When comparing MyPaint vs PencilSheep, the Slant community recommends MyPaint for most people. In the question“What are the best Linux image editing tools?” MyPaint is ranked 6th while PencilSheep is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose MyPaint is:
MyPaint mostly consists of the canvas. The interface to select different brushes can be brought up if needed, but it generally stays out of the way of getting things done.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Interface gets out of the way
MyPaint mostly consists of the canvas. The interface to select different brushes can be brought up if needed, but it generally stays out of the way of getting things done.
Pro Good support for pressure sensitive graphics tablets
MyPaint was designed specifically with pressure sensitive graphics tablets in mind.
Pro Good media emulation
Pro Forgo the need to resize the canvas
If a user needs a bigger canvas all they need to do is zoom out instead of re-sizing.
Pro Seems stable and light
This is an expectation though, since was not used/ tested long term.
Pro Simple to use, initiative
Pro Full set of image manipulation tools
Pro Cross platform
Cons
Con Is not stable at all
I could not even open a png file to start without the software to freeze.
Con Not a lot in terms of image manipulation
MyPaint focuses only on drawing. It has very little in terms of post processing or image manipulation features.
Con Snap only
For Linux, the choice seems to have been to offer PencilSheep as snap only, sorry, no .deb, no .rpm, no nothing. If you do not have/ use snap (for many, including valid reasons), PencilSheep is beyond your reach.
Con Project no longer supported?
Although it is offered widely (including Google), the devs website seems dead. Hence, it is unclear whether it is still developed and supported actively.