Krita is so nice to work with I can't believe I ever left it for Clip Studio Paint, the perspective assistance tools are better, the pop-up palette is a fantastic feature, all the layer modes and filters are there, the program literally just runs better and the community-made resources are always there at 0 cost. I will say that my experience with CSP was necessary to make me better understand what Krita was capable of, but now I can say with full certainty that it proved to be a frivolous purchase.
I am amazed that there are people out there willing to provide such quality software for free, this goes for all FOSS alternatives like Libre Office and Linux operating systems.
Let's say that an artist focused on subject matter with socialist aesthetics made an account on mastodon, on what instance would it be wise to make their account on?
I did some light research and apparently it is not a great idea to make an account on the big general instance, so what would be a place that isn't prone to getting blocked while also being at least neutral on painted hammers and sickles?
I shared my art here yesterday and I genuinely didn't expect it to be so well received, now I am more motivated than ever to keep going and start creating an online presence for myself as an artist.
On another note, coming back to using Krita made me realize that I never really needed paid art creation software in the first place, at the end of the day it's all about your own skills.
My recent choice to FOSS-ify my whole computer is paying dividends every day.
Personally, I don't even know that much about how computers operate and using the terminal feels like witchcraft, but ever since taking my chances and jumping ship to Linux Mint I feel like I actually own my own computer.
Huh, I never considered Mastodon as an option until now, I'll look into it. But either way what I noticed is that if you want your work to reach as many people as possible you pretty much have no choice as an artist than to use X, you can maybe skip making a Bluesky account, but a critical mass of people is still on Xitter.
I resonate with this sentiment, I mostly lurk because most comments and posts radiate a very foul energy of pessimism, hopelessness and thinly veiled hostility. It's mentally taxing just to look at what other people are talking about, I can only imagine what it would be like to regularly engage with this site's discourse. The vibes are rancid.
Most of the user base of this site is North American and it really shows in how traffic on comms about special interests is dwarfed by tired ranting, despair, doomscroll material, toxic irony, post-postmodern humor (
"America signs non-aggression pact with Iran to not drop bombs on Iran" (completely opposed to reality while adding an element of irony)
I say it would be quite hilarious, imagine seeing a headline on a post like:
"The USS Nimitz is still afloat and operational in the Persian Gulf"
Then looking in horror to see on what comm it was posted. Bonus points if the comm icon is a black and white picture of an American politician looking at a newspaper and the comm name is something like "newsn't".
Today I have learned what a "bombardino crocodilo" is.
I have tried every solution but no matter what I do it seems that modern day "brainrot culture" is inescapable, also the fact that bombardino crocodilo's lore is that it is an IDF superweapon against children does nothing to slow down my descent into madness.
Krita is so nice to work with I can't believe I ever left it for Clip Studio Paint, the perspective assistance tools are better, the pop-up palette is a fantastic feature, all the layer modes and filters are there, the program literally just runs better and the community-made resources are always there at 0 cost. I will say that my experience with CSP was necessary to make me better understand what Krita was capable of, but now I can say with full certainty that it proved to be a frivolous purchase.
I am amazed that there are people out there willing to provide such quality software for free, this goes for all FOSS alternatives like Libre Office and Linux operating systems.