The Foundry releases Modo Indie and Marie Indie
Licensed for commercial work, aimed at indie games artists, and priced at just $300 and $150 a pop.
Friday, December 12th, 2014
digital painting
Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 9.5
VFX-friendly paint app gets new cloud sculpting toolset, plus updated environment-creation tools.
Thursday, September 18th, 2014
10 questions for... Naughty Dog's Aaron Limonick
The concept art star tells us about his session for Gnomon Workshop Live, and his tips for young artists.
Saturday, September 6th, 2014
Krita 2.8 brings open-source paint tool to Windows users
Updated: Now with an early build for OS X, too. Back it on Kickstarter to speed up Mac development.
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
Download Ideascale Nodepack for Mari
Get a handy collection of free Mari shaders and procedurals, compiled by Weta Digital's Jens Kafitz.
Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
Black Ink: customisable, GPU-based digital painting
Latest update to Bleank's innovative digital paint package adds standard Photoshop-style selection tools.
Wednesday, June 18th, 2014
Escape Motions releases Flame Painter 3
Now shipping: Unique digital painting app to get improved Photoshop integration, Wacom tablet support.
Wednesday, April 30th, 2014
The Foundry ships Mari 2.6
Good update for games artists adds physically correct shading, layered GLSL shaders, in-viewport IBL.
Friday, April 4th, 2014
Project Dogwaffle team ships Howler 9.1
VFX-friendly paint app adds support for GPU-accelerated rendering, compositing-focused new Crop tool.
Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
Escape Motions releases Flame Painter 2.5
Free update to unique digital painting tool adds Blur and Glow filters, full 64-bit support for larger images.
Friday, December 20th, 2013
Amberlight lets you 'paint' with particle fields
New procedural art tool from the creator of Flame Painter generates arresting swirls, glows and light trails.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
Escape Motions releases Flame Painter for iOS
Quirky but surprisingly versatile digital painting software released as free app for iPhone and iPad.
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
The Foundry ships Mari for Mac
Digital paint tool now available on OS X as part of Mari 2.5. Users of other OSs get a new shader API.
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013