Krita

Krita is a free and open source painting program made for digital artists. It offers a wide set of brushes, layer tools and animation features, and it is developed by a community of artists and programmers.

Artists paint and draw with a range of brush engines, work with layers and masks, and use drawing assistants and stabilizers to help with precision. Krita also includes frame-based animation tools, so the same program can handle short animations. The community shares brushes, templates and plugins that extend what the program can do.

• Brush engines for many art styles
• Layers, drawing assistants and stabilizers
• Frame-based animation tools
• Brushes, patterns and templates to download
• Community forum for feedback and questions

Digital painters and illustrators, concept artists, comic creators and animators who want a capable program without a subscription.

Krita is licensed under the GPL-3.0 license and is free to download and use. Paid copies and support are sometimes offered to help fund development. The program has many features, so new users may want to explore the tutorials and resources on the official site.