Using Krita For The First Time

[@PillowheadCreations]

Aaron Blaise is proof that it’s the artist and not the program or tool pure talent

[@spoofyguy5412]

Anyway sometimes software matters too for example I used animate CC which had the worst interface a single brush and lack of tools open toonz best animation tweening tools but hard drawing tools then has the best friendly user interface and brushes which let me to explore them according to me so you should check out other options too

[@jeofthevirtuoussand]

bro that comment would have been ok if krita wasnt a really good software to begin with i agree that an artist can make do with anything within reason, however, a good software will enable the artist to do more and better works, working with a good software is important

[@michaelstraughn3465]

Well ya, if you've been drawing for ever, you can navigate a simple screen to draw things you've drawn forever.

[@rickraydubs]

@@michaelstraughn3465 so, you've proved his point

[@Baskl757]

It's easier to learn on a better program first and once you get that hang of it you can go to the harder to use stuff

[@mbari44096]

I cannot wait for you to do animation in Krita. You will love it. It has everything you need to animate. Krita has timeline, onion skin, exporting.

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

I know it's a cool program and I'm so sorry to say this but I legitimately can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not

[@mbari44096]

@@dissonanceparadiddle I really mean it. It's wonderful. Try it. You won't regret it.

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

@@mbari44096 sounds good. I have a myriad of different programs I need to get good at and krita is one of them. I've been putting off animating for far too long

[@mxrvell3669]

Timeline, onion skin and exporting are the minimum requirements for an animation software. It has nothing exquisite for animation and is very basic. (Sorry if you were being sarcastic)

[@maritzatrevizo-nava4207]

Best of all is that Krita is for Linux!... a real alternative to Windows and Mac programs.

[@bearsshouting3130]

There's no better feeling than seeing someone like Aaron enjoy using Krita. It seriously warms my heart. So important to have as well, people like myself who just can't afford the sub of adobe and huge license fees, especially when starting out. Having a free program that's more than competent and in a lot of respects can stand as a direct competitor is frankly astounding. It gives us no excuse. Love Krita!

[@daviddaveydave]

I've been using krita for my main drawing program for about 2 years now. To be honest I don't even want to "upgrade". I absolutely love drawing and animating with it, and it's free. Glad to see one of my favorite artists use krita :v)

[@thegameseriesop1300]

I've started using Krita recently and I really love it, and even I'm doing Animations on it, real fun!

[@NoadiArt]

I have Photoshop and I do like it for some things but for painting, Krita wins for me

[@EdTadeo]

Yey for Aaron! 😁👍 I hope you enjoy drawing with in. I know it's pretty different using animation with it, may be try that later.

[@thegameseriesop1300]

Sir I'm a Big Fan of your Animations 😍

[@mittarikinz]

Yo, hello! You're one of my favorite Krita animators!

[@MorningHawk101]

I LOVE THIS!! You can pull your reference image into Krita so your not looking up and down visually, just click and drag it in and Krita will ask what you want to do with it.

[@celestethoms]

He always works like that. But that’s a great tip. I didn’t know it was that easy. A lot of program don’t make using reference that simple.

[@MorningHawk101]

@@celestethoms Oh I know he does, when I work with Photoshop I did also (screens next to each other) but since Krita allows the ref on the same screen without interfering with your work, I wanted to point out that feature. I feel like it makes the work flow go much smoother. I will often crop different sections of the same ref for details when I need them as well, so I can just drag the from a different part of the workspace to the area of the piece I am working on. I never really did "art" with Photoshop just photo editing so Aaron walking through this is helpful for me to pick up on things I didn't understand Krita is meant to do. I sat through the whole thing like a little kid with a stupid grin on my face..

[@chumnutzly]

Lol I don't see anything related to krita on your channel

[@MorningHawk101]

@@chumnutzly Yeah I keep forgetting that I default browse You Tube through my personal You tube account. My Art account is Morning Hawk Creations. Here's the last Krita video I edited kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYSZmIeha8tjrZI But I have a few live streams and 2 other finished time lapses that I've done along with an over view of Krita's brushes. I still have to finish the freisian, and I'm working on a leopard layout.

