Word! Yeah let’s hop on a discord video chat today.. cruising to the beach now but back in an hour or two...

Corel painter is perfect for freehand traditional style painting. It has a mirror and kaleidoscope mode for instant mandala wizardry.

Affinity designer is for creating super clean designs, exact geometry, layouts, etc.

Using them together would probably be ideal.

I don’t use a Wacom (yet), but I’d get one if you enjoy working with pencil/paints. I’ve wanted one for awhile but isn’t high priority.