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# Krita

## Basics

* Site: [https://krita.org](https://krita.org/)
* Good for: lots of art styles
* Wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krita>
* Available for: Windows, MacOS, Linux
* Cost:
  * Free if you download from [https://krita.org](https://krita.org/)
  * $15 if you download from Microsoft Store

## Thoughts on Krita

FREE, Advanced, multiplatform. Very powerful.

Obviously being free is a great benefit of using this application. But more importantly it's actually an amazing drawing program. I use Krita when I want to do a more traditional painting style. So don't use it for line art or illustrations. But whenever I feel like I want to do a lot of work with colors or that needs a lot of sophisticated brushes then I use Krita.

Because Krita is free and open source it is also the app I use when I am testing tablets. For example when I am trying to determine how good a tablet or pen works with pressure I'm always testing that with Krita.

It is a more complicated application, so I'm not sure it would be the best for a beginner.

## Communities

* <https://krita-artists.org/>
* <https://www.reddit.com/r/krita/>

## YouTube Channels

* Krita (<https://www.youtube.com/@KritaOrgPainting/videos>)

## History of Krita

* [Krita / Krita 25th ANNIVERSARY! Journey to the past. Part 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DifqGFFAnsE) 2024-06-20
* [Krita / Krita 25th ANNIVERSARY! Journey to the past. Part2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bi_1rX2AB4) 2024-08-13
* [Krita / 25th Anniversary INTERVIEW : Krita´s mantainer, HALLA REMPT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHPUoyeWs3I) 2024-06-05

## Videos

### **Getting started tutorials**

* [Krita - Digital Painting. Krita for beginners](https://youtu.be/tRY5bGsJ0f0) Aug 1, 2019
* [Socialmix - Complete KRITA tutorial AND Digital Painting Basics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbNQmE6WPK0) Aug 4, 2021
* [Aaron Rutten - Krita Tutorial for Beginners playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo_kbikcLfN-4kZjxDr0k4pmFJa147JTd)
* [Winged Canvas - How to Use KRITA - Digital Art Tutorial for Beginners](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kLoKhyz2KA)
* [Jenna Drawing - OW TO PAINT IN KRITA](https://youtu.be/Z06RRp81iDM) Sep 12, 2020
* [Skills Factory: Krita - Tutorial for Beginners in 14 MINUTES! \[COMPLETE\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvXw2s1rfHY) Jan 19, 2022
* [David Revoy - Comic Book Artist - Tutorial: an illustration from A to Z with Krita](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYdEkOyFUn8) 2022-08-15
* [MossCharmly - Krita Tools Explained (Beginner Tutorial)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Gc7Mv0LYA) Nov 11, 2023
* [Age of Asparagus - Learn Krita with Bob Ross playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaGRTLvEbVzybijtYZRy4EoGrx6Bq_xOG)
* [MossCharmly - Krita Line Art for beginners part 1 (Perfect Pen)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzgnQ2spLQk) 2024-08-31
* [MossCharmly - Krita Line Art for Beginners part 2 (Line art Techniques)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7v6lgRRmn0) 2024-09-14

### **Customizing**

* [Moss Charmly - Making Krita easy Part 1 (Customizing Your Workspace)](https://youtu.be/24w7f_yX3x8)
* [Krita - Mastering Making Brushes playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNjBqr_ciXycZ5DgqJEn7g6K_cBKDg4Vw)

### **Tips**

* [Krita - 10 Tricks to paint faster & better with Krita](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYfXyrGNe4)
* [Noctualis - 8 TIPS for Faster Painting in KRITA!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmA0LdqVcBI)
* [MossCharmly - (How to) Plug-ins for Krita](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqv3rFuABYY) 2024-07-06
* [MossCharmly - 3 Ways to use Screentones in Krita](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxO519Yx-Gc) 2024-09-28
* Assign shortcut keys o brushes
  * <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp4euYCjlgw>

### **Version updates**

* [Brad Colbow - The Best Free Drawing App Just Got Better - Krita 5.0](https://youtu.be/jE02xGd2CCY)

### **Techniques**

* [Expose Academy - How to blend or mix colors in Krita | 12 different methods](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js15EeNbEBE) Jun 28, 2023

### **Community**

* [Krita discord](https://discord.com/channels/1242714066917523456/1242714067425038473/1404390487091056691) - Unofficial

### **Miscellaneous**

* <https://github.com/armstrongl/awesome-krita> - many various Krita links