What is the software to create this type of anime?


This site is have an beatiful anime style: [Tofugu.com](http://tofugu.com/)

Anyone know what is the software to draw [this
anime](http://www.tofugu.com/2014/03/13/why-the-japanese-education-system-
does-not-excel-as-much-as-you-might-think/) style?




Actually the software is mostly independent of the style. The style depent on
how the artist is drawing it...

Anyway it is not always possible to redraw a image because the software is not
supporting some functions! The style from the website you linked is pretty
simple so you do not need something special.

![Example Image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GQMtv.jpg)

It would be possible to draw the image above with the standard paint of
windows except the cheeks (if you look closely a special brush was used to
draw this). But this is absolutely not suggested if you really want to redraw
it.

The image is very likly drawn with a tablet that supports pressure/speed
recognition (recognizable at the fading outlines) and a software that supports
paint application modes (recognizable at the shadows/lightning) and also layer
support (the green/yellow background is one layer and the girl with the table
and the chair is at least one layer).

Such things are mostly supported on a reasonably good painting software:

  * [Adobe Photoshop](http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html) (monthly payment)
  * [GIMP](http://www.gimp.org/) (open source)
  * [PaintTool SAI](http://www.systemax.jp/en/sai/) (pay once)
  * [Anime/Manga Studio](http://manga.smithmicro.com/) (pay once)
  * [Paint.NET](http://www.getpaint.net/index.html) (free to use) I am not sure if everything is possible in this software I listed above!




Actually the software is mostly independent of the style. The style depent on
how the artist is drawing it...

Anyway it is not always possible to redraw a image because the software is not
supporting some functions! The style from the website you linked is pretty
simple so you do not need something special.

![Example Image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GQMtv.jpg)

It would be possible to draw the image above with the standard paint of
windows except the cheeks (if you look closely a special brush was used to
draw this). But this is absolutely not suggested if you really want to redraw
it.

The image is very likly drawn with a tablet that supports pressure/speed
recognition (recognizable at the fading outlines) and a software that supports
paint application modes (recognizable at the shadows/lightning) and also layer
support (the green/yellow background is one layer and the girl with the table
and the chair is at least one layer).

Such things are mostly supported on a reasonably good painting software:

  * [Adobe Photoshop](http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html) (monthly payment)
  * [GIMP](http://www.gimp.org/) (open source)
  * [PaintTool SAI](http://www.systemax.jp/en/sai/) (pay once)
  * [Anime/Manga Studio](http://manga.smithmicro.com/) (pay once)
  * [Paint.NET](http://www.getpaint.net/index.html) (free to use) I am not sure if everything is possible in this software I listed above!

