Don't have to deal with accidental skin exposure to all of those paints containing toxic metals.Ĭonvenient af. There are many people sensitive to fumes, knew an artist who even switch to egg tempera because of it. You can put out as much paint as you want without holding back.Ī lot safer. How about you drop the archaic mentality? It's 2020, turns out people can be paid for just having the skill to digitally paint as oppose to getting paid for a finished physical work. Even though it's more famous for its realistic watercolours it does also have a set of Acrylic brush tools that function in a similar way to Oil brushes in other software.Ĭritical reading skills much? OP literally starts out saying that they "recently started painting with oils" so yes they are doing the "real" thing. The big downside I have with it is the way that different brush types require separate layers which stops the "paint" from mixing.Īnd one that hasn't been mentioned much is Rebelle. Painter has the largest variety of brushes for this kind of thing with options that go from simple digital brushes with a painterly look to full-on, thick-paint simulations with impressive impasto effects.
Also that interface is very clunky to use but all free software is worth trying out. Verve has an amazing fluid simulation system but it is more dependent on hardware and can be slow on older machines. Personally I prefer ArtRage because, as well as the brushes, it also has some wonderfully expressive blending options with the palette knife. There are a few digital apps that replicate not just oil but several types of traditional mediums. As the program versions download separately you also have the freedom to trial new versions before you decide if they're worth the upgrade.
They do have a free trial with all features iirc so you could always look for an older license/boxed copy if you end up liking it and upgrade whenever. You are also under no obligation to upgrade, I'm still on 2019 and probably won't upgrade to 2021 until next year before the release of 2022. 2021 has only just released so there will probably be a decent Christmas sale. The upside of it is once you own the program its cheaper to upgrade to the newer version and they run a lot of sales throughout the year which drops the cost to about 50‰ so it's definitely worth waiting for one. There's lots of resources out there though. I find it very intuitive but I've heard others find it quirky, and while you can get on and start painting right away there's then a bit of a learning curve to step up and really take advantage of all its features. Painter is expensive (that initial purchase is pain) but it is hands down my favourite painting program, although I haven't tried a couple of the other suggestions in this thread which I definitely will do.
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