This month I made my first set of pins that are based on an illustration from my upcoming coloring book. I picked one of the illustrations that I really liked and thought would translate easily as a pin. To create an enamel pin, there are a lot of rules you need to follow regarding prepping […]
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Earlier this year, I suspended my regular contributions to this blog as an attempt to focus on completing a personal project. My initial intent in writing a blog was to connect with others and give me a space where I can talk about the progress of my personal projects. In a very short time
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Earlier this week, I purchased the Secrets of Krita, a new series of training videos available on the Krita site. Buying the DVD is a great way to learn the basics of how to use Krita for digital painting while also supporting their further development. Lead developer of Krita, Boudewijn Rempt, is proud to add Secrets to
Getting to know Timothée Giet: Krita instructor extraodinaire Read More »
Over the past two years, Krita has become a force to be reckoned with in the digital painting arena. Their ambitious developers have launched two successful Kickstarter campaigns and delivered numerous new features, bug fixes, and enhancements. Currently, they’re busy at work optimizing Krita’s speed, making it a direct competitor to Photoshop. For October, I decided purchase Krita’s new
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On the heels of the much anticipated release of Affinity Photo this summer, Affinity announced in late August that they’re now offering a free ten-day trial. This offer gives curious new users the chance to kick the tires before they purchase the program. Affinity Photo’s a photo editing/digital painting tool that’s similar to Adobe Photoshop
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Spring is in the air, taxes are done, and it’s time to focus on fun stuff—like digital painting! Krita is attempting a second stab at success with another Kickstarter that started earlier last week. For 2015, Krita has Photoshop in their crosshairs with the anticipation of making Krita as fast or faster than Photoshop. I was
Adobe Offsetting: May & a Krita interview Read More »
Over Thanksgiving week, I was fortunate enough to participate as a judge in Animation Desk’s iAniMagic contest. Animation desk is an animation app that’s available on iOS and Android. I would never thought ten years ago that we be able create animations on mobile devices let alone have something as incredible as a tablet. There were some
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About a year ago, I wrote about an innovative and new program called Made with Mischief. It’s a light weight but powerful drawing tool that uses new vector technoly called Adaptively Sampled Distance Fields. The result of that mouthful of words is an fluid and resolution-independent experience, giving vector art a more naturalistic vibe—from the creation to
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One of my previous blog posts helped set Yiynova on a path to create Linux drivers. As a “thank you,” they sent me their new premium stylus. Having Yiynova turn around Linux drivers in just a few weeks, was all the gift I needed. Now I’m able to use an affordable tablet monitor on all my favorite open-source software
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Recently, Ray Frenden posted on his blog about the Ugee pen. He bought one and discovered that it works with Yiynova monitor tablets, Huion tablets, and other UC-logic tablets. Frenden thinks it’s one of the best styli he’s ever used. With that kind of review, I had to purchase one and give it a try. The price
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