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I've always found Photoshop difficult to draw in, and haven't really enjoyed drawing on a computer since Deluxe Paint. However, Inkscape (a program that I've no

I've always found Photoshop difficult to draw in, and haven't really enjoyed drawing on a computer since Deluxe Paint. However, Inkscape (a program that I've not seen before) looks great, and I will be trying out the tutorial. Thanks. I'm also tempted to say we should all post our helicopter drawings!

dsirijus 14y ago
To be fair, comparison between Inkscape and Photoshop is not really an appropriate one, as one is a raster and other vector based tool. It's usually Gimp vs Photoshop and Inkscape vs Illustrator.
p0nce 14y ago
Maybe try BlackInk http://www.bleank.com/BlackInk-a115.html http://www.bleank.com/BlackInk-a115.html
vidarh 14y ago
Same here with Deluxe Paint, though having used Inkscape they are of course nothing alike. Vector graphics is well and fine for some things, and Inkscape is a great app for that, but personally I like the pixels... Grafx2 is another alternative if you liked Deluxe Paint. I really miss the simple elegance in Deluxe Paint (of course I can run it in UAE, but I recently went through about 30+ packages in the Android market trying to find a tolerable paint app for Android, and they all failed spectacularly when I compared them to my minimum "equivalence with Deluxe Paint" metric (proper zoom being the biggest one, which is a bizarre thing to do badly on a platform where most users will have tiny screens), but it's the same on Linux. GrafX2 is reasonably close in terms of functionality but the UI is very cluttered.
- bitwize 14y ago
  Pixelesque is the standard-bearer on Android. If you're looking for the zoom, try pinch-to-zoom gestures.
bitwize 14y ago
You might like Grafx2, an open source Deluxe Paint-like program. Full disclosure: I am a sometimes contributor. :)
Pent 14y ago
I'm a big fan of sketching in Painttool SAI, it feels much easier to use than Photoshop http://www.systemax.jp/en/sai/ http://www.systemax.jp/en/sai/

dsirijus 14y ago

To be fair, comparison between Inkscape and Photoshop is not really an appropriate one, as one is a raster and other vector based tool. It's usually Gimp vs Photoshop and Inkscape vs Illustrator.

p0nce 14y ago

Maybe try BlackInk http://www.bleank.com/BlackInk-a115.html http://www.bleank.com/BlackInk-a115.html

vidarh 14y ago

Same here with Deluxe Paint, though having used Inkscape they are of course nothing alike. Vector graphics is well and fine for some things, and Inkscape is a great app for that, but personally I like the pixels... Grafx2 is another alternative if you liked Deluxe Paint. I really miss the simple elegance in Deluxe Paint (of course I can run it in UAE, but I recently went through about 30+ packages in the Android market trying to find a tolerable paint app for Android, and they all failed spectacularly when I compared them to my minimum "equivalence with Deluxe Paint" metric (proper zoom being the biggest one, which is a bizarre thing to do badly on a platform where most users will have tiny screens), but it's the same on Linux. GrafX2 is reasonably close in terms of functionality but the UI is very cluttered.

bitwize 14y ago
Pixelesque is the standard-bearer on Android. If you're looking for the zoom, try pinch-to-zoom gestures.

bitwize 14y ago

You might like Grafx2, an open source Deluxe Paint-like program. Full disclosure: I am a sometimes contributor. :)

Pent 14y ago

I'm a big fan of sketching in Painttool SAI, it feels much easier to use than Photoshop http://www.systemax.jp/en/sai/ http://www.systemax.jp/en/sai/