What programs do you use for digital art?

What programs do you use for digital art?

 

Adobe Illustrator.

 

I seem to be forever chasing a hopeless dream of "getting a creative hobby" , but while I just never seem to get around to put in the hours, days, weeks and months required to get the hang of not only the software but also getting some actual much needed practical experience, I do have a selection of applications I've purchased over the last couple of years and play around with on a regular (ehh... make that irregular ) basis.

3D:

Carrara 6 Pro
Vue 6 Esprit
Poser 7

2D/vector:

Corel Painter X (I've got a Wacom Intuos3 A5 Wide tablet to go with that - also gathering dust a bit too frequently ).
CorelDRAW X3 and Corel Photo-Paint (aside from hobby use, I also use these two for fairly basic graphical web page elements and image work).
They are pretty nice alternatives (way beyond just pretty nice actually, unless you're a graphics pro) to the much more expensive Adobe applications.

 

I used to use Illustrator for 2D vector graphics, but have recently switched to Flash due to its ease of use and short learning curve. If you are looking for a program with which to draw vector art, and do not wish to spend hours perfecting your pen tool skillz or something, go Flash. Its tools are very logical to use.

Usually after I finish drawing something, I modify it by adding certain effects to it or changing things. When I was using Illustrator, I could do all that in the same application. However, Flash does not have any special effects other than the most basic ones, so I tend to export my vector image and modify it using Photoshop, as I would modify a photo.