![]() This ‘Lagoon’ is menu-like feature that gives you access you to all the features and sub-menus SB has to offer. All there is, is a ‘Lagoon’ that resides in the bottom left corner of the screen. Shooting up Sketchbook (SB), you arepresented with a completely minimalistic interface – pitch-blank unlike usual softwares, it reminded me of the classic MSPaint. But since these specific softwares are intended for the core creative artists who don’t want to spend ages learning different tools and options, they must be user friendly, and easy to figure out. If the GUI doesn’t feel great for you, then you might want to try something else (But yes, you can get used to any GUI). One of the things that matters to me most, especially when it comes to media creation softwares, is the GUI. Its one thing that can shoo away potential users from using the ‘losing’ software, when it actually may be a good piece.įor the record the versions I’ve used during the review are Sketchbook 2010 and ArtRage 2.5. I will not be putting up points for the winning software or anything, since I think that’s the most terribly lamest thing you can do. So, I decided to share my sightings and my experiences from both to help you decide which one might work for you, in the form of this review. And I found two great contenders Īutodesk’s Sketchbook Pro, been using this for quite a while, and Ambient Design’s ArtRage, something that I’ve heard of a lot, but never used, until now.I pitted both against each other, not to see which one had more features or which one was better than the other, but to decide which one worked better for me both has its own share of advantages and disadvantages. Hence, I searched around for some stuff that’s much more easier, yet something that has the potential to give satisfying results. Even free stuff like Gimp Paint Studio nor MyPaint comes close to giving you complete creative freedom (MyPaint is pretty good and looks very promising, but still has a long way to go) and flexibility that you’d like to have. Honestly, I never really liked using either to paint they never plugged any sort of inspiration to actually finish a painting, mainly due to their interface, complexity and the learning curve. In a sense, you have to go through a lot of learning to actually initiate anything worthwhile. Even though they are the big names when it comes to media creation, they are almost actually unfriendly. Ask someone which software you’d like to use to paint, and you’d get the names of the obvious kings, like Corel Painter or Photoshop, tossed around. The thing I dislike most about Digital art, is how much a software can actually stop you from doing what you wanted it to do. Although there are a lot more advantages than disadvantages when going the Digital way, there is one thing that may actually limit your creativity Software. It never gets boring painting on the screen you can keep it coming on and on- whether its just a conceptual sketch of the character design you wanted to do, or a fully fledged texture painted scene, filled to the brim with emotion and a little story. Unlike in reality, you don’t need to keep track of the number of papers you’ve wasted on your last sketching marathon, or worry about the increasingly vanishing coloring material. ![]() I am an avid Digital painting fan, and I just love, spending my time twiddling the Wacom Pen, watching the results appear on screen.
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