Charcoal Alternatives

Charcoal is described as '- Charcoal is incredibly easy to use: Just create or open a sketch and start drawing. There are no layers, properties panels or confusing settings. Instead, Charcoal features rich tools and beautiful color palettes' and is a digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Charcoal for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone and Android apps. The best Charcoal alternative is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Charcoal are Paint.NET, Affinity, MyPaint and Clip Studio Paint.

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  1. openCanvas icon
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    openCanvas, popularly abbreviated as oC, is a popular Japanese image editing program.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  2. Livebrush icon
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    Livebrush is a drawing application. It employs an easy-to-use brush tool that reacts to your gestures through the use of velocity and other motion controls. By combining simple motion controls with customizable brush styles, Livebrush offers a fun and unique way to create...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe AIR
     
  3. PanelJam  icon
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    Draw comics online with strangers and friends! PanelJam is the community where artists can have fun with comic strips one panel at a time in the collaborative online comic drawing game. Practice new subject matter, defeat artist's block, and connect with artists.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. QAquarelle icon
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    Qaquarelle is a very young opensource Qt4-based painting application that is supposed to provide a native way of painting with emulated traditional instruments, including watercolor simulation, full support for tablets and OpenGL-based processing in GPU.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. iArtBook icon
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    Professional painting app, based on Unlimited Layers with Blend Modes and Masks. Brushes, finger gestures, time-lapse video recording. Free alternative to Procreate.

    7 iArtBook alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. MultiDraw icon
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    Multi User Online Drawing Application. Draw and chat together with others. Create Speedpaint art in your browser. Use pressure sensivity of your Wacom Tablet or Apple IPad Pro. It's free!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Interference icon
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    Discover Interference - the hit drawing game - and get ready to draw, describe and laugh. You've heard of Chinese Whispers and Broken Telephone, this is our new take on your favourite drawing game where you can get creative and laugh your socks off!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
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    Creating great drawings and getting your ideas down on digital paper is all about your headspace. Flow pages seamlessly expand as you draw and develop ideas, which means you keep your head in the clouds instead of managing documents.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. Wizardbrush icon
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    Wizardbrush is a natural media painting software which has a lot of brushes and paper with realism style. You can create realistic picture with it. You can not only use it to paint pictures, but also handle your digital photos, even use it to teach digital painting and image...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Linea icon
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    Linea is an elegantly simple sketchbook for Apple devices optimized for use with Apple Pencil. It opts for a minimal interface with only the essential options, rather than overkill like many other apps.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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