> if you want something powerful but not as expensive as illustrator, take a look at this http://www.madewithmischief.com/
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> it's new, and it's going to get a lot of attention.
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Mischief is indeed very interesting, but it behaves like a "traditional" draw and paint application. More comparable to Krita, Painter, and Photoshop in terms of digital painting workflow - not comparable at all to Illustrator or a typical vector illustration package.
Rayek
i believe that is exactly their intention in creating mischief. people even refer to it as the love child of Ps and Ai. you get the ease and natural process of creating, similar to all raster based programs, with the power, small file size, lossless zoom, resolution independence and other benefits of vector programs.
many artists who work in raster, want the freedom to output their work to whatever resolution is needed, but can't within the confines of raster. while vector artists would like the streamlined work flow of creating in a 'raster-style' rather than endless bezier manipulations.
it may not be your cup of tea, but there is definitely a growing market for what it offers. plus, at version 1.0 it will only continue to get better and more 'useful'.