I currently have Clip Studio Paint Pro but it seems that no or few CW artists use that, which means I can't get much advice or help on the subject - which is annoying when dealing with rejections for things like my linework/brushes and apparent resizing issues. So I'm looking for other, better art programs to draw CWs on. Preferably ones that are cheap or even free.

EDIT: Shout out to who just gave me SAI for free, the absolute legend.

I use Photoshop, and I think there's an older free version out there somewhere ? Have you by chance looked at tutorials on your program ? Some people swear by it, and also say it's better than Photoshop. Some quick things I saw upon searching (a program I don't use or understand, aha), are: Making sure the dpi isn't high (300 is good) Check the anti aliasing is right (0 I think ?) Vector layers are more recommended over rasters

Again, this was a quick look up for a program I don't use. I tend to look things up for Photoshop a lot when something is amiss so that I can get advice on specific things by people that really know it.

I'm not sure what the DPI is but the automatic setting image resolution setting seems to be 72 px.

I'm not presently a CW artist, but I'm definitely interested to hear what programs everyone is using. I have FireAlpaca and have considered trying my hand at CWs, but don't know if it's well suited to this sort of thing or not. :0 I'm not invested enough in the idea to pay for and learn a whole new art program at the moment, but if I do end up dabbling it might be good to know beforehand if the program I have will work out, haha~ Anyone using/used FA for CWs successfully in the past?