Alternatives To Adobe Illustrator

[OLDNSLOW]

can anyone give a comparison between ink scape and concepts?

Thanks 

[OLDNSLOW]

Artrage 4 must only be a windows or droid program, it is not in the apple store? I am looking as well for somethin that will work with a tablet.

 

[msdeluca]

Ive been using Affinity Designer on an iMac to make patterns.

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/

 

This is a reduced size screen capture of a paddle holster pattern I created in Affinity Designer...

Edited September 12, 2016 by msdeluca

[JuliaSh]

On 2/10/2016 at 11:44 PM, Artificial Intelligence said:

I am following a tutorial where acryllic is shaped using a guide made using a vector line drawing produced using Adobe Illustrator.

I would buy Adobe illustrator for making patterns in general since I'm not good at doing it the old fashioned way but this software is too expensive to justify the expense.

Are there any suitable, cheaper alternatives you can recommend?

The alternatives are plentiful. Based on what you need I presume the  features, which are a must are following: vector drawing tools, so that the patters are scalable and applicable everywhere, lower price compared to Adobe Illustrator and clean interface to make the first steps comfortable for any user. In this case I would recommend Amadine - a vector design app for illustration and graphics. There are Mac and iPad/iPhone versions and you can have a free trial from the website and the App Store.