Btw..Corel Painter; It's sorta like Photoshop in the way that creating something that looks like its been done with Traditional media (real paintbrushes on real canvas, etc), nothing is better than Painter.

BUT...the drawbacks with Painter is that it is very expensive and to really master custom brushes, its a very steep learning curve (but it does have some very nice "out of the box" brushes)

Imo...the best and least expensive (retail) alternative to Painter is "Artrage". It's less complex and still can do a great job of traditional media simulation. And, it only costs $60 USD compared to Painters $350 USD.

http://www.artrage.com

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