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Seriously. The stuff we use at work, Linux and SLURM and ten thousand system libraries... yeah, that's all made by professionals paid to solve boring professional problems.
But basically all the FOSS I use outside of work is developed and maintained by hobbyists. Nobody's writing Forbes articles about Betaflight or MyPaint.
It's rather simple to use. Should be doable for your little one.
I got lucky on Ebay and got a rather old Wacom Intuos 2 (I think over 10 years old), but the drawing area is really big (bigger than DIN A4), works 100% fine, has all the features of newer tablets and only cost me 10 bucks. Maybe you could look out for something like this. It's nice to be able to make strong and long strokes.
For those interested in taking a stab at art like this without MS Paint's limitations, MyPaint is a lovely free open-source tool meant for digital painting.
Very nice with a tablet, still good with a mouse.. hell, I've even gotten comparatively nice things out of it with the crappy touchpad on my netbook.
Try FireAlpaca! It's lightweight and easy to understand and more illustration/drawing oriented so you won't get all the functions of PS. MyPaint is also good because it lets you have an infinite canvas but it also allows layers. The only downside is that it's mainly to just draw and that it can get quite slow as the canvas gets bigger and bigger. Autodesk Sketchbook is free now on tablet if I remember correctly and it very much emulates the traditional drawing aspect more.
Hope this helps and good luck!
My Wacom Intuos Draw arrived today.
It's the first time I do digital stuff and it feels great: It resembles drawing on a slightly ruvid paper.
Messing around with mypaint and following the guide in "Fun with a pencil" by Loomis (which can be found here) I was immediately able to draw some stuff.
And I can barely draw!
Highly recommended!
MyPaint is a relatively simple, free software with minimal functionality for digital painting.
I use it mostly because it's a lot less laggy than Photoshop. But still has some nice brushes (unlike MS Paint).
No, I drew them with a wacom tablet and used my Paint and its build in pencil brush. It's my favorite software for drawing digitally, since I'm more of a traditional artist and most of the time don't need all that jazz that photoshop or similar offers.
Krita is not a direct replacement for GIMP, it's more of a drawing/painting tool while GIMP is more of an image editing tool. I just wasn't aware of any other options.
But it turns out LazPaint has a Mac version:
https://lazpaint.blogspot.com/
As does Pinta:
And MyPaint:
So those are the other options. I haven't tried any of em, but /u/donald_duckling you should give em a try.
Aww thank you! I used MyPaint which is free and apparently infinitely tweakable, haha. I'm just trying to get the hang of the basics at the moment. I used to use OpenCanvas 1.1, (which I'd also recommend) which has about 10 buttons total, just enough for my simple brain. Unfortunately, it recently decided not to play nice with my tablet anymore :c
There are many other drawing/painting programs aside from Krita. Yes, Krita is the most feature rich but it's also the heaviest in terms of resource cost.
Mypaint is aimed more towards digital sketching than painting but it's still quite capable and it's "infinite" canvas is also pretty neat when you're just doing test doodles.
AzPainter is my favorite atm. It's very similar to SAI visually while also using next to no resources. Don't be put off by it being Japanese software as it has english support.
You could also run windows only software via wine. I have Photoshop CS6 working almost flawlessly (has some small quirks but nothing game breaking). I have tried Fire Alpaca, SAI and Clip Studo Paint (Anime studio something is it's alternative name?) and while the programs ran flawlessly without issues, I was never able to get pressure sensitivity to work. Some have been successful with that according to wine's appdb so don't be dissappointed if you can't get it to function either.
If you need any help setting up a wacom or a program in wine shoot me a pm and I'll do my best to help.
What are you trying to accomplish? Are you taking notes or drawing pictures? If it's the former, try mypaint http://mypaint.org/about/
if it's note taking, try any of these: http://alternativeto.net/software/xournal/?license=free&platform=linux
What resolution are you working at? I typically draw at 8.5 x 11 in at 300dpi. (That's about A4 size for EU & JP.) When I post my drawings online I shrink the image size down to 25% of it's original size. If you work big and then resize later I think your lineart will come out looking crisp.
Don't let others mislead you, Paint Tool Sai is not free. It costs 5400JPY. The feature that helps you draw smoother lines is called the 'stabilizer'. I used to use it before I discovered a program called Clip Studio Paint (aka Manga Studio 5). There is a free trial. http://www.clipstudio.net/en/purchase/trial Try and it and if you like it consider purchasing it. (It is affordable compared to Photoshop.) It has the best line stabilization tool i've ever used, even better than Sai's. You can also control the aliasing (which is how hard or soft the lines look). I recommend it to all cartoonists who frequently focus on line rather than painting.
Other options: Fire Alpaca, MyPaint
>I'm on OS X (which technically is a Unix) right now, but if I had professional graphic software and a good screen magnification for Linux, I'd be more than glad to switch back. :)
So sad! I know lot of people are stuck in the other worlds not able to find the "professional graphic software" in the linux world.
I wont suggest gimp as the alternative and I dont have hopes for that thing also. But if you are in to painting and concept try out the foss app MYPAINT. Its bloddy awesome. And keep an eye on KRITA as a photoshop alternative. I agree its not there yet but it will reach that professional level only when people like us use it and contribute back with feedback and bug reports. And there is a very active community around it and the development is happening at a good pace. I would suggest start using it atleast for the personal work on your osx and when you think the time is right you can make a move