G2

Ryanne L.

Illustrator + Graphic Designer

Graphic Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/6/2026

"Rebelle Nails the Feeling of Real Painting with Realistic Brushes & Papers"

5/5

What do you like best about Rebelle?

Rebelle's digital tools mimic real-world painting better than any other digital painting software I've used. The UI is intuitive without a bunch of visual bloat. I love that the brush categories are represented visually as the tools themselves (a pencil for pencils, a pastel stick for the pastels, and ink nib pen for inks, etc.). The default art brush selection is also robust. They offer the ability to easily paint with different mediums without having to go search elsewhere for third-party brushes.

The base papers are incredible. They hand-make them, then scan them and their texture height maps. Your digital paint interacts with the actual digital paper fibers, making all your strokes feel more unique.

I've used Rebelle for years through multiple versions, and I've always felt like it's been worth the cost. I've been able to utilize it in a number of my professional projects and commissions.

It also allows you to work within smaller art files and export at larger dimensions for printing with their nano-pixel export capabilities. If you're a Photoshop user, there's also a plugin extension that allows an "export to Photoshop" connection.

Their version updates are always thoughtful and useful, I think in part because they really pay attention to community feedback and requests in their support forums. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rebelle?

Something I find myself missing in Rebelle is the ability to turn on top and side rulers to help me easily add visual guides right where I want them. I prep print files that need bleed and margins, so I like to have a visual full-document ruler to quickly check those measurements. They have a ruler tool, which you can draw lines with and measure specific sections, but I'd love a static, full-document ruler I could toggle on and off, which I don't think is an option in my current version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rebelle solving and how is that benefiting you?

I paint traditionally (particularly with acrylics, watercolors, and inks), and the digital painting software options that I used before Rebelle never felt quite comparable to the real thing. When I first saw how Rebelle handled watercolor diffusion on the paper and the ability to control water amounts, it blew me away. It felt so much closer to real-life watercolors. For the oil and acrylic brushes, the ability to get visible, individual hair textures to show up in your digital brush strokes always feels like magic. Rebelle lets me capture real-life painting textures in the digital space like no other program I've used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.