I personally love Krita and IbisPantX. Ibis just added full on pixel art settings and i'm having so much fun experimenting with it! Krita also has a brush pack that came out recently and it looks identical to pencils, the closest I've ever seen.
@@Artn00b there's a video on their channel for their recent update that tells you how (in the ver10 update) . Simply put: 1. you open a 1:1 canvas at 70:70 or less for the canvas size 2. go to the menus and the farthest 1 to the left (or 1st menu), turn on the grid switch 3. turn "display when zooming" to pixelated 4. choose the DIGITAL PEN in the brush menu and turn it all the way down to 1 pixel size and start drawing! 😁
@@fablewalls procreate is a paid app and Krita is free. Not every apple user can afford procreate ( don’t get me wrong, im a procreate user tho but I’m here for my pc)
Its a shame that apple is trash. Mac is built on a crazy strict os similar to linux, linux and android are sorta similar as in android uses a similar kernel but android has stuff like developers apps (samsung,google) but otherwise this is a slight description look it up urself. Its great to learn
i really dislike krita, but its only because (as far as im aware i heard this from a friend) the lighter you touch, the less opacity becomes which i dont like, but if you can tolerate that i recommend krita 100% ive used it before with mouse and keyboard, but im gonna be using adobe animate when i get my drawing tablet
The devs of Krita are just incredible. The program is, in my opinion, the best of them and still gets regular feature updates that even improve the program more. Dang
Yeah, KDE makes great software. Their Plasma desktop is just Windows, but better in almost every way. It's funny how Microsoft is how copying KDE instead of the other way around.
Can someone help me out....I don't want to use adobe illustrator so I want a substitute that is way easier to navigate and does not pixelate the image after zooming so I downloaded krita but it pixelated the image when I zoomed in, I had high hopes😭
Krita's brush engine is so good. It's by far my favorite. ... It doesn't try to be like any other art app, though, so it takes a minute to learn. But once you learn it, it's amazing. I recently switched to using an iPad primarily for drawing, and I miss Krita so much.
It’s honestly beyond me as to why Krita is so underrated I had never heard of it until a couple weeks ago and I’ve been working a little bit every day to get and get the basics down So far the learning curve isn’t actually that bad at all!
I use Krita religiously for several years now. Both on my Windows laptop and Ubuntu pc. The brush engine is top notch and very customizable. Great for making your own brushes. Planning to ditch my pricey paperweight iPad Gen 6 and get a nice galaxy tab so I can use krita on the go.
Krita was the first thing I touched and I found learning how to use it quite organic. I started with just am the brush and eraser, then filled things in with colour. Then learnt about layers and how to make good use of them sand have started getting into more advanced tools and means of shading etc. It's really been quite a delight to use, especially once I got past my first couple of comics
Ibis paint x is my go to app to use. I didn't like it at first but now I absolutely love it! The fun part is you can even import brushes made by other people, which is where i found my main brush :D
I'm totally ok with you updating previous videos! Please feel free to update as you see fit. Learning about the new apps I may have missed really helps. Thank you.
I had no idea FireAlpaca was Medibang! I used it for a little while while looking for an alternative to Paint Tool Sai and before discovering Krita. Great drawing app!
It was the other way around with me, started with Krita and got CSP eventually. Love them both though and when I get myself a nice tablet this christmas, I'll probably run Krita on it. :)
i am a begginer in digital art. I ve always wanted to learn how to draw better since i see it as the coolest talent ever. Started using Krita and yeah the app is amazing has a lot of features. But as Brad said it is pretty intimidating for me, someone who doesnt know much about digital painting. But i am willing to learn and watch as many tutorials as possible to learn how to use it better.
Ive been using krita since 2017, and like I'm so used to it now that even though I do have photoshop from school, I still prefer krita. And krita has gotten better over the years, and got a lot more features and changes that I really like. Krita's 2d animation feature is one of THE best I've seen out of any FREE apps (no astericks). Not to mention that Krita has a pretty large brush library by itself without downloading other brush sets. It is unfortunate that Krita doesn't have a ipad/android tablet version, but at the same time I can't imagine having Krita's interface on such a small screen. I have an ipad/pencil, and I just got Procreate.
