Inkscape vs Adobe Illustrator: Which is a better fit?

Stephanie S.: Hi, my name is Stephanie. I'm the owner of Healdish, and I rate Inkscape a five out of five. Prior to Inkscape, I was using Adobe, and what was not working was the price. The price wasn't working because I was new to using this type of platform, I needed to create some graphics, and I really didn't want to drop like a couple hundred dollars on a product that I didn't know how to use. So in searching around, I discovered Inkscape, and it was like, "Oh, here's a free platform where I can kind of feel my way through and see if it will do what I needed to do," and I just kind of fell in love with it. One of the other reasons that I chose Inkscape is because they had really great tutorials on how to use the product. As a total novice to graphic design, I needed something that was very approachable. So I found great content on their YouTube page, as well as other content creators who had done tutorials about different things in the graphic design process. So all of that just made it kind of a no-brainer because I needed something that I could follow and wasn't intimidated by. Integrating the application, like on my computer, was pretty simple. I was a little intimidated at first, but just kind of started clicking buttons to try things. So it actually was surprisingly easy. I realized I didn't have to be afraid of breaking something in the platform. So, yeah, I would say that was also one of the reasons why I kept using it because, over time, I realized I was actually learning how to use the platform very quickly. If you are a novice at graphic design, Inkscape is the way to go. It's simple to approach, it's easy to learn how to use. Then if you are a more experienced graphic designer, I can only imagine that it would be an even greater platform for someone like that. Like I said, the functionality is, once you dive into it, you begin to learn things very quickly. So I would just highly recommend. You can't beat free, and especially when the platform works so well.

Isabel S.: Hi, I'm Isabel. I work as a portrait artist. I am giving a number five out of five review for Adobe Illustrator. For more reviews like, this click below. Before Illustrator, I was using Paint and it was awful. I am not the best at drawing and I needed help with it. I just felt like, "Oh, my gosh, I'm going to have to spend hours and hours and hours getting better at drawing just to get better at Paint." Then, I discovered Illustrator and all of its quirks and features and greatness. I was like, "Oh, my gosh. I am going to stick with this." With all the problems that I was having with Paint and then the quick things that I needed to make, when I discovered that Adobe Illustrator goes and helps you to create those graphics to look nice, I was like, "Oh, my gosh, this is just a total game changer. It makes my life so much easier." I was just like, "I'm using this for the rest of my life, because this is easy." For me, it was really easy to get started with Adobe Illustrator. I'm really familiar with Photoshop. Illustrator works really similar to Photoshop. It just has a little bit of different tools to help you more purposely with drawing. Photoshop, you end up painting and you play with different levels and different colorations that are in there. You can do those same type of things with Illustrator, it's just Illustrator has really been made to help you with drawing that thing out and getting it to look good, and especially if you're a graphic designer or something like that, it's much better for that than Photoshop is. Yeah, for me, it was easy. There was a small learning curve, but because I already knew Photoshop, it really wasn't too bad. If you're considering Adobe Illustrator and you're doing things like graphic design, a lot of things that are simple to print or that's going to be on the internet, Illustrator is definitely the way to go. It seems to be the industry standard. It's simple to use, especially if you've been used to the Adobe Suite. When you open it up, and if you've been playing with any of the other Adobe programs that are there, it's going to feel familiar. Yes, I would definitely suggest going ahead and getting it over other methods if you're not the greatest illustrator on the planet, because it will definitely help you with all of those things, give you more options than you ever even knew were possible.