


Least favorites: the astonishing amount of settings for the brushes may let begginers scared at first, it still lacks some pratical features due the fact this program is developed by one person, bugs may take months to be solved due the same reason, the updates for new features also take months to come. Paintstorm Studio favorites: nice engine that allows the artist to go from anime to realistic styles(basically a program that can be SAI and Painter at the same time), many options, heavily customizable UI(from color of each drawer to individual scale and size of each of them), have a scratchpad just like sai(I love it), organized color library, cheap, dynamic interface controls. Now other programs that was not mentioned by you: Least favorite: the amount of options can overwhelm, mobile only offers montly/yearly payment. There was in the past heavy workarounds to use on Mac but nothing can be done to make this software usable on iPad.įavorite: complete program, very nice and advanced features for illustration that compete to PS, also easy to learn if you are not a dummy(lol), immense library of assets where you can get brushes, 3D models, textures and many more stuff from. SAI is not available to any of Apple devices, I must say. Least favorite: extra limited color editing, texture engine is primitive, can't import brushes directly, brush export is impossible or it need a lot of workarounds by hand, text feature is miserable. There's a desktop version of MediBang too, in case you ever move to desktop.įavorite: clear UI, easy to find everything, easy and fast to learn, ultra light. If you want something similar to SAI but mobile-friendly and beginner-friendly try MediBang.

Part I dislike? In theory, you can make custom brushes in SAI for SAI, thing is: SAI isn't able to export the brush file you made in a way that is functional because of the color modes of the saved files (color modes you cannot change as far as I know), you have to export the file with the file extension of a brush file, open it in Photoshop/ (or any image editing program that has an option to modify the color modes for files), save a new version of the file and place that one in the brush folder.Īlso, is there even a ipad/mobile version of SAI? never heard or seen one.

Favorite part? Blending modes, they seem more vibrant than the ones in Photoshop (you can replicate the same effect in PS but it requires some color theory and multiple coloring attempts)