[@ankushraj9583]

Yo

[@stephaniepeters2590]

There is also a version of Krita for Android - the format is compatible, so I'm using it on my S7 Tablet on the go - and finishing up on PC. I love this software! Happy to see that one of my artist heroes approves :)

[@Princeofsimps841]

Ur advice is useful

[@AScribblingTurtle]

Krita is just amazing. It also has a quite complex Animation-Timeline. Would love to see you trying the Animation tools it has. It would be interresting to hear a professional oppinion, on how it stacks up to something like TVPaint. For beginners and Hobbyists, that can't or don't want to pay 1000th of $ for a license, Krita is definitly the way to go. + Krita has an Android Version too. A few tips. Right click brings up a Tool + Color palette and the Tab-Key hides the UI, so it is as distraction free, as it can get. Holding "Shift" allows you to change the brush size on the fly.

[@RisenHope7]

Finally a useful tutorial for someone like me who has never tried digital drawing (only traditional pencil drawings) and wants to understand how to begin with a portrait in Krita. Thank you!

[@AaronBlaiseArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@PochoNieves]

First day at Krita and paints a masterpiece in an hour... this goes to show you don't need to pay an Adobe subscription to get it done at professional level.

[@Maite-AileenBrandt]

In Aaron Blaise I found my 'new' Bob Ross. His voice and talking feels so calming and generous to me ... yet he also is super informative with many constructive and reasonable tips. And he does it while being cheerful and humorous. :) Thanks for all the videos!

[@AaronBlaiseArt]

Thanks for watching and for the kind words.

[@Maite-AileenBrandt]

​@@AaronBlaiseArt Of course! Thank you in return for creating this awesome content that brings me joy and comfort. :)

[@pomjuicedrops360]

Oooh Krita! I love using using that program, that's my main go-to whenever I wanna illustrate or sketch!

[@arkhamnygma4278]

Krita brushes are impressive and Aaron is a real master of the art every software or physical tool he uses

[@trevorwright6165]

well i sat here with my mouth open just watching the lioness take shape what a great artist you are i was wonderful to watch thank you so much i am a late starter at 73 and been trying out digital art and not tried krita but i have downloaded it now thank you Aaron all the best from trev in sussex uk

[@mbari44096]

Please make an animation course using Krita.

[@hograthmorrison7920]

Right

[@Geurtb]

Hmmm a staunch Photoshop follower into using Krita! From what I see, as a true artist you can work with any medium and any software and produce excellent art, so kudos to you! I have been using Krita for a year and once you start using some of the brushes for watercolor simulation as well as some of the watercolor papers available, you will revert to this software frequently Mr Blaise!!

[@thorjelly]

Honestly if you want watercolor simulation Krita is not even remotely comparable to Corel Painter, which does actual physics simulations and even models the wetness of the paper after your last strokes, but yeah. (Painter is also infamously a CPU destroyer)

[@tonyjennison3199]

Some comments mention the lack of a dedicated eraser but there is an eraser icon at the top so everything is an eraser. so much better. You are a master sir and it is a joy to see you use new software with wisdom, keeping your approach simple. Still as a user of Krita I kept yelling at you to right click, this will pop up a navigator, brush selector, and colour picker. Once the keys are learned you can fly with this software like no other. If you stick to PS that's cool, if you give this a try it would be a privilege to see your thoughts. I wish you joy sir. A pleasure to watch.

[@gerardolabana3216]

Yeah!! One of my favorite feature of Krita is the pop up palette that appears when you hit the right click of the stylus, is really handy. :)

[@lizardltd]

Yeah, all of the Krita brushes are awesome, I like the RGBA ones the most, they look quite realistic, more than any brush I've tried in Photoshop

[@alanbarker2279]

I've watched literally dozens or more tutorials on using Krita. This one by an experienced artist using it for the very first time turns out to be the one I found most useful. Thank you Aaron...

[@seireiart]

I used to begin drawing in Photoshop a long time ago, and nowadays I rarely touching it because I use Clip Studio and Krita (and they're really good)

[@karbikarbi7787]

Please do more videos on Krita! Really Loved this video!! It would be great if you make a video about krita tools.

[@SheigonSheffield]

I'm glad to see a Legend using a free software like Krita.

[@MarcoKrieger]

You seem to love the brushes very much. I highly recommend to go into the brush settings/brush engine. There is were the magic happens. Great picture, I really like your style.

