Hey everyone!
(Idk if Iām late lol)
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Welcome, @Perigon360
Hey everyone,
Iām Lisa! Iāve been tinkering with Krita for about five years ā mostly just āmessing around,ā trying brushes, exploring tools, and seeing where my creativity takes me.
Iām really excited to finally jump into the forums and connect with fellow artists. Iād love to swap tips, share experiments, and hear about your workflows, favorite brushes, or any creative hacks youāve discovered along the way.
Looking forward to learning from all of you and sharing a bit of my own journey too!
ā Lisa
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Welcome, @CrazyArtLover.
My turn.
My name is not Bob. I learned in the '90s about safe computer sex, as my advisor called it, so I am totally paranoid about internet privacy. The only social media I engage in is computer forums, Krita-artists being my regular go to.
As a kid, I could never do art. Girls in my classes could do things with a few pencil strokes that amazed me. I envied them, but of course never admitted it to my sports oriented buds. Here on this forum, I get a full dose of envy on a daily basis.
My artistic talents donāt actually exist, but I like to try. Did some weak stuff with a mouse on windows 3.1 and whatever paint program came with it. At some point I got ahold of Paint Shop Pro, made some stupid animated gif thingies.
Recently my granddaughter, who comes for breakfast every day before school, showed an interest in drawing. My laptop has a touch screen, but it is not pen compatible. Drawing wth a finger didnāt work for either of us. I said we could fix that, and bought a Wacom Cintiq 16, after doing a bit of research. Actually, I bought two, since I spend a lot of time at my girlfriendās house too. The first one came with a half price offer on Clip Studio Paint (3), so I jumped on that. Bit of a waste, since I truly hate Windows, and only use it for one thing.
Didnāt like the clutter hooking the tablet to the laptop, so I went to a refurbished computer store and got a couple of cheap desktops that were not windows 11 compatible, they were trying to get rid of them. Then I built a couple of custom ādesksā to keep everyting organized.
My search for Linux based drawing programs got me Inkscape, Gimp, Krita, and Blender. Now I only use Krita. It is both fun and frustrating. Fun for the creation, frustrating as I usually draw from imagination and have virtually no talent, or imagination. The incredible variety of brushes may not teach me how to draw, but they sure do allow me to accidently do something that appeals to me.
Keep on painting
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Itās so nice to learn a bit about you, @NotBob. And nice to have you here on the forum.
Hello Lisa. Playing is the best approach to familiarise yourself with the instrument and experiment. Technique and study are the next step, but it is important that this happens because you are motivated by passion and the desire to improve. Everything must follow its natural course. Welcome to the forum!
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Hi Bonne. Believe me, once you get the hang of it, Krita is the best antidepressant I know (I speak from experience). The important thing is to proceed without rushing and without pressure. Think of it as a kind of āplaygroundā where you can find space to express yourself through lines and colours. At first, it doesnāt matter if you donāt have any particular subjects or themes in mind: just let yourself go and draw whatever comes to mind and, above all, whatever gives you pleasure. Art expresses itself in a thousand forms, and all you have to do is discover yours. My only advice is to buy a graphics tablet to connect to your laptop as soon as possible. Believe me, you donāt need to spend a lot of money. Welcome to the forum!
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Well, well, how can i start? Oh yes!
Iām raxitocl, a Chilean artist.
Pretty good presentation, no?
I like drawing, and i try to draw almost every day, but sometimes, the work, the studies and the problems to have ideas make me procrastinate, but iām trying to not procrastinate always
Sometimes i can make some designs (because i study Graphic Design), make some music demos (using FL Studio or Bandlab), drawing (on digital using Krita, Sketchbook or Ibis Paint or in traditional) and play videogames (Minecraft, Fallout 4, Genshin Impactā¦ Watch Dogs Legion!)
Iām friendly, my jokes are outdated or sometimes are really bad jokes (heck, even i laugh with a bread falling to the floor), i have Autism (that doesnāt difficult my ability to talk or make friends) and yeah, thatās all.
But yeah, thatās all about me. In any case, if you want to talk to me or make friends, my discord is raxito.cl
(and sorry about my english, my native language is Spanish)
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Welcome, @raxitocl.
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Hello,
My name is SackLunch, I have just found this amazing community. Iām an art teacher and while I have done a good amount of traditional art, digital illustration is a more recent pursuit for me. Iāve used an ipad and procreate in the past but I found myself working on a digital illustration course. For accessibility sake I will be teaching Krita as a tool for students to draw digitally with. Iām actively working on practicing with a graphics tablet and Krita. So far I am really enjoying the software! I really enjoy the work Iāve seen you all making so far and hope to contribute what Iāve been working on soon!
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Hi Guys my name is Christian and I am an Artist from Nairobi Kenya .I started using krita about 4 months ago so I am still a rookie.I am looking forward to sharing my art work with you and learning from all of you.
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Welcome @SackLunchArt and @Touchheart-44
I hope you enjoy the community. There are lots of helpful Krita users here.
Also we have a monthly art challenge if you want to play along.
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Thank you .I will absolutely play along .
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Hello! My name is BQwerty! Iāve been here for a little while, but Iāve only found out about this now.. 
I love to draw, mostly characters and animals! Iāve used Krita for a while and drawn for a long time to, but only recently have I started to actually fiddle around with it properly!
I mostly draw digitally, but sometimes its nice to go back to traditional art.
I also do some 3d art works in between my digital stuff, but sometimes I hyper fixate on one and forget the other exists 
I love sharing and looking at peoples art, and the community here is wonderful and super welcoming! I donāt know what else to say!
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Thank you for sharing a bit about yourself, @BQwerty. Itās nice to have you as one of us.
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I been procrastinating doing this but I should lol
Anyway Hi Im Phae (f-e-y) iv been doing art my whole life but I only started digital art and animation in 2020. I love all art mediums and enjoy doing things out of my box even if it turns out bad. I have live in the country side woods my whole life so that has a big influence on my art as I mainly draw animals and nature. I have been using Krita since I started, iv tried other free art programs but nothing can compare for me duo to the wide range of things i do being art, storyboarding, animation, and comics. Krita has an amazing community and KiKiās the cutest mascot! My goals in life are to save up money so I can one day go to art school and try and get a job as a background artist.
This is the first digital art piece I did on 6/11/2020 on windows paint and with a mouse by the way
PS: happy to be the 600th response lol
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Hello @PhaeCat, nice to get to know you! 
By the way, is the little oneās name Zipper, by any chance? 
Michelist
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Thank You @Michelist
The drawing is of a character from a 2001 cartoon call Invader Zim the character is Gir heās a robot with a dog costume on. I was obsessed with the show when I was younger so he was the first thing i drew lol
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Traditional and digital artist, started digital about 8 months ago maybe Iāve used Krita from the start, and am using an xppen and tablet.
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