What drawing program do you use?

[Mr_Saturn]

As for me, I use sodipodi, a nice free drawing program.

[Ego Slayer]

InkScape for now. But I'm supposed to be learning Illustrator. -.-

[B-Man]

I use a combo of Inkscape and Adobe Photoshop 7.

[TinSoldier]

I use Paint.NET.

[Myatar_Panwar]

I use Inkscape to create them and gimp to upload them. I would like to buy Illustrator but its a bit expensive and Im not sure if its any better than Inkscape.

[Ego Slayer]

InkScape is literally a tame, newbie Illustrator. I'm supposed to be learning it for other reasons but when it comes to avatars the end quality is top notch.

[Rex Idiotarum]

I use Flash 8, so I can animate it. I'm also an Actionscript fan, and will swear by Flash on almost anything.

[Flabbicus]

Waiting to get Illustrator.

[Wayril]

I use illustrator, photoshop, 3ds max and lots of other programs, but for avatars I just use illustrator, although I don't actually own it yet. For the record you can get almost any of these cool programs for $100-$200 with a student ID. I'm not saying that's cheap, but it's much more affordable than $3000. I got most of my autodesk software for free, because they like giving me free stuff, but adobe stuff I bought.

I get Illustrator for Christmas. I'm so impatient, but my trial still lasts 19 more days. Illustrator is the easiest program to use. I didn't even bother learning it cause it's so similar to photoshop and every other graphics program.

[Ego Slayer]

Student prices, ftw.

I got Illustrator and InDesign that way.

[Dispozition]

As for me, I use sodipodi, a nice free drawing program.

Amen to that Brother!

I find that inkscape is overly complicated and crashes my laptop...So I use it's older brother, Sodipodi.

[Brickwall]

Macromedia Fireworks. It's no Photoshop, but it suits my needs, since the effectiveness of a tool is limited by that of the user.

[The Orange Zergling]

I use AI 8.0.1 and copy it into MSPaint where I save the image on Photobucket. Unfortunately this version of AI doesnt allow you to save images under anything PB accepts... *sighs*

[ElfLad]

Illustrator.

[EdgarVerona]

For me, I used MS Paint to start, then realized it was way too hard and switched to the free Paint.NET ( http://www.getpaint.net ). Made it much easier. =)

[Simius]

I use CorelDraw 9, which works roughly the same as AI, as far as I've heard.

[Om]

Well I only really use these programs for illustrating maps for my AAR so I'm not about to splash out. That means GIMP and Inkscape all the way. I've been very impressed with the latter since I got it a month or two ago... vector graphics are impressive indeed.

[Ego Slayer]

I use AI 8.0.1 and copy it into MSPaint where I save the image on Photobucket. Unfortunately this version of AI doesnt allow you to save images under anything PB accepts... *sighs*

You can't save .gif with 8.0.1??

[Simius]

You can't save .gif with 8.0.1??

I thought CorelDRAW had the same problem until I finally found out about the 'export' option. Maybe you overlooked anything?

[Ego Slayer]

Unless 8.0.1 was before there was grand grasp on the Internets, there should be a "Save for Web" option.

[AmberVael]

Inkscape + Illustrator CS2.

I mean, Illustrator is nice, but Inkscape is simple and easy.

[The Orange Zergling]

Unless 8.0.1 was before there was grand grasp on the Internets, there should be a "Save for Web" option.

There is no save to web feature.

Or transparencies.

But I still havent explored all of the features yet... maybe I'll find something that lets me save under something other than .ai... or the other thing it can save under.

[Abardam]

I use Flash and sometimes GIMP for shading.

[Walter]

Paint baby, basic windows paint all the way.

[Calamity]

Paint.NET

Easier to use than MS paint, and has more features than MS paint, they're both free programmes though!

[danielf]

inkscape or openoffice draw

[Timberwolf]

Seems I'm alone in using PSP.

[urodivoi]

Inkscape, so I said 'other', but I do use gimp a bit too.

[DArKandEViL]

I Use fireworks, Whoo, I'm play around with fireworks!

[Rambi]

I use Flash 8 and try to use photoshop CS2 to improve graphics.