I honestly love Krita and even now that im way more into digital art and have much better equipment I cant ever see myself changing programs. Krita has the right amount of features and the right UI setup to give you everything you need without it being so unbearably overwhelming
Great vid! I also like the caveat of not including *free apps, because its a problem I have with a lot of social media educators, where there's some caveat to what they're doing that requires some resource I don't already have (usually as much free time as they have, as much revenue to spend on their recommendations, or as much initial expertise). I'd love to see these same videos for 2D animation and 3D, or a cheapest hits version for tablets (for anyone who doesn't want to attach themselves to a particular company, app dev, or device)
Thank you so much for including Light Brush!! Every painting app is of its own flavour, hopefully people may find features they like and what is comfortable for them.
Great video! I love Medibang - it’s the program that I primarily used on ipad before going to Clip Studio (bc its my main program on desktop and still has a better brush engine), I still use this program for very simple stuff now but it can do detailed stuff. For me, some of the brushes just weren’t nice for more detailed stuff. I dont know if this changed but Medibang has a premium service now to remove the ads. It used to be one time buy to remove the ads. Its no longer like that. So if Ibis Paint is a one time not premium buy I’d say get it. It’s a way better experience without the ads in the way. And its worth it.
Accidentally paid for krita on steam but I havent regretted it. Its very stable, autosaves my work, has most every type of tool and pen. Runs without an adobe client app or background adobe software. Kinda clean, kinda powerful.❤ I want more pens and an interface better than a 20 year old drawing app.
1:09 actually no more! They made a windows app now. I haven't tried it yet but i heard you can use it only for an hour a day and have to pay to remove that limit but that doesnt remove ads etc
I’d love to hear your thoughts on apps that offer 3d sketching! Kind of like blender’s grease pencil, there’s a couple I’ve found so far that are really fun like gravity sketch and mental canvas and the recently released feather 3d sketchbook.
I wouldn't hold my breath for pressure sensitivity in Paint Dot Net, they've been promising it since I was in college. It's a great program for anything else, though, and good to see it make the list! I use Fire Alpaca myself. Tried Medibang and it tried to railroad me into signing up for their cloud storage, which would be great for people who want to work on one project across multiple devices, but I tend to want my files where I can see them. FA does have an ad pop-up on loading but it's easy to close.
I love Krita, dispite it having so many features. I haven't even scratched the surface of it. I had not done much painting for years and when i had it had been on Fresh paint on Windows with a mouse. Talk about a challange. Using a mouse that is. I loved the simplisity of the app though. One of the best things wasn't which app to use, but getting a drawing tablet made all the difference. Mine is cheap and basic, but love it. I'm now on Linux and using Krita, and the drawing tablet, it like night and day. I acutually found the tablet works better in Linux than Windows. My Windows experence was horrible. I just use the basics in Krita and my art work is way better, than from a few years before. All the things Krita is offering is kind of overwealming, if you just stick to the basics. it is doable and you can expand from there when exploring. I like the Digital brushes. To me Krita is kind of like Blender, tons and tons of things you can do. but you need to focus on a small part and work from there.
Funny enough, Medibang Paint Pro is free and has amazing tools. It has canvas formats such as paper formats of any size and you customize the canvas size! I use it for my day to day life and it always updates for free! It can backup your drawing progresses! It's amazing to use and you can learn a lot from it. I love the program and nothing is going to change my love for it.
Actually, Ibis Paint X is available for download on Windows, not just android and IOS. Just wanted to point that out, but great video none the less! Keep up the great work Brad!
Brad, I don't think Medibang or FireAlpaca is opensource anymore. I haven't been able to find either of their repositories for a couple of years now. While both GREAT products, they don't allow you access to download their codebase, fork or make modifications.
I could listen to Brad talk about art a lot. Also, really love the little animated bits! 😊 I use ibisPaint X, and it's wonderful. Been using it for about a year or something like that - maybe 8 months. 🙂
Update of ibis paint, ibis paint can now be used on windows! But idk abt mac but they are now able to be used on windows. So if you don’t have an iPad or iphone (for some reason) and u only have a windows well now u can use it on windows!! 🎉 Im hoping that in the future lots of other devices are able to use ibis paint on, bc it’s an amazing app. I personally myself use ibis paint, and it’s really good. You will get used to it very easily, and it’s a very amazing app!
