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IcoFX is an award winning freeware icon editor. It is an all-in-one solution for icon creation, extraction and editing.  It is designed to work with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Macintosh icons supporting transparency.

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Are you a graphic designer that needs a little stimulus in this rough economy? Here’s a free vector graphics editor that will help you make some killer designs while not spending a ton of money on high priced alternatives like Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw.

Inkscape uses the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) file format and includes many advanced SVG features like markers or alpha blending.

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If you looking to save space, check out this Web-based paint application that requires no installation.

Check out Sumo Paint here

Pencil is an animation/drawing software that lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics (GPL). Available for for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.

Download Pencil here