Expresii now available as free public beta
Beautiful new tool lets you paint with virtual brushes and inks, complete with fluid flow and blending.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
digital painting
The Krita Foundation releases Krita 2.9.7
Open-source paint tool gets better PSD support, new tangent normal brush engine to paint normal maps.
Friday, September 4th, 2015
Corel ships Painter 2016
Digital paint tool gets new physics based brush options, updated layer blending, Photoshop brush import.
Thursday, August 13th, 2015
Escape Motions releases Rebelle paint package
Updated, now shipping: Nifty $60 tool mimics how real watercolour and acrylic paint flows and blends.
Thursday, May 28th, 2015
Project Dogwaffle team releases Particle 9
New tablet-optimised digital paint tool from the creators of Howler offers particle painting for just $8.
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
Gnomon releases guide to Character Concept Design
Three-hour Photoshop video shows how Weta Workshop concept designer Johnny Fraser-Allen tackles a real client brief.
Thursday, May 7th, 2015
Krita 2.9.4 ships
New update to the open-source painting app adds Photoshop-style layer styles, boosts performance.
Thursday, May 7th, 2015
Check out intriguing $19 paint app Paintstorm Studio
Natural media paint package acts like a hybrid of Painter and Manga Studio, with cool new tools on top.
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 9.6
Updated: VFX-friendly paint app gets new greenscreen and video-repair tools. Now out on Steam for $49.99.
Monday, March 16th, 2015
Krita team releases stable beta of Krita 2.9
Open source paint app gets new Liquify tool, new colour selector, better PSD and RAW file handling.
Tuesday, December 16th, 2014
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
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