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Be The Ultimate Artist at Low Cost With Open Source

by Rico on August 14th, 2007

At first glance, Vyoma’s recommendation to get “A PC with as much number crunching power and as much memory as you can afford” and to shoulder the added expense of a tablet doesn’t sound like thrifty advice.

But if you freelance in design, maxing out your workstation budget is the best move you can make, since it allows you to work faster, and with bigger projects. Which means it’s easier to build a more lucrative freelance career. And from personal experience, a tablet allows more creativity than a mouse.

In any case, Vyoma asserts that it’s also possible to get quality work done with essentially free applications. In this case, he talks about how GIMP and Inkscape forms “a considerable combo against Photoshop.” I challenge you to create a logo as intricately simple (yeah, confusing ain’t it?) as that of Kalaalog’s.

Check out his post—Be The Ultimate Open Source Artist—for more details.

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