Which Art Program/App you use?

[millygarcia0413]

Hi, I have a IPad Pro and procreat. I realize that procreat isn't that great for making comcis. I wanted clip studio but I hate paying subscription and I have it already on my pc. But drawing on my ipad is way faster then my regular tablet.

Y'all have any recommendations??

[Disneybug314]

Hi there! I use Autodesk Sketchbook for drawing, as well as ibisPaintX, which I can recommend checking out. I can't say that they're exactly the best drawing apps out there but they're the best free ones I've been able to find that are compatible with my device.

[noenoh]

MediBang
It's what I'm using for the manga(one shot) my irl job requested me to do this year. I'm not doing something so complicated in that one shot tho and I'm doing it in my iPad.
I've been using MediBang as my back up program for the past 5 years and I always liked it (I have it installed in my phone, my iPad and pc) and it's free.
I've heard Krita is good too but I only has used it for illustrations

[Kaydreamer]

I use Procreate for my comic! Yes it can be tedious in some ways for comics, but it runs so much smoother than Clip Studio on my iPad, and all of my custom brushes and such are already in it, so moving apps would be way more trouble than it's worth.

The thing which limits me the most is the lack of layers on large, high DPI canvases. I make do by working on my comic in shorter 'chunks'. I just ensure the bottom colour of one chunk matches the top colour of the next, so it looks seamless when scrolled through. If I need to, I'll draw the panels separate from the backdrop, flatten them on a duplicate canvas, copy those flattened panels out onto a super long canvas with 10-ish layers, and paint in the background there. It's kinda convoluted, but it works well enough.

Once the new iPad Pro's come out next month, I'll be grabbing one with the 'excessive' 16gb of ram, and never have to seriously worry about the layer limit ever again.

[BreakingChalk]

Paint Tool Sai 2.0
I find it friendlier.

[kitschensyngk]

I use an program called Inkscape to create my comics. It's a lot like Adobe Illustrator and does a lot of things that Illustrator does, only it's open source and free to download.

[Azureheim]

I started with procreate and then moved to Clip Studio Paint and never looked back. Too many features to pass up

[rumpenstiltzkin]

I use ipad and procreate too, I dont understand why its not working great for comics?
Dont feel like theres any problems really I really enjoy it tbh.
Sometimes I do small text edits in photoshop.

I too would want to try clip tho but as I only use ipad and cant afford the subscription I guess I just have to pass on that :C

[simonitropunk]

I do everything on Photoshop. It's been my be-all n end-all for everything.

[Puck]

I do the sketching & drawing in Autodesk Sketchbook

[TheGentleArtist]

I use Medibang Paint Pro to make my comic.

[PaulDevers]

You said you already got Clip Studio Paint, which is what I use.

[gusconstantine]

Procreate. I've tried several like Photoshop or Clip Studio but none of them are as good.

[surenlicious]

Clip Studio Paint and Photoshop. In the past I also used Paintool SAI, Open Canvas, FireAlpaca and Medibang Paint.

[naheravieri]

I first started with Firealpaca and moved over to Clip Studio Paint. Later on I updated it to the EX-Version and even though it's not really necessary, I never wanna go back to anything else.

[BarBarKetrab]

I use Krita for everything. The text tool isn't that bad once you get used to it.

[Lady_T_Musings]

Mnnn yess all this right here!! I also make my comic in procreate on my iPad pro. It's just such a smooth experience and yeah outside of the layer limitation they have added a ton of features that makes creating my comic so much easier on the go. I'm looking forward to getting the upgraded Ipad pro, bc I hate the first-gen pencil charger. it's so dumb and I'm really confused as to who thought that was a brilliant design. The extra ram is nice, but I have to admit, making my comic with limited layers has helped me streamline my coloring and do-overs since I have finite space to work with I have to make decisions and stick to them. Having more layers just gets me bogged down in details, but it would be handed for lettering layers haha.

@millygarcia0413 I also use Affinity designer and it's one-time payment and fantastic for editing comics, lettering (which I will go back to using since even though Procreate has text features that work pretty well, you can get way more in-depth with Affinity.) resizing pages and line art without worrying about the jitters and artifacts that Procreate makes whenever you resize your work and access to vectors! I love it and totally worth a gander https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/ . They also make their own version of photoshop, but I haven't tried it, though I've heard positive things.

[mrtoontastic]

I used to use PaintToolSai for a very long time. And while I had some issues with it, it was pretty reliable with what I could do, but never always with what I wanted to do. Nowadays, I use ClipStudioPaint, and now all of the things I ever wanted AND an increased improvement to my current style actually could actually come true. There's alot I hadn't even tackled yet, and I'm always eager to test something new whenever I open the program. And I don't even have Clip Studio Paint EX, and I hear that's the most complete version.

I will admit. There were a few little instances that Sai made easier than Paint, but they're minor issues thankfully.

[afuji]

I think I'm like some others here, back in the day I started digital with Open Canvas, then moved on to Paint Tool SAI then am currently at Clip Studio Paint. Sometimes I use Photoshop but not as often for drawing (though II wish the text editor was as good on CSP )

[margodraws]

Agreed; I love Clip Studio but the text tool is pretty basic. It does what I need it to do for now, but I with they'd add more features!