I use mspaint, only three 'undo's, and 8x zoom.

I made that in like 5 seconds. To make this thread different. Ha.
PLEASE OH PLEASE I NEED A GOOD (Free) PROGRAM....

What do you use, any suggestions?

Paint.net.
Almost as simple as paint, with unlimited undos, layers and transparency.

This list contains just about every paint program I've ever heard of.
I can personally suggest the GIMP, GraphicsGale(free addition, as the pay one doesn't add much. I don't know why people would use Paint.NET when they could use this, as it is a charm to use, and a little more powerful), and Pro Motion(Easily the best art program I've ever used, but I can't afford the $80US ).

I go Paint.NET for the simplicity and closeness to paint.

I perfer graphicsgale, very easy to use when you get into it.

Dude, Closeness to M$ Pain(t) is not a plus.

Actually, it might help some because of familiarness to mspaint.

Depends if you've gotten used to doing tricks with it and working fast using its simplicity.

Paint.NET + MSPaint
Same reasons as 411570N3 has.

I think this is like the thousandth thread on this.

MSPaint for cool kids and Graphics Gale for people who need all sorts of crutches.

(JK you're probably better off with GG).

It's bad only if you can't use it right, which is very hard due to it's interface being the most simplistic thing in the universe.

But it's so slow to use!
There aren't any features that make it faster, and as far as animating sprites go, it's useless.
Besides the fact that the Windows 7 version of Paint is completely useless for pixel art anything that isn't scribbling.

I'm sorry to ask, but can you even sprite? This is like Rosie O'Donnell complaining that a certain treadmill is completely useless.

I make adventure games, and so yes, I sprite.
I am also shite at it, and get other people to do it whenever possible,l but that isn't always possible or viable.

GraphicsGale increased my productivity by 300%.