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
digital painting
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
Project Dogwaffle team releases PD Artist 9
Digital paint app includes all the non-animation tools of Howler 9, including its new renderer, for $20.
Friday, September 20th, 2013
Project Dogwaffle team announces Howler 9
VFX-friendly digital paint package adds GI render engine, side-by-side filter display, Linux support via Wine.
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
Krita 2.7 released
Open-source paint app continues to evolve in CG-friendly directions with new Offset tool for tileable textures.
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
Corel ships Painter X3
Digital paint package gets better brush-editing worflow, Photoshop-like jitter options, nice perspective guides.
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
Concept artist Emmanuel Shiu on the art of After Earth
The Iron Man veteran talks us through his world and vehicle designs for M. Night Shyamalan's sci-fi drama.
Thursday, June 13th, 2013