Adobe photoshop or illustrator?

[it means no worries]

Hi guys, im starting to do digital fan art and am struggling alot with MS paint and ive decided that i could do with some new software, ive heard good things about photoshop and illustrator, ive heard that photoshop is better for colours but illustrator is easier for mouse users and things like that but id really appreciate your views.
Anyway please can you vote and give a reason for your choice in the comments?

[DGFone]

If you are not sure, I would go with GIMP for one simple reason: It's free. Much less to lose when you try out a free program and decide that you don't like it, (and if you are going there after MS Paint, it's a pure upgrade as well), just uninstall and done.

Compare that to dropping several hundred dollars on a program. Sure, there are the trials that let you try it, but do to things like learning curves and all that, I find that the time period offered in these free trials tends to not be enough to decide properly.

[NalasSon]

I agree with DGFone. I started with GIMP and worked my way up to using Photoshop for my fan art.

[it means no worries]

thanks guys ill give GIMP a go then!

[Carl]

Honestly, I tried GIMP and could not figure it out for the life of me; seeing as it's free, yeah, go ahead and try it if you'd like. I've also heard that Paint Tool SAI is free, but I'm not sure about it. I learned Photoshop for school, but I didn't have to pay for it. If I had, I wouldn't use it. But Illustrator is not that good for drawing really. I learned it in school too and Photoshop is leaps and bounds better than Illustrator; besides just the colours, and this is coming from someone who does their digital art with the mousepad on a laptop...

But yeah, give GIMP a go, see what you think. Maybe investigate SAI, find out if it really is free, give it a try if it is. In the end it's personal preference, but you obviously wanna try what's free first.

[Jammy]

I agree, go with Gimp, but if you ever are in a place to try photoshop and illustrator, I definitely would! I know my school supplies it for us, so that's nice. I also just got Manga Studio, which was only $25, a lot cheaper than Adobe products. I haven't been able to use it too much yet, but now that it's summer, I'm going to have a lot of fun with it! It has good brush stabilization, so it should be good for mouse users.

As for Photoshop and Illustrator, it's really a style preference.
With Photoshop, you can make something more like this: http://veszely.deviantart.com/art/Upendi-526608722
It looks more painterly as opposed to Illustrator, which uses vector imaging. It allows you to make very smooth shapes, I find it very fun to do! Here's some Illustrator stuff: http://veszely.deviantart.com/art/Moral ... -525599769 http://veszely.deviantart.com/art/Bored-Cubs-520266613

Both are fun, but they get very different results! Good luck! :3

[it means no worries]

^Thanks!

[Timon the great]

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