Sketch is a superb Mac app for illustration - I've tried it a couple of times, even bought a license and I still use it from time to time. I wish they would have a Mac version as well. It does offer a solid set of tools and as a former user of Corel Draw I have to admit that if I would still use Windows I would give Corel a good new consideration. Here is a short list of Adobe Illustrator alternatives - feel free to leave a reply if you want other software added to the list.Ĭorel Draw has been around for a long time, even on the Mac since a few years ago.

On the Mac, at least, Pixelmator can be considered a worthy alternative to Photoshop for basic and even more advanced tasks and there are quite a few nice vector illustratio software in the making. It seems that lately there is a bit of action in this area.

However, there was not much choice in terms of vector illustration software back then. I was quite frustrated by the lack of multiple pages and the odd way of doing things in Illustrator. I was quite sure Freehand will not live much longer and I had to switch to Illustrator. This quest started quite a while back, right after Adobe acquired the beloved Macromedia and along with it the beloved Macromedia Freehand. It is not my first time when I was interested in finding an alternative to Adobe Illustrator. It rather is to sieze the opportunity to explore the other available options out there in terms of vector illustration. However, the purpose of this article is not to debate on whether Adobe's move is a good or a bad one. The idea behind is that you no longer own the software but you rent it to do your job. Many logo designers were surprised to hear about the move Adobe has made recently, when they've decided to bet hard on the Creative Cloud versus the traditional software distribution model.

Open source illustrator alternative