Real-DRAW: A Really Sweet Graphics App

Real-DRAW is an extraordinary graphics program by Roman Voska, (aka "Oscar") the founder of Mediachance.
It works well for illustration, photo collages, interactive web design and getting that "hand painted" look.

What you'll find when you start it up is that the organization is a little different than what you normally find with graphics apps.
Every vector shape is it's own layer and these layers can be edited individually, as a group, or as a package which offers endless possibilities for formatting.

Blend, bevel, bump - OK, I ran out of "B's" - add 3D lighting effects, transparencies, gradients, glow, and just plain smoosh stuff around. Real-DRAW has fanatastic style capabilities.
The styles themselves can be saved and applied to other objects which speeds up progress tremendously.

Want speed? I didn't have a camera around so created my "self-portrait" for my Squidoo bio picture in about 15 minutes. The hardest part was pretending I don't have wrinkles.

Painting new Bitmaps is another click away and with all of its artistic brushes, nozzles, (which you can add to and edit) and a great cloning tool (another great way to get rid of wrinkles), you've basically got another app.

This is a 30-day shareware app so be sure and take the month to discover all of the features like Mega Rendering, the wire grids, making web pages (oh, it's so easy to make web graphics with Real-DRAW), blueprint, object editing (joining, subtracting, etc.) and that crazy "push-back" feature (you're just gonna have to see for yourself) and you'll see what a great value you get for your hard-earned cash.

That link again? Here ya go: Real-DRAW Homepage