It's 2024...Is Krita Still Good? (Spoiler: YES INDEED)

Sometimes you just gotta paint, you know? We break open the newest Krita update (Krita 5.2.2) and see what has changed over the past year or so!

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Q: What is the program you use for organizing and sorting your references?

[brucebissell]

WESLEY, YOU ARE AWESOME, YOUNG MAN. I AM 72 JUST GOT A HUION 22 KANVAS PRO, KRITA, AND YOUR BOOK. IT IS ALOT TO LEARN. BUT YOUR BOOK IS VERY HELPFUL. THANKS, GOD BLESS.

[JerryLecor]

I absolutely love krita, the only things i would say it needs is a better brush configuration system, a clipping layer instead of having to make a group every time, and the ability to transfer abr brushes.

[dermond]

Oh as a fun fact: Krita is part of a Linux free software foundation call KDE, they have awesome software like Kdenlive and Kdeconnect (among many, many others, Elisa etc)
This is because they have a desktop in Linux call Plasma so that's why they have so many apps.

The thing with Krita is that it was meant to be a GIMP alternative to Plasma, because GIMP is technically from another Linux project call GNOME, and they have their apps and desktop (They don't export as many to Windows as the KDE guys).
In the end, Krita became more focus on digital art while GIMP is more for photo manipulation.

[marcusjackson]

Stuff like this makes me want to get into digital art so badly.

[gurujot]

Love Krita. Love the memileo brushes. Thanks for the video

Hi Wes nice to see you using Krita again.

[elis]

Have been using Photoshop for decades and find that Krita Rocks.

[ArtistTyphoon]

Great video! I have been using Krita for a while as my main digital painting software, memileo brushes are a game changer in my opinion! I feel like Krita is as deep as you want it to be, especially if you are into tweaking stuff and creating your own brushes. Fantastic paintings too, love these! I'm looking forward to the sketching video, Ramon Miranda's sketch pencils are great for that sort of a thing alongside default pencil brushes.

[kiyujara]

Thanks! This is great! I've heard about Krita but never actually tried it, and because of your video, I have just signed up in the Krita Artists forum. I personally gravitate towards a "painterly" feel in my own work, and the way you used it in this video really reminded of Painter back in the day. (I'm more acquainted with Painter than with Rebelle! But I'm getting a sense that they're similar!)

[dermond]

My main brushes are the TealfulEyes and David Revoy ones, sometimes with Ramon Miranda pencil ones and Rakurri.
Now, the ones you are using look amazing, gotta add them to the collection :^)

[Wala_na]

Krita is probably the best free drawing program right now.

[InternetBerry_OnO]

Hello I've been using Krita since 2022 (very quietly though), Krita is my go-to art software because I use Linux lol. I believe your video is very well made though, props to you and I enjoy your art!^_^

[cleoden]

Hey! I don't know if it's in relation to my last comment. But thank you for showing your work with that fantastic tools. Keep it up!

[SlipVisuals]

Krita is my work horse and go too even tho i have photoshop. Feels so intuative to run around and work with.

[sandoshow]

At this point I am pretty sure that there isn't anything that Krita can't do that paid programs can.

[dragao]

Hey Wes, I'm just starting digital art and I chose Krita. I made some amazing stuff in there but only with the very very basic, like one layer and one or 2 brushes and smoothing..going slowly because I used to paint on canvas and paper so I'm basically using the program as I use the real stuff..do you have any Krita tutorials appart from the book?

[hewpow]

Are you the one that sells the brush pack that has a bunch of flat brushes in it?

[captaintoenail]

Just a small question but have you ever used verve? I only just started using it and its very non-user friendly

[mahboob]

Can we make a pattern and put it in a swatch to use it to fill a shape or a selection?

[davebrimson]

Hi there, question, I followed the link and imported the file but I only got "Knife smooth and smooth Knife B loaded", is there a different link or am I doing something wrong, I am very new to Krita so that's entirely Possible!