Krita

Krita is an open source tool for digital painting, illustration, character design, concept art and 2D animation. Its flexible interface, a highly customizable brush engine and features designed for the workflow of professional illustrators and cartoonists make this free app a robust alternative to commercial programs like Photoshop or Corel Painter.

Advanced brush engine with hundreds of presets

One of Krita's most outstanding features is its brush engine, which is highly configurable and optimized for fluidity and naturalness in each stroke. Krita offers more than one hundred predefined brushes. Just open the options selector and you will find pencils, watercolors, oils, airbrushes or conceptual brushes, although you can create your own with dozens of customizable parameters for even greater personalization. This gives you the ability to simulate real artistic media or experiment with unique digital techniques.

Stabilize the stroke for perfect lines

For artists who draw freehand, Krita offers stroke stabilizers, which smooth out shaky lines and help maintain accuracy without the need for a high-end tablet. The app also includes virtual rulers, compasses and perspective assistants, which come in handy for technical design, complex backgrounds, architecture, comic or concept art in 3D environments.

Manage layers, masks, blending modes and professional filters

Krita offers a comprehensive layer system, supporting transparencies, vector masks, clipping masks, groups and over thirty different blending modes. It also incorporates nondestructive filters, color adjustments, curve corrections and built-in visual effects that allow you to work with the same flexibility as in high-end photo editing apps, but without sacrificing speed and stability.

Download Krita, a serious and versatile artistic creation platform focused on quality and performance, for free.