>>7694948
>2.Krita
Despite being developed since like 1999 Krita has really only become a popular option in the last 6-7 years. It's come a long way from when I started using it back in 2013. The best at realistic brush textures and most affordable way into getting started with animation. Krita is considered to be a difficult and confusing program to use but My advice for for that is to remove all panels and windows you don't actually use and change the shortcuts. Make software conform to you, do not conform to software. It's 100% free so even if you decide on something else there's really no reason not to have Krita on your hard drive.

>3.Clip Studio Paint
THE most popular drawing program for the last 10 years.
Has the most brushes, tutorials, and even 3D models built right inside. used by professional mangaka and animators, If you're ever stuck, you'll always find an answer to your problem. CSP's large community is probably the best thing it has going for it. The second best thing is how customizable the UI is, you can turn almost any button into a shortcut or modifier key, have buttons for filters or specific actions like the color of lineart with 1 button, or even recording repetitive tasks and being able to replay them over and over. In a competition of efficiency Clip is definitely king. It is however also the king of having the most confused subscription model and upgrade system.

When you need a whole ass flowchart for how to purchase a license, you know something here is fucked up. And when it comes to price CSP can range anywhere from 20 to 258 USD depending on what version you're buying, with EX being the flagship top of the line product. It does go on sale at least once a season so don't buy it until then, and skip every other version because you will not get all the updates unless you pay for the monthly plan. You have been warned.