List of Art Programs for 2D Game Art

[Digital]

Every game developer or artist has to start somewhere, one of the first questions is what art programs are good for what type of art, or where to begin. This list is intended to help you figure out what program you feel will work best for your game. Feel free to add any not listed, but this is a start!

Raster (Bitmap)

• Photoshop
  
• The GIMP
  
• Paint.NET
  
• Pyxel Edit
  
• aseprite
  
• Pixelmator
  
• Grafx2 
  
• GraphicsGale
  
• ProMotion 
  
• PD Pro
  
• UltimatePaint 
  
• Pixen 
  

Vector

• Adobe Illustrator 
  
• Adobe Flash 
  
• Inkscape 
  
• Corel Draw
  
• iDraw
  

Animation

• Spine 
  
• Spriter
  

 

[kami]

Awesome list!  Here's some more:

https://krita.org/en/

https://www.madewithmischief.com/buy

http://firealpaca.com/en

https://medibangpaint.com/en/

http://speedypainter.altervista.org/

http://www.piskelapp.com/

Animation:

http://www.synfig.org/

http://www.pencil2d.org/

 

[Digital]

Awesome additions @kami!