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Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.

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Tools You Need To Grow as an Artist

All the features you need

Great for new and experienced artists. Here are some of the features that Krita offers:

  • Multiple brush types for different art styles
  • Layers, drawing assistants, stabilizers
  • Create animations from your artwork
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Resources and Materials

Expand Krita's capabilities with various materials that are available online:

  • Brushes, patterns, and vector libraries
  • Texture packs and page templates
  • Plugins that add new functionality
See Resources
Art by seaway

A supportive community

An online community for Krita artists that share artwork and tips with each other.

  • Share your artwork and get feedback to improve
  • Ask questions about using Krita or seeing if there is a bug
  • Give feedback to developers when new features and plugins are being created
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Artist Interviews

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Interview with J2J-Art

April 25, 2022

Could you tell us something about yourself? My name is Jessica, but my art name is J2J-Art. I am a self-taught artist, I was born in 2004 in South Africa and I have only been creating art for 4 years now.

Interview with J2J-Art

Interview with Simon Rollins

January 4, 2022

Could you tell us something about yourself? My full name is Simon Sterling Rollins. Most people call me Simon. I was born in July 2005 in the state of Georgia.

Interview with Simon Rollins

Interview with Ali Bahabadi

September 6, 2021

Could you tell us something about yourself? My full name is Mohammad-Ali Bahabadi, but I sign with my shortened version of my name, Ali Bahabadi.

Interview with Ali Bahabadi

Interview with Tansy Branscombe

November 2, 2020

Could you tell us something about yourself? I'm currently in my 4th year of a PhD in Archaeological Science at the University of Oxford, specialising in the reconstruction of ancient environmental conditions using shellfish remains.

Interview with Tansy Branscombe

Interview with Albert Weand

June 15, 2020

Could you tell us something about yourself? I’m an illustrator from Panama. I use Krita to create digital art, but I also work with traditional tools.

Interview with Albert Weand

Interview with Clément Mona

May 25, 2020

Could you tell us something about yourself? Hello, I am a 36-year-old freelance illustrator and concept artist based in Brittany, France. I have worked in the industry since 2007 and am now a freelancer.

Interview with Clément Mona

Interview with Jefferson Nascimento

May 11, 2020

Could you tell us something about yourself? I'm Jeff, a brazilian animator and character designer (sometimes illustrator). I have a bachelor's degree in biology and cinema, the latter one being completed in 2019, specialized in animation.

Interview with Jefferson Nascimento

Interview with Joshua Grier

April 27, 2020

Could you tell us something about yourself? I’m Josh, and I love design. There’s nothing better than taking people’s stories, thoughts, feelings, wants and needs and responding to them in practical ways.

Interview with Joshua Grier

Interview with Philipp Urlich

April 6, 2020

Could you tell us something about yourself? I'm from Switzerland and have studied art and graphic design in 90'. Do you paint professionally, as a hobby artist, or both?

Interview with Philipp Urlich

Interview with Anilia

March 24, 2020

Could you tell us something about yourself? I’m Anilia, a freelance illustrator. I’m cooperating with many authors from all around the world. The key part of my job is to transform authors' visions into shapes, forms, emotions and characters on drawings.

Interview with Anilia

Free and Open Source

Krita is a public project licensed as GNU GPL, owned by its contributors. For that reason Krita is Free and Open Source software, forever.

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Krita Sprint 2019 - Deventer, Netherlands

Give back

Krita is made by people from all around the world - many of which are volunteers. If you find Krita valuable and you want to see it improve, consider becoming part of the development fund. A little money goes a long way.

Contribute to the development fund