Hi guys!

I think that some of you would like to start doing art and design work on your computer, but you do not know what are the tools do you need. Isn't it?

Therefore i decided to present you short but very useful list of painting software for artists and designers.

These are a few cheapest and essential programs that every painting lover can have. These programs have many functions which give very similar results as PSD and it costs a lot less. So, you don't need Photoshop to get started with  art.

OpenCanvas

Capabilities the programme:

Open Canvas is a graphic editor that that enables wide range of demands from beginners to advanced users. OC provides its unique "Event" function. You can create an illustration and make animation of your drawing procedure. Its compatibile to PSD format.

Price about US$ 59.00

Free Trial Version

The trial period with full function will be 120 days from the first start-up.

See the OpenCanvas Developer page for more additional information and download of this program.

Paint Tool Sai

Capabilities the programme:

Paint Tool 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.

Price about US$ 69.00

Free Trial Version

This software has 31 days trial period.

See the Paint Tool Sai page for additional information and  download of this program.

MangaLabo

Capabilities the programme:

Comic creators will appreciate the function of stacking frames, ease of adding new images and customize their size, the ability to attach text objects, allowing you to edit descriptions and dialogues as well as the function of 3D perspective through which to draw the background becomes a very simple task. With Snap you can easily add lines to emphasize a motion or emotion of the character. The program also allows you to draw on the grid and create images composed of pixels.

Price about US$ 50.00

Free Trial Version

Trial version has some functional limits. Click here for downloading and more information about trial version.

See the MangaLabo page for additional information and  purchase of this program. 

Note

There's an update of MangaLabo. The company  markets it under the new name, "ComiLaboPlus".Now available in 64 bit  but It's  in Japanese only,

Hope that you found something for you. Thanks for watching and see you soon! Cheers.