Krita

Digital artist Sylvia Ritter has unveiled a colourful stingray illustration titled 'Stonking Stingray', painted over the course of a month using Krita, Blender and a touch of GIMP. The piece takes its name from the Ubuntu 26.10 release codename, which is scheduled for release on 15 October. Ritter has a long history of creating Ubuntu wallpaper art, and the new work is drawing warm reactions from free software and art communities.

Artist Sylvia Ritter has shared a digital artwork titled "The Grand Koi Hotel", painted in Krita and dated 2014, depicting an ornate building with koi fish under a starry sky. She posted it as part of a Silent Sunday art share on Mastodon, tagged with community art and no-AI labels, where it has drawn appreciative engagement.

Digital artist Sylvia Ritter has completed a colorful stingray painting created with Krita, Blender and a touch of GIMP, saying it took a full month to finish. The piece is inspired by the codename of Ubuntu 26.10, the Linux distribution release scheduled for October 15. Ritter has a history of creating Ubuntu wallpaper art, and the new piece is drawing praise from the open-source and digital art communities.

An artist has unveiled a recent 'YCH' commission painting of a skull-faced bird druid character, created for a client known as protuberanssi. The artist says the piece was especially fun to make, noting that bird druids and skull-faced creatures are rarely seen in fantasy and tabletop RPG character art. The work, painted digitally in Krita, joins a series of recent skullbeast pieces and has drawn likes from the furry and fantasy art community.

A digital artist has posted a new animation made in Krita, introducing viewers to their original characters, including a grim reaper figure, along with backstory lore. The artist joked in Polish that they have run out of ideas for what to write in the description, letting the animation speak for itself. It is being shared with art and animation communities.

Artists are taking part in the annual October challenge of drawing something every day, with some writing their own prompts instead of following official lists. One participant opened the month with a drawing of a sheep, made in Krita on a Wacom tablet, saying the goal is to get back into drawing for fun and practice coming up with ideas for pieces.

An artist has shared a small new update to their webcomic, a humor strip apparently featuring a spider and set around a chat app. The piece is digital art drawn in Krita, and it joins the artist's ongoing comic series. Reception so far is modest, with early viewers responding positively to the light, funny micro-comic format.

An artist known as CorruptedFox has created and shared a digital cat-themed illustration made as a small birthday gift for another community member named Blaeck. The piece was drawn in Krita and shared within the furry art community on the fediverse, where members commonly exchange fan art to celebrate birthdays and other personal occasions.