So I recently got ahold of Manga Studio 5 on a really awesome flash sale deal.. I'd heard a lot of good things about it and I thought I'd give it a try, learn how everything works in the program.. and then this fell out of my headspace. I'm not sorry ;3

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Gonna take a moment to go on about Manga Studio 5, it seems like it's not well known or in common use, and could use a signal boost x3
I really love everything about the program. It's easily replaced my former love for Sai. (Sorry, Sai. I'm leaving you for an art program who tends to ALL my needs u_u )

MS5 is like.. if Photoshop and Sai had a sweet sweet lovebaby and gave it a really dumb name.

Everything you love from both programs, and fixes how Sai didn't have enough technical features (or updates for all those lovely little bugs) and Photoshop didn't have enough paint-like or really artistic features. BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, MAN. PLUS, they have a 3D feature in the program that you can pose 3D models for reference. It has everything you could ever want in an art program.. it's so beautiful T^T

It's really cheap on Amazon, too! ~$30 is not bad at all.
http://www.amazon.com/Smith-Micro-Software-Inc-ALA31002327/dp/B00ANH074Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391291485&sr=8-1&keywords=manga+studio+5

Side note, don't bother with older versions. Anything before MS5 is a drastically different program and really not worth it.

I can't express enough how amazing this art program is. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys creating digital art, all skill levels. If you've used Sai or Photoshop before, the learning curve isn't too bad as they all share a lot of similarities. If you'd be completely new, that's fine too, there's tons of resources provided to help people learn the program http://manga.smithmicro.com/tutoria.....wFeatures.html

SO TRY IT OUT ALREADY