Steven Powers (SMP): July 2012

Digital Painting Programs ...which is the best?

The question of what application is best for digital painting comes up over and over again. The fact is that there is no so called "best". Which application you use is based on a variety of things. such as affordability, platform (which OS), capabilities, hardware and personal preference. Here is the run down on the ones I would suggest.

Krita For Windows

After going through the hassle of adding a dual boot to my laptop and a virtual Linux machine with Virtual Box on my desktop just to try out Krita 2.4, I come across a Windows installer for Krita.

Blender 2.6.4 Test Builds

Blender Test Builds for 2.64 are out. That means that 2.64 will be released soon. Download the test builds and check out the list of new features HERE.

-Steve

Copying Is Good Practice

There are a lot of ways to learn how to perform a task. In art one of the fundamental ways is to copy other artists work that you admire taking away skills and approaches that you may not otherwise learn.

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