Clip Studio Paint
Ranked 13 of 17 diagramming tools by recommenders
Full-featured painting and animation program that people recommend for professional art work; a permanent license is available alongside subscriptions.
Full-featured painting and animation program that people recommend for professional art work; a permanent license is available alongside subscriptions.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Professional-grade feature set
“CSP's line art vectors that let you use textured raster brushes with settings like dab scattering in vector strokes”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Building a New Flash” “Plus you get an entire professional art program...”
Comment from 19 May 2026 in “Show HN: I made a 3D pose maker for artists”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Subscription-based pricing
“Clip Paint Studio, Maya, 3ds Max and Cinema 4D, btw, are all subscription applications.”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Attack of the Vibe Coded Photoshop Clones”
Other diagramming tools people recommend
The four most recommended other diagramming tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krita | 77 | 11 | 88% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Excalidraw | 56 | 10 | 85% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Aseprite | 26 | 3 | 90% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Procreate | 23 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Clip Studio PaintThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Clip Paint Studio, Maya, 3ds Max and Cinema 4D, btw, are all subscription applications.”
“there's clip studio paint”
“A permanent Clip Studio Paint forever license with quality pen input devices can be a good option.”
“Plus you get an entire professional art program...”
“CSP's line art vectors that let you use textured raster brushes with settings like dab scattering in vector strokes”
“seems very popular for animation”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.