Free Drawing Software

Do you remember the coloring books? It was pretty amusing playing with colored pencils and bring up to life tale’s characters or cartoons. We were so proud of ourselves when we first draw a tree or a house. Nowadays, if you are drawing on a piece of paper you are out of fashion, because many companies offer a wide rage of products that can help you to draw on your computer. Some of them can be purchased, but others are offered as free software online.

One of this free software is the Gimp. Similarly to Photoshop this offers a large category of features. However you should be advised that drawing with the mouse is rather difficult and the drawings would have an awkward shape, so for more precision you should use a tablet. In addition, DrawPlus is easy to use free software, with an attractive graphic interface. What you should know is that the drawings you make seem realistic because brushes have a large number of textures. Besides after drawing you could add many effects to your workings.

Furthermore, for those who do not use drawing for technical processes, InkScape is a good solution. It has a well-organized interface and in case you cannot handle the program you will receive as well some help messages in the right corner of the screen. If you consider that you need even more help you can find series of tutorials that use images in order to explain how the program works.

Architecture or fun?
Moreover, Inkscape does not slow down your computer’s capacity of working; you can use this free software and in the same time listen to music, chat and even open three or four Internet pages. However you should be warned that this free software have its limits, for instance it does not support ESP format and sometimes it is just blocking, so pay attention to your work, just press often the save button.

ArtRage is designed for both Windows and Mac users, more than that even if you posses I- pad you could use this art related drawing software. You will learn using it in no time, because of its good-looking interface. It is using lots of instruments specially designed for real painting: pen, pencils or crayons of every kind. The worst part of these programs is that it uses only a limited set of features, if you want unlimited features and permanent upgrade purchase the full edition.

Finally, there is a program designed for those you work as architects. This drawing software is called Sketchup. You can build houses and furnish them. The program offers a unique perspective due to the fact that, while you draw you can see your creation on 3D. Create modern spaces with any kind of architecture, but not colored. You may notice this has a main outdraw: the basic color is gray and you can spice up your picture using either orange or blue. If you are not keen on design or architecture you may find this program boring and hard to use.