Skip to content

Krita Monthly Update - Edition 31

Previous Post | Wednesday, 22 October 2025 | Reading time: 3 minutes |

Welcome to the September 2025 development and community update.

Community Report

September 2025 Monthly Art Challenge Results

17 forum members took on the challenge of the "A Breezy Day" theme. And the winner is… The Autumn Walk by @Mariusz_Galaj

The October Art Challenge is Open Now

For this month's theme, winner @Mariusz_Galaj has chosen "The Burden of Power".

With great power comes great responsibility, and your task is to depict an object to be worn by those with authority to physically or mentally remind them of that burden. Read the topic for further explanation, and find out how much you're power willing to take on.

Best of Krita-Artists - August/September 2025

This month's Best of Krita-Artists Nominations thread received 19 nominations of forum members' artwork. When the poll closed, these five wonderful works made their way onto the Krita-Artists featured artwork banner:

The Resilence of Memory by @Suzuka

The Resilence of Memory by @Suzuka

Santa Elena Canyon by @Elixiah

Santa Elena Canyon by @Elixiah

Secretary bird study by @allenarak

Secretary bird study by @allenarak

Brave Sheep by @HappyBuket

Brave Sheep by @HappyBuket

Long between Posts by @BHiggins

Long between Posts by @BHiggins

Best of Krita-Artists - September/October 2025

Take a look at the nominations for next month.

Ways to Help Krita

Krita is Free and Open Source Software developed by an international team of sponsored developers and volunteer contributors. That means anyone can help make Krita better!

Support Krita financially by making a one-time or monthly monetary donation. Or donate your time and Get Involved with testing, development, translation, documentation, and more. Last but not least, you can spread the word! Share your Krita artworks, resources, and tips with others, and show the world what Krita can do.

Other Notable Changes

Other notable changes in Krita's development builds from September 24, 2025 - October 20, 2025.

Stable branch (5.2.14-prealpha):

Nightly Builds

Pre-release versions of Krita are built every day for testing new changes.

Get the latest bugfixes in Stable "Krita Plus" (5.2.14-prealpha): Linux - Windows - macOS (unsigned) - Android arm64-v8a - Android arm32-v7a - Android x86_64

Or test out the latest Experimental features in "Krita Next" (5.3.0-prealpha). Feedback and bug reports are appreciated!: Linux - Windows - macOS (unsigned) - Android arm64-v8a - Android arm32-v7a - Android x86_64