Whats the best free program for drawing gun and character concepts?

[Firstinaction]

Please dont say gimp because I cant use it because its a x11 issue with my macintosh.  I can draw but not on computer so I just want to get some practice down with drawing on computer.

[Crava_Loft]

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[DraZiLoX]

PAINT.NET but its not for mac :-(

eDIT: Actally GIMP is best, but you didnt want it :----(

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for sketchy sketches i can recommend Alchemy. its a very nice practice!

[jez]

inkscape

Also uses X11 (like the GIMP does) for its mac port. As do many of the viable alternatives really. What's wrong with your X11? It might come down to a choice of fixing it, using something inadequate, or paying for pixelmator/PS elements.

+1 for Paint.net. There is also a simillar cross platform program in development (by another dev) called pinta and available for mac. Its awesome, but also uses X11 for some things... worth a try.

One nice free image manipulator that does run natively is seashore. Its not that full featured, but does what it does very well and certainly is worth a download.

[mooseberry]

Buy windows and use MSpaint, imo.

[unimunk]

Torrent ubuntu and use gimp. IMO.

[Knowitall66]

I must say pencil and graph paper work quite well.

[Conzul]

I must say pencil and graph paper work quite well.

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Then if you want to share it, find a scanner and upload your scanned art.

[mooseberry]

I must say pencil and graph paper work quite well.

+1
Then if you want to share it, find a scanner and upload your scanned art.

If it worked for Mr. Munroe, it could work for you.

[Aelita]

The program doesn't really matter. If you have experience with drawing in physical form, why don't you get a pad or something? It'd probably provide much better results.