to get comfortable with it. Do some exercises and keep playing around with things!
Edit: I just want to add that any art program, paid or free, can be used to make great art! The program doesn't make the artist <3
I'd definitely recommend Clip Studio Paint! It usually goes on sale for a pretty good price.
I'd definitely recommend Clip Studio Paint! It usually goes on sale for a pretty good price.