How
cool is it that we’ve found 11 Free Drawing Software? Now you can paint
and draw online for free with one of these best paint apps!
In
this age of wildly developing technology, digital art and tools for
creating it have become a huge part of our lives. However, the most
basic thing that we need to execute digital art is the software. Artists
can move mountains with the help of the right software!
But the first thing that can come to mind when you think about drawing software is – how expensive that will be?
Fortunately,
there actually are quite a lot of free apps with a wide selection of
features, from the simplest ones to the professional ones. We have
prepared a guide dedicated to the best and most popular drawing apps to
help you choose the one that you like the most.
Note:
They are not ranked in any particular order! Each person will find their fav
My fav are the downloadable ones!
The app I use for creating art is Procreate App and it’s not on this list as it’s not free, but a very affordable option for those who are ready to step it up.
And here are 12 Cheap Drawing Tablets if you are looking for one
5 Free Browser-Based Drawing Apps
Sketchpad
Sketchpadis
a browser-based drawing app and image editor. It’s absolutely free if
you’re using it online, but you can also purchase an offline desktop
version of it for just a few dollars. Sketchpad has got an impressive
lot of features, including layers, history, and gradients, and it allows
you to do almost everything.
It’s quite simple to use, and
saving your artwork is also a very easy task – you can do it in just a
couple of clicks. The app will save your work in PNG. Sketchpad is also
compatible with Google Classroom and can be used as a cool addition to
the learning process.
The Sketchpad website offers you a full
guide on how to use each one of its features. There is also a backup
option for your drawings so that you won’t lose them in case of
emergency. Probably the only issue that can be named is that Sketchpad
doesn’t support pen pressure sensitivity at the moment, but the
developers are working on it.
SumoPaint
To unlock the full potential of SumoPaint,
you’ll have to create an account. But this would be absolutely worth
it. It’s a fully-featured cloud-based painting and image editing app,
almost like a browser version of Adobe Photoshop with its many various
features.
Among all of the tools, basic and more advanced, you’ll
find layers, blending modes, blur, various image adjustments, and
filters. You can edit the images’ contrast, brightness, color balance,
saturation, and more. The images can be saved as PNG or JPG files, or as
a special format file that you can later open in SumoPaint and continue
working on it.
SumoPaint also has a huge community of artists
who share their artwork. A curious thing is that you can allow
“remixing” your drawing if you post it there, which means that others
will be able to do their versions of your work. The app can be embedded
into your own website.
DeviantArt Muro
You will need a DeviantArt account to use DevianArt Muro.
But it’s easy to create, and you can post your completed drawings or
speedpaints right then and there, receiving feedback. And if you already
have an account, it would be a crime not to try out this app.
You
will also require a Sta.sh account for your drawings to be
automatically saved there. It’s a little bit more work, but your data
will be safe. If that annoys you too much, then DeviantArt Muro might
not be the best option for you.
The app itself can be used both
for hobbyist doodles and for professional drawings. It offers you
layers, filters, brightness and contrast adjusting, as well as a
selection of customizable brushes. Another cool feature is that you can
save your image not only as PNG (or to your Sta.sh account) but as
layers too.
AWW
A Web Whiteboard,
AWW for short, is exactly what it sounds like. It’s more of an online
whiteboard rather than an app that’s made specifically for drawing. Yet,
it’s useful for collaborations with several people that can use
completely different devices, and it can be used for brainstorming,
presentations, or just for fun.
It has a very minimalistic
interface that is really easy to use, so no one would have any questions
or difficulties along the way. But as cool as it is, it also limits the
possibilities and functions that this app offers. It only features a
few colors, a couple of pencil sizes, text tool, and eraser tool.
To
invite other people to collaborate via AWW, you only need to send them a
link to your drawing board. The drawings that you made alone or with
them can be saved in PNG and easily shared. This app can also be
embedded on your own website.
Flock Draw
Flock Draw
is an app that’s more complicated than AWW. It’s collaborative as well
but made specifically for drawing. The selection of features is still
quite limited, but not as poor as it was in the previous example. You
can use it for drawing with other people in real-time or creating your
art on your own.
The features include shapes, text tool, lines, a
brush tool with customizable size, and a provided color palette. Pretty
much like the older versions of good old MS Paint, but with the option
to invite your friends to draw with you. The drawings can be saved to
the gallery or shared via your social media or URL.
Flock Draw
also has an iOS app that you can download to keep having fun with your
friends on your other devices. Or just to “dance with yourself” and your
drawing process not in the browser version.
6 Free Downloadable Drawing Apps
Adobe Illustrator Draw (compatible with iOS, Android)
Adobe
Illustrator Draw works with vector graphics, therefore it’s ideal for
illustrators and designers. Vector art looks clean and perfectly
seamless no matter what, but it requires more time to get used to
creating it quickly.