[@vishalhudge2540]

sir.. we would love to have your course on krita..if possible in future.. like photoshop

[@dontmindme8709]

I felt uneasy seeing you go through the whole process without saving even once. I'm happy it worked out though. Really nice painting in a good painting program. It's good seeing Krita get the attention it deserves!

[@wyrdo1501]

how much ram do you have? if you like to work with a lot of layers especially if they are big its going to crash on you once you hit your ram cap. you can go into settings and give krita a higher ram cap and that will help you out. feel like 16gigs is good enough for most people but 32 would be a good goal if you want to work with large layers and a lot of them. krita also auto saves every 15 minutes by default and im sure you can change that to whatever you want. can never be too careful i know before i got my ram situation figured out i had a few frustrating experiences.

[@ori_gina_lart7621]

4 years ago i always used krita and absolutely loved the brushes! The only negtive thing was that back then krita crashed all the time :/ but i´m sure by now the fixed it. I really miss the brushes but now i use procreate and absolutely love procreate so i sold my wacom.

[@roderickgladwish]

Great to see you using Krita. I tend to set fixated on certain brushes, you've reminded and encouraged me to explore some of the others.

[@cickovic91]

What can this man do in 1h is unbelievable! Never thought of local layer I was fixing shadow layer and light layer with color layer and blablabla not realising that the problem is at the very start. Thank you for this!

[@kuromikendall]

The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love your decisions. ♡

[@celestethoms]

Krita has some amazing native brushes. Great walkthrough. If you do a course, can you do a video or two on the animation features?

[@yoservs]

glad you could experience the wonder that is Krita. i adopted it as my software of choice two years ago and it didn't take me long to wean off photoshop. Krita is the way forward for illustrators for sure.

[@knightshousegames]

I've been using Krita since I switched to Linux in 2017 and it has honestly amazed me since literally the first time I ever used it Just experimenting with it the first time, having never really done any sort of digital painting before, literally with my mouse I made a painting of a bonfire that I'm still kinda proud of In the years I've been using it it had never left me wanting for any feature, and I am continually impressed with features it has as I grow as an artist and learn new techniques, I can watch tutorials done in other programs and Krita has kept up with them all in my experience. The interface just feels so intuitive and just works the way you would expect it to, it's so nice.

[@rhygelxvi9479]

It's about time

[@Goffyuno]

This proves a very important point. Most of the new generation graphics apps are inspired by Photoshop and Corel Painter. The gold standards of digital drawing painting. Krita is great and deserves the support of the artist community. If you know how to draw, it does not matter much if it's on a 32" large Wacom tablet, small 11" iPad Pro, or medium 13" Surface Pro. The lioness seems to say, Yo! Aaron, you missed one whisker on the left.

[@sacrebleu1371]

Please do a Krita course! 🥰

[@witcrack]

Hi Aaron! I'm really excited to see you try Krita. It's my main tool for painting lately. Also, I want to see you try the animation features maybe in future video(s). I heard it's good. I'm not an animator but i sometimes animate from time to time to study, especially my figures/gestures and for my needs, i find that krita is very very intuitive although I know there are many animation features i still haven't use or even know about, so i want to know what you have to say about them.

[@mothrahdizaztronaut6057]

I was worried you weren't going to like the brushes, so this was gratifying to watch. I still have most of your creature bundle to work through, but rest assured I would immediately buy a krita course if you made it. Thanks for all you do!

[@alvaromallo2356]

I grew up watching The Lion King (the animated 2D version) and I´m really happy to find your official channel Aaron. That was a glorius decade for Disney and you where part of it. I'm surely to sing up for some of your tutorials and lessons. This is a dream come true. Greetings from Montevideo, Uruguay. PS: The Lion King makes me crie till this day.

[@s-o-o-z]

I love Krita. It's awesome to see one of my favourite artists discover Krita.

[@sohamkhamaru9550]

Hey my friend introduced me to krita... Can't wait to see live drawing also... Sometimes photoshop version turns me nuts..

[@renealbrechtsen9743]

It's so cool seeing one of my favorite artists using Krita. :)

[@walterzenga6989]

Every time I try to leave Krita, something pulls me back. I optimized my workflow with a lot of shortcuts but never was able to achieve the same results of your drawing. I would be really happy to follow your tutorials in Krita.

[@matheuspena475]

My god, this looks so beautifull!

