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what software do you use?

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im looking to make some weapon sprites,and just want to know which software is best for it. thanks!
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Re: what software do you use?

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I suppose the question would be how do you want to make these sprites? Do you want to hand draw them or make them in 3D?
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make them in 3d.
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Blender is probably the most widely used since it's free and tutorials are abundant. There's also some excellent guides here for making sprites based from 3D renders using Blender.
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I second using Blender, ever since they refreshed the UI in 2.80 it has become my favorite modeling software.. And it's free + open source! (I used 3DS Max and Maya in the past)
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Personally, I find Blender's interface (both new and old) really obtuse and difficult to use. 3Ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D all have much better, much more intuitive interfaces in my opinion. I was able to pick up those three and get something from them almost immediately. After many years of working with Blender, I still have to follow tutorials step-by-step to get something out of Blender, even when I have done the task many times before.

Of course, Blender is free and the others that I mentioned are (for most amateurs) prohibitively expensive. Some people really like the Blender interface though. Horses for courses. It certainly costs you nothing (except time) to try Blender.

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