what art programs do you use for designing game assets such as art or textures? I use Krita because its free and open source and recently I've become obsessed with open source software

I'm using Cosmigo's Pro Motion for pixel art (because it's the most powerful for that kind of art) and Photoshop / Procreate / Clip Studio for everything else. Illustrator for anything vector based.

Same as you lad. You can never go wrong with open source software, even if they may have bugs or missing features compared to proprietary counterparts. That being said, before switching over, I had used Clip Studio Paint for a good while. Which I found extremely useful! Shame it doesnae support Linux however. :V

I also have Aseperite, which I hope to use more in the future.

I intend to use Krita and Aseprite.

Not a big fan of Photoshop but I occasionally use Illustrator.