pior "Vector art is light for graphic stuff, but can become very heavy when attempting to imitate photos/paintings." Yes precisely. I'm currently experimenting with a budget alternative too Ai, for generating realistic car drawings and viewport lag can be an annoying issue. edit: oop's a necro, my bad O_o
Illustrator is a great program for graphic design work but is not a drawing tool. It uses lines and line-based shapes which are filled and/or stroked. There is a "brush" tool but it works the same way, simply generating a smoothed line along the path you drew. Use Illustrator if you want to make clean, precise logos,…