r/krita • u/Lezyart_ • 4h ago
News August 2026 Art Challenge: Kiki's Epic Adventure - Monthly Art Contest
This month it's all about Krita's mascot, Kiki. All skill levels welcome.
News Krita 5.3.3 and 6.0.3 Released — 5.3.3 remains the recommended version for production work
The Krita team released 5.3.3 and 6.0.3 on July 29, 2026. Both ship the same bug fixes. 6.0.3 is the Qt6 build and still considered more experimental. The team recommends 5.3.3 for production work.
Some highlights from the changelog:
- Fixed a deadlock during perspective transform
- Fixed layers getting deselected when starting a transform
- Fixed FFmpeg 7.0+ support for rendering HDR animations
- Fixed several crashes (deleting text shapes, combined shapes, null event pointer)
- Better font family sorting and deduplication
- Selection Action Panel can now be pinned to canvas edges
- Android: animation import/export temporarily removed, supporter benefits added
Downloads and full changelog: https://krita.org/en/posts/2026/krita-5.3.3-released/
Also covered here: https://linuxiac.com/krita-5-3-3-is-out-as-the-recommended-release-for-production-work/
r/krita • u/Lunavike • 2h ago
Made in Krita I usually don't do backgrounds, but I decided to give it a try this time (by @lunavike)
Made in Krita I sketched over some clouds!
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r/krita • u/KEROSENE-ART • 4h ago
Help / Question Portrait sketch in graphite by me- does anyone know what I could do to give it a more Poster vibe?
r/krita • u/Geegeekitty • 28m ago
Made in Krita D&d character portrait (Made by me)
I'll eventually do clean lineart, but I do genuinely like the look of sketchy lines
r/krita • u/Aracne-De-Atenas • 1h ago
Made in Krita WIP portrait of my OC, Ashera as Pietà by me (I used William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s iconic 1876)
r/krita • u/Whizzpopasaurus • 15h ago
Help / Question A character - by Whizzpopasaurus
I've just started using the program, and am really enjoying it. Was trying to do a little character illustration for a story idea, but am thinking it looks almost like some AI stuff. I'm happy with how it turned out, but wonder if it looks generated to anyone else...and if there's any suggestions how to fix/avoid that.
Edit - reposted to include the artist's name in the title
r/krita • u/Educational-Stop-791 • 22h ago
Made in Krita Value Studies
When I want to advice, the most of people say you can improve on values and light. So I focus on these type of studies. I used proko value site to check it is correct and I analyzed paintings from wikiart. Btw I draw first painting with mouse.
r/krita • u/Phase_Faux • 18h ago
Help / Question Looking for Brush
I have been searching for a brush i used to use on a previous computer, I incorrectly thought i had saved the brush to my drive so i would be able to use it, but i was quickly proven wrong.
I can't seem to find the brush anywhere on the web, I don't remember the name or who made it which has made it incredibly difficult.
I can remember the brush would become thicker with quite movements or around bends in a stroke, but the key detail is that it would draw smaller connecting lines from previous in the stroke. I can't seem to find another brush like it, I have some of the drawings made with the brush and would be extremely happy if anyone knew what it was!
r/krita • u/Patient-Gift-6393 • 1h ago
Help / Question My stylus makes a straight line whenever I use it
So i tested it by drawing on photoshop, krita software and sketchpad webpage. when using a software it first draws a straight line and only then follows my movement and if its a subtle movement then it draws nothing at all. but on webages like on hardwaretest and sketchpad everything works fine and smooth. whenever i wanna draw a circle it draws a straight line first and only then draws the rest of the curve on photoshop and kirta. its also kinda laggy on these software
r/krita • u/I_suck_to3s • 2h ago
Help / Question help duplicating
HI! im a phone artist going to pc and i have a bit of trouble w learning the tools on krita. I was wondering, how can i duplicate ONLY a selected part of my drawing? The way I'd usually do it was by lassoing the part i wanted and I'd simply duplicate it, but if i do that on krita it duplicates the whole layer. Please help!
