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Hey everybody! I’m kind of looking for the best platform for digital art and not that high-tech Robotech thing everyone thinks of when high-tech is mentioned. I’m talking about using the digital technology to create stuff like Van Gogh, probably some Monet, the main thing here is not only to create a nice drawing but also work on the texture to make it seem non-digital.

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wanted a Van Gogh/Monet feel with convincing texture. rightly pointed out there is no single "master painter in a box," and warned that some packages feel too limiting for complex work. The practical route is to treat the problem as three separate challenges: believable brush behavior, physical texture (impasto/canvas), and—only if needed—true 3D depth.

A compact workflow to try immediately:

  1. Rough underpainting: block shapes and color relationships with low-opacity strokes. Keep strokes directional; that builds the painterly look.
  2. Use a brush engine that supports pressure, tilt and texture maps. Make or tweak brushes so spacing, scatter and bristle shape vary with pressure.
  3. Build impasto on separate layers: paint thick highlights and shadows on a top “thick paint” layer, then apply a subtle displacement or canvas-normal map to suggest depth.
  4. For real depth, sculpt a coarse surface in a 3D app, bake displacement/normal maps, and paint textures in a 3D painter so strokes wrap geometry naturally.
  5. Finish by compositing scanned/photographed brush textures at low opacity, adding film grain and a mild overall color grade.

Troubleshooting tips: if strokes look too smooth, increase brush spacing jitter and add tiny texture noise to the brush alpha. If paint feels flat, introduce local directional lighting (sharp highlights and soft rim shadows) and increase canvas bump intensity at high DPI. For hardware, use a pressure+tilt pen display or tablet for the most natural result.

This keeps the creative control digital while preserving tactile, non-digital texture.

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Member Avatar for MidiMagic

You want a master painter in a box?

Try some of the image effects in Corel Draw and Corel PhotoPaint.

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can I do 3d with Coral Draw or Corel PhotoPanit、

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can I do 3d with Coral Draw or Corel PhotoPanit、

If you are going to do something as complex as that then I tell you you are going to find CD & CP too restricting.

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hi
so what is the best program for me?
thanks

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For vector art choose Adobe Illustrator and for other kinds of graphic works go for Adobe Photoshop.

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thanks

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