Drawing, Patterns and Animation

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  1. Free for drawing

  2. Krita icon
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    A free, open-source painting program for professional artists offering customizable UI, 9 brush engines, layer support, and color management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android Tablet
    • KDE Plasma
    • Epic Games Store
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Steam
    • AppImage
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    +6
    Main Window
  3. MyPaint icon
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    MyPaint is a fast, distraction-free, and easy painting tool for digital artists. It supports graphics tablets made by Wacom, and many similar devices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    MyPaint screenshot 1
    MyPaint screenshot 1
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    +2
    The 0.9.0 interface
  4. FireAlpaca is the image editor that can be used readily and easily. We made it possible to provide the completely free download, in order for our products to be experienced by more users from all over the world. It is available for both Mac and Windows users!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    FireAlpaca screenshot 1
    FireAlpaca screenshot 1
  5. Paid drawing

  6. Leonardo icon
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    We believe artists deserve the best possible tools and we are determined to give it to them. The goal with Leonardo is to make the best painting application ever.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Leonardo screenshot 1
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    +1
    Leonardo screenshot 3
  7. JugiPaint icon
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    JugiPaint is a painting software with diverse sets of tools for various types of illustration work. It provides many standard digital painting features like layers, brushes, selections, transformations, etc., as well as some less often like guide layers and panels.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    JugiPaint screenshot 1
    JugiPaint screenshot 1
  8. Essential digital tool for comic and manga artists, offering specialized tools for shortcuts like panel layouts, inking, vector support, and 3D model import.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    Customizable workspace
    Simple UI mode
    Blank Canvas
    +9
    Tool editing dialog
  9. Watercolor and wax

  10. Rebelle icon
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    Simulates watercolor, acrylic, and dry media artwork with real-world color blending, wet diffusion, paint drying, custom brushes, and textured canvas.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Rebelle screenshot 1
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    +11
    Rebelle screenshot 3
  11. Paintstorm Studio is created for professional digital painting. And a major role in this program play the brushes. We did our best so that you can easily and quickly adjust the brushes suitable for your painting style.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPad
    PC version
    iPad version
    iPad version
    +7
    iPad version
  12. Artrage icon
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    A simple but lovely natural media painting and sketching program. Art oriented, but capable of loading/saving photoshop files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  13. Simulates traditional media with realistic textures, customizable brushes, and extensive format support for professional artists.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Painter on Mac OS X
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  14. Verve (Dictionary: Energy and enthusiasm in the expression of ideas, especially in artistic performance or composition...) is the result of a curious idea I had to try using the graphics hardware to run a fluid dynamics simulation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Verve Painter screenshot 1
  15. Graphic Design

  16. Fast, smooth vector graphic design software with curve precision, vibrant colors, live gradients, and dynamic drawing tools, ideal for professionals.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPad
    Affinity Designer screenshot 1
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    Affinity Designer screenshot 2
    +7
    Affinity Designer screenshot 3
  17. Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe for Windows and macOS. It was created in 1987 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, the software has become the most used tool for professional digital art, especially in raster graphics editing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Wine
    • ReactOS
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    +10
    Adobe Photoshop screenshot 3
  18. for when you want something quick, snazzy and portable! :)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  19. Patterns

  20. Purist

  21. PaintTool SAI is high quality and lightweight painting software, fully digitizer support, amazing anti-aliased paintings, provide easy and stable operation, this software make digital art more enjoyable and comfortable.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PaintTool SAI screenshot 1
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  22. Pixel Animation

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