This has been asked many times.I use every software available in my armory to get the desired results.Be it photoshop,Illustrator,sketchbook pro,3ds max,blender and after effects.
3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Photoshop and looking into Modo now. It's really cheap considering what you get. I'm evaluating it at work right now, so it'll be really exciting to see what one can do with it. So far I'm rather impressed.
I dont have a wacom and i really miss it when i draw characters.I think intuos is the way to go.I will go for the intuos the large one when i have the money.
If you want something free GIMP Sumo paint and inkscape
are the best to go
If you want to pay Adobe illustrator and Adobe photoshop are probably the best out there. If you are a student, you can get a student version which gives you a HUGE discount for the same software
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Hope that helps
Kipper
@oldKipper: I saw doink on the app store, but there were a lot of animation apps to choose from. Have you tried any of the others?
GIMP
Sumo paint
and inkscape
are the best to go
If you want to pay Adobe illustrator and Adobe photoshop are probably the best out there. If you are a student, you can get a student version which gives you a HUGE discount for the same software
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