Using FireAlpaca 1.5 on a Windows XP laptop. On a 64mb DirectX 8.0 FireGL. It's running the same way Krita does on my modern 2024 laptop. Just nice experiences all around. And although WinXP DOESN'T support pen pressure over remote desktop, FireAlpaca actually launches and renders at full speed over Remote Desktop in windows XP. 💗
As a long time user of medibang, I think its sufficient and easy to use. Especially since I don't have any sort of stylist so I have to use my fingers:/ I do wish a few things were different, but it does everything that I absolutely need it to, so-
Thanks for helping me narrow my choice drawing app down to Krita! I've used PT-SAI, OpenCanvas(still going in 2017), Sketchbook Pro, TegakiE(flash based), DA-Mural(flash based), and Adobe PS(class version 2012), and Blender(Before the suit by A-PS or somesuch).
I've been using Krita since two years and I have to say it is the best painting app. It has got layer mask, timelapse recorder, different brush engines, faster responsiveness.
Since Clip Studio is starting to hit it's downfall, I might switch to Krita. Hell, it still looks intimidating to me after using CSP for 2~3 years now. I'm still gonna try to learn it lolol
"You are looking for an app you can draw in You are looking for an app you don't have to pay for You are looking for an app what's both of those things and doesn't suck I'm looking for friends" Sad but relatable
Sadly Disappointing that HUION SKETCH has Problems getting a decent download location. due to a ripoff copycats trickster. huion sketch was almost a Procreate for Android.
Yeah, I don't know what ever happened to that app. Earlier this year the Google play store removed it from my device for security reasons. I've never had that happen with an app before.
@@thebradcolbow so the word on the forums is somebody contacted Huion support over this and actually got a reply: apparently they're rebuilding the app from the ground up but in the meantime they've stopped supporting the old one (Android had massive file access restructuring in the last year and apps had to update to be able to function - if they're rebuilding the app I guess there would be no point dealing with that mess on the old version, hence the security removal). This was 6 months ago and obviously a big grain of salt is attached, but I'm really hoping they come out with a new app! Especially since their devices work with Android.
@@thebradcolbow thanks for reply & aware . As im a huion user and wished Huion sketch still workd and free someday. Hope you have prep a top 5 Drawing app that comes with a small fee. :)
I personally main iArtbook for iPadOS and Sketchbook. iArtbook, while unknown, is pretty robust for an indie app, especially in brush creation and selection. I really like how I can make my brushes a nice, rounded, really resistive for clean cartoon line art and finger gestures work well on it too. Only downside is that support for tilt and pressure sensitivity is still in it's infancy. Sketchbook (formerly Autodesk Sketchbook) is more powerful, and has full sensitivity as it's made by a giant team. But while it has that benefit, they removed iCloud transferring (kinda important to creators) and the app doesn't really have the line art brushes I really want.
Thanks for this. I really want to dive into making digital art on my Galaxy tablet but soooooooo many tutorials online are using iPads and Procreate and it's really quite annoying.
Im pretty sure Ibis paint is on computer now, just you have to pay, you can use it for 1 hour a day with the unpaid version and its compatible with graphics tablets and stuff. Its still pretty new tho
Actually, there is Ibis paint for windows Sadly, it's not free. You can only use it for one hour each day I think. There's an easy way to bypass that tho
OK, you kinda asked for this. A fork is a copy. For a minute. Then the original application is still worked on, AND separately the "fork" is also developed further. As time goes on these two identical programs could continue to be very similar, or so different that it's hard to tell that they came from the same project.
ibisPaintx available for windows and nit all ibisPaintx is free Some features like cloud storage and filters and some material are only available in the paid version monthly And this version you are using is not the latest version, they have added important features with the update
Correction on the not on windows thing for ibis, it was ported to windows. You can use the trial for an hour a day until you pay for the full version which kinda sucks,but it's still cool having my favorite drawing app on a computer.
Krita has so many features it can take you years to learn all it has. Like all GNU apps, it's immensely powerful but the looks are a bit dated. Basically, if you want to have options, it's the only app out there that rivals (and surpasses) the Adobe stuff.
An app I still love is Sketch Book Pro. I think it’s no longer available to get (on pc, still there for mobile, but it’s not the same) but I still have my version (didn’t pay, got it when it went free) I got it on my laptop with a pen, and I can zoom in and out with my fingers without it being glitchy. The brushes available are also good. It’s why I still use it and love it.
As an Ibis Paint User, It is a fucking godsend, also didn't they already introduce Windows Impelementation like Months ago? I swear I saw a vid of theirs showing it off...
I am currently drawing in Krita and not using a drawing tablet instead i am using a stylus, it's allowed to draw in tablet but recommend to use a stylus whenever you want to draw in Krita.
