Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.
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See AllWesley Gardner presents: Draw and Paint Better with Krita
Mittwoch, 9 April 2025
Some time ago we reached out to Wesley Gardner because, a bit belatedly, we saw he has published a great book on Krita, titled Draw and Paint Better with Krita.
Twinimation Studios Presents Their Next Krita Workshop: Becoming an Artist on a Budget
Donnerstag, 27 März 2025
Twinimation Studios have released a new Krita workshop, and we wanted to give them a chance to introduce their new offering to Krita's users:
Greetings …
Krita Monthly Update - Edition 24
Montag, 17 März 2025
Welcome to the February 2025 development and community update.
Development Report Text Tool Rework Update Wolthera has written a new post about recent Text Tool …
Krita Monthly Update - Edition 23
Mittwoch, 12 Februar 2025
Welcome to the @Krita-promo team's January 2025 development and community update.
Development Report Krita 5.2.9 Released A new bugfix release is out! Check out …
Tools You Need To Grow as an Artist
Art by RavioliMavioli
All the features you need
Great for new and experienced artists. Here are some of the features that Krita offers:
- Multiple brush types for different art styles
- Layers, drawing assistants, stabilizers
- Animation tools to transform your artwork
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Resources and Materials
Expand Krita’s capabilities with online tools and assets:
- Brushes, patterns, and vector libraries
- Texture packs and page templates
- Plugins that add new functionality
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A supportive community
An online community for Krita artists to share artwork and tips with each other.
- Share your artwork and get feedback to improve
- Ask questions about using Krita or seeing if there is a bug
- Give feedback to developers when new features and plugins are being created
Free and Open Source
Krita is a public project licensed as GNU GPL, owned by its contributors. That's why Krita is Free and Open Source software, forever.
See details about license usageKrita Sprint 2019 - Deventer, Netherlands
Give back
Krita is made by people from all around the world – many of which are volunteers. If you find Krita valuable and you want to see it improve, consider becoming part of the development fund.
Contribute to the development fund