Which is the Best Drawing Software for Beginner Designers Now?

There is plenty of drawings software and apps I like. But the one I use for years is Sketchbook Pro.
In term of drawing, that software is a lot better than Photoshop.
I enjoyed the dynamics and natural lines that Sketchbook Pro provide. It’s a very light software, so it doesn’t lagg.
You can easily find it any platform – Ipad, Android, Windows 8.

I traditionally draw on Sketchook Pro, then I export to Photoshop to add colours and textures.
Example:

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From Sketchbook Pro sketch to Photoshop colour rendering

Autodesk Sketchbook Pro – Interface

You can download a light and free version of Sketchbook here:

The step by step method on the link below
4 Simple steps From sketching to Photoshop rendering

What’s your favourite drawing software ?
Tell me in the comment below.

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Sayuri Jaira says:

July 16, 2023 at 6:33 pm

Depends what you want to do. Krita is for digital art, gimp for image manipulation and inkscape for vector drawing.
https://pctechtest.com/20-best-digital-art-drawing-software

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Banga Anan says:

May 27, 2022 at 9:50 am

Thanks for sharing!
But Sketchbook is not free anymore for Windows and Mac OS. I use Krita for sketching and it’s imho hands down the best free option out there… I have a XP-Pen Artist 12 (2nd Generation) drawing display and its perfect with Krita.

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- Chou-Tac says:
  
  June 2, 2022 at 6:41 pm
  
  Oh yeah, it’s not free anymore. It’s about 20$.
  I remember seeing a post from them on Facebook about new tools!
  
  I am actually pretty excited about this and will dig further and see.
  
  Thank you for the update Banga. :)
  
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