I'm really glad you like the painty look. It's amazing that I can even make stuff look like that in a digital program. I'm so thankful to live in this age sometimes. As an artist, I am practically unlimited by the tools I have and of course the internet led me to you too. ^_^ I'll have to show you Krita sometime, you could do even more with it, you're super creative and not afraid to take your art in different directions.
I will have to say that it is very impressionist like, and I can tell the difference of it in the last picture you did which is pretty awesome.
I know! It's crazy to how many tools we have and what we can do with them.
Oh my goodness you are amazing, same here, you truly are an inspiring artist and I don't just say that to boost egos. If I hadn't then I wouldn't meet the awesome Sailor Sun and the rest of your pretty original characters.
/Goes to look up Krita./ Oh wow! Is that like SAI? I really like the fact that it has a nice workspace.
I'm learning to push my art forward, you have been really helpful with getting me out of my comfort zone. I like it when people push me to try other things. :3
I know! It's crazy to how many tools we have and what we can do with them.
Oh my goodness you are amazing, same here, you truly are an inspiring artist and I don't just say that to boost egos. If I hadn't then I wouldn't meet the awesome Sailor Sun and the rest of your pretty original characters.
/Goes to look up Krita./ Oh wow! Is that like SAI? I really like the fact that it has a nice workspace.
I'm learning to push my art forward, you have been really helpful with getting me out of my comfort zone. I like it when people push me to try other things. :3
Krita is still a bit awkward for me. It's more like Photoshop / Illustrator just with a ton of built in brushes. For my entry I used a combo of Sai / Krita. Sai has a few options for texture on their brushes but it's not the same as Krita. Krita's brushes look like real live traditional supplies. There's everything from pastels to sponges and stuff. It's still kinda unstable on my computer and I have to keep the brushes small otherwise there's a huge delay. I imagine they are working on these issues.... but it's free so it's worth a shot if you want to experiment super quick. Really, I jump back and forth between all my programs and I only really use Photoshop for the end (boosting colors with vibrance, and saving my files, effects, stuff like that.)
Ah I see, thank you! Yea, I have photoshop right now and it eats up a TON of processing space. I want to get rid of it, but I am super comfortable with it now that I am scared to use anything else. So now I really want to try get Krita but I am not sure how much space it will eat up. (If I were to download it with Photoshop would that be a bad idea?)
I'm not sure how much ram you have available, but it cant hurt to try it out. I use it all the time and just consider Krita and Sai additions to my arsenal so to speak. Basically, since I only have 3 gigs of RAM and Windows 7 likes to eat 1.5 gb ish just to run the OS i'm limited on memory too. I usually am okay if I make sure other programs aren't running. If I have my browser, I only have one or two tabs open. What eats up memory quickly is having a lot of layers. I usually flatten / merge a lot of layers together periodically and try to keep the files small.
In case you're wondering about hardrive space, my Krita program folder is only 270mbs so that's pretty small imo. As long as I keep the brush sizes down it seems to work fine even on my old computer.
It's a little weird to get used to, but it's not to bad. Most graphics programs are sorta modeled off Photoshop, so like Sai for instance, has a lot of the same features and hotkeys. Both Sai and Krita can import PSD files too, it's just not all the layer effects will work (unless you flatten the layer) so it's best to save those for last. Basic layer modes like 'multiply' work in both programs it's just the fancy stuff like drop shadow stuff like that can be a little iffy. You get used to it pretty quick and it doesn't seem to be an issue for me really.
Of course it's up to you. Photoshop is a pretty amazing program in it's own right.
In case you're wondering about hardrive space, my Krita program folder is only 270mbs so that's pretty small imo. As long as I keep the brush sizes down it seems to work fine even on my old computer.
It's a little weird to get used to, but it's not to bad. Most graphics programs are sorta modeled off Photoshop, so like Sai for instance, has a lot of the same features and hotkeys. Both Sai and Krita can import PSD files too, it's just not all the layer effects will work (unless you flatten the layer) so it's best to save those for last. Basic layer modes like 'multiply' work in both programs it's just the fancy stuff like drop shadow stuff like that can be a little iffy. You get used to it pretty quick and it doesn't seem to be an issue for me really. Of course it's up to you. Photoshop is a pretty amazing program in it's own right.
Thank you for telling me this! (Sorry for not answering, I forget to reply back!) I am always interested in new programs considering Photoshop's software is fantastic, but it does take up a lot space. That and I always love using new brushes (that way I'm not sifting through peoples brushes in order to find ones that I like.)