The Best Apps for Graphic Artists in 2020

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Best for Getting Started: MediaBang Paint

For those just getting started with digital art creation, many tools can seem overwhelming, with dozens of icons and seemingly-endless customization options. This is not the case with MediaBang Paint, a multi-platform app that's lightweight and easy to use, while still being powerful enough to create professional-looking results.

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MediaBang Paint is particularly popular with manga and comic creators, with features designed specifically for them like easy panel slicing and multi-page management. It's appropriate for all kinds of graphic artists, though, with more than enough brushes and fonts to get you started, and plenty of tutorials available in both video and article form.

Available on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, cloud syncing is built-in, so you can finish working on one device and seamlessly pick it up on another. This is a feature that's rarely found in even highly-priced professional art software, never mind a free ad-supported app like this.

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Best for Powerful Features: Corel Painter

As a more affordable version of Adobe Photoshop and with a stronger focus on the needs of digital artists, the popular Corel Painter app is like a well-stocked artist's studio without the mess. With textured surfaces, brushes, and tools, you can mimic painting and drawing with chalk, pastels, watercolors, oils, and many other materials.


Tools like stamps and pattern pens help speed up the creative process, while realistic features like watercolor bleed and absorption help ensure a gorgeous end result. Oil and other thick paints are particularly impressive, with the ability to layer, scrape, and mix as if you had a real palette in front of you.

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While its strong suit is its artistic toolset, Painter also offers features for photo enhancement, graphics creation, animation, and text design. Available on Windows and macOS, Corel offers a 30-day free trial of Painter if you want to ensure it's right for you, along with a cut-down, low-cost Essentials version to get you started.

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Best for Comics and Manga: Clip Studio Paint Ex

If your artistic focus leans more towards comics and manga art rather than whimsical watercolors, take a close look at Clip Studio Paint. Developed in Japan and available in two versions — Paint and Ex, the former has all the features you'll need for creating individual static images, while the Ex version adds proper animation support, conversion of 3D models into line art, and multi-page projects.

Tools like vector-based word balloons (with customizable tails) make comic and manga creation easier, with advanced pressure detection ensuring more natural, realistic pen strokes when combined with a tablet and stylus. That's the best way to use the software, although it's not absolutely essential.

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Used by over seven million creators on macOS, Windows, and iPad, Clip Studio includes access to a vast library of freely-downloadable content, including brushes, 3D models, and more.