This app has an intuitive interface that is
easy to understand and use, it’ll take very little of your time to learn
where to find the necessary features. The gesture mechanics are ideal
for a mobile (or tablet) app and make your working process so much
easier. You can draw on top of an uploaded picture, alter the brushes’
features, track your recently used colors with “color history”, and do
many other things in the app.
As it’s usually done with every
Adobe product, Adobe Illustrator Draw provides you with tech support and
regular updates. A share feature will allow you to share your creation
within the Adobe Illustrator Draw users’ community and receive feedback.
You can download it here.
Autodesk Sketchbook (compatible with Windows, Mac, iOS, Android)
Autodesk
Sketchbook is completely free for individual usage, however, if you
need a corporate license, it’ll require payment. It’s the app for
(obviously) sketches, but you can also do complete drawings in it
without any problems. Therefore, it can be useful for all kinds of
artists, as well as for designers.
Autodesk Sketchbook responds
amazingly well to stylus strokes and has an intuitive,
easy-to-understand user interface with icons that clearly represent the
functions that they’re responsible for. The buttons don’t distract you
from working and don’t take up a lot of your working space. The app
supports layers that can even be exported in PSD format (among many
other formats that you can export in).
This app doesn’t cover
every possible graphics editing function, concentrating specifically on
drawing instead, but that’s what makes it versatile for drawing. You can
create small detailed illustrations, zooming smoothly and easily, or
large landscape digital paintings made with big blurry brushes. Or
anything in between.
You can download it here.
Infinite Painter (compatible with iOS, Android)
Infinite
Painter isn’t an entirely free app, but it has enough features even
without the paid ones. You can do anything from sketches and doodles to
large full-on paintings with backgrounds.
The features of
Infinite Painter are almost the same as in any art software, and despite
them all, the app successfully manages not to make your user experience
a complete mess. You can change the brush size or opacity with a finger
swipe, which is extremely convenient and time-saving, helping you make
your creative process more optimized.
The negative side of this
app is its bugs, which can be annoying and interfere with the working
process. But if your device has enough RAM, you can test out this app’s
awesome features. It’s a really cool mobile drawing app.
You can download it here.
Krita (compatible with Windows, Mac, Linux)
Krita
is a professional and open-source drawing program that is completely
free. It was made by artists and for artists, and it’s perfectly
suitable for everyday professional use. It’s best to use Krita for
illustrations, matte and texture painting, concept art, animation,
comics, and VFX industry.
Another amazing thing about Krita is
that it has a large online community of artists who use the program and
share their work. It also offers lots of free tutorials and educational
materials on how to get the maximum out of Krita’s features and how to
grow as an artist. The materials are offered in several different
languages.
Its design is mostly meant for graphic tablet users;
however, you can use it any other way you prefer. You may have to spend
some time getting used to the button combinations. But in the end, it
will make your drawing process optimized and effective.
You can download it here.
MediBang Paint (compatible with Windows, Mac, iOS, iPad, Android)
As
you can see, MediBang Paint is available on almost every kind of
device. It rightfully takes its place among the best drawing apps that
exist out there. It’s good to use for design, painting, sketching, but
it’s the best to use for manga and comic art (which it was essentially
created for).
MediBang Paint’s interface is very minimalistic,
straightforward, and easy to understand. Its layout allows the vast
majority of space to be given to the canvas itself, which can be crucial
on small devices. Along with lots of tools and effects for professional
drawing, the app features a wide selection of brushes and various
materials, as well as pre-installed fonts for your manga or comics.
To
access all of MediBang Paint’s features, you’ll have to create an
account, but don’t let these few clicks stop you from having that mighty
tool for creating art. It also features cloud sharing for collaborating
with other artists.
You can download it here.
GIMP (compatible with Linux, Mac, Windows)
Gnu
Image Manipulation Program, mostly known as GIMP, is an open-source
image editor and drawing app. You can edit its source code and
distribute your changes, as well as enhance your own productivity with
the customization options and third-party plugins that are easily
installed. Due to this fact, the interface can be a little cluttered,
but if that doesn’t scare you, you should definitely try this app out.
Its
set of features can be compared to the famous Adobe Photoshop, both in
drawing and image manipulating. The tools vary from basic to more
advanced, among which are layers, customizable brushes of all sorts,
filters, and automatic tools for image enhancement. GIMP can be used
equally gladly by photographers, designers, and artists of all kinds.
GIMP
has a very passionate community, therefore you can find all sorts of
plugins and tutorials online. All bugs are fixed very quickly, and the
app is constantly developing, adding more useful features and more fun
to your user experience.
You can download it here.
As
you can see, free apps aren’t any worse than the paid ones. In fact,
some of them can be even better because of their communities,
developers, and affordability.
It’s always good to try out
several apps before you find what works best for you. And if the apps
are free, it’s even easier to do. We can only describe several features
of the apps, but it’s always up to you what to choose.
So, don’t let anything limit your creativity and imagination!
Find your perfect app and may the Force be with you.
source: YOUR ART PATH