[@benenwren4110]

I've been using it for years now and never going back! Krita can do everything art-related that Photoshop can, with the exclusion of advanced photo manipulation tools like "liquify"

[@tymondabrowski12]

There is Liquify in Transform Tool, just change the mode in Tool Options. It's a bit slow but works. Though I'd recommend checking other modes too, they might be faster and lead to jusr as good results.

[@peacewalker3344]

As @Tymon said, there is a Liquify tool. But I wanted to add that Krita actually has a Liquify BRUSH, which is amazing. It's part of the Deform Brush Engine. It's fast and gets the job done.

[@benenwren4110]

@@peacewalker3344 I know of the liquefy brush, but I don't think the quality is quite up to the point where it would meet the needs of photo manipulators who are used to PS. Though to be fair I haven't used it for a few versions.

[@nozee77]

This comes at the right time, I just bought a pen display and installed Krita, but didn't use it much because I felt overwhelmed. 🙏

[@BBAMEG]

Just got Krita and Artrage and started experimenting. I'm also a long time PS user and just wanted a change. Glad to see you're enjoying it!

[@federicomontenegro9148]

So happy that you like it Aaron!

[@kris5187]

absolute pleasure watching you work.

[@Sobbayi]

Hay Aaron, I love you art, I'm a Krita user who loves creating wildlife art, oh and I live in Nairobi, Kenya

[@baxbuxpwiuudrrr7005]

you are the man

[@TheSilentChloey]

Amazing art! I've given Krita a go myself and had some fun with it. And yes we need more people to put out beauty into the world!

[@cartoonistgautam1965]

I use Krita for my cartoons and coloring them! I enjoyed your painting in Krita. it is amazing to see that you took no time to paint even in Krita like a pro with years of experience. i wish to see more and more painting lessons in Krita.

[@AmbiCahira]

The lioness turned out so gorgeous!

[@SylvesterLazarus]

My Krita experience: Day 1 - Hah, Krita is nice. Day ≈10 - Krita is GARBAGE, I'll sell my kidney to pay for Photoshop instead! Day ≈11 - Let's try it again, I'll might need some extra work to get used to it. Day ≈400 - I'll use Krita for doing commission work. Day ≈900 - I still use Krita exclusively to this day. Edit: Grammar

[@SylvesterLazarus]

@@gray_ggk It was partly the performance that hit me hard, but it improved significantly even in the last couple years (also I started being much more conscious with my layers which is always a good thing) and something with the brush engine being different enough to put me off. After I got familiar with it to the point that I could create and modify brushes and not rely too much on the adjustment layers (also a good thing in general), I was committed.

[@kingpen1179]

can you make a animation stream using krita in the future

[@virtualsnake1994]

pleaseeee... more krita videos aaron. this was a joy to watch.

[@Lyssa_Stuff]

Wow!! That makes me happy to know that someone I learn from took a look at Krita! I wonder if I could learn anything here. I’ve used Krita for 3-ish years and it’s great to see your experience with it!

[@ProdByGhost]

i love krita its like a blender very polished and is free!

[@crescent416]

Thank you for the sharing process from the beginning to finish..

[@pirazel7858]

The Grease Pencil of the free software Blender is also great. You can do 2D animation in a fully 3D environment.

[@xXGambleXx]

Wow this is the power krita? Well I just found my alternative to clip studio when ver1 is not supported with OS updates in 2023. Despite this being your first time using Krita, this video taught me a lot on values and layer properties, thanks.

[@arandompotat0]

Krita is great because is an Open Source program, It is free to download and it relies on donations to keep improving it. So anyone can try it

[@TaTa-xd5yt]

Lovely painting. Looks so majestic! I love Krita. I used Photoshop for 5 years and only lazy nezumi add_on made it bearable to draw with(draw not paint, I draw a lot) and it stopped working, then I went to krita and love it more than Photoshop.

[@filip5267]

Krita is superb software, runs smooth and feels great. I love your work, Aaron, keep it up!

[@klastorps]

Pure masterpiece.

[@imateria9088]

Krita is amazing! Glad to see you trying!

[@sherab2078]

Great stuff! Waiting for more videos with Krita! Best wishes!

[@fatorangegoldfish6560]

So glad you liked Krita! I use it for all my painting and drawing. Aside from being free to use it's also really nice because it plays well with Linux, unlike Adobe programs

[@jmalmsten]

As someone who switched from Photoshop to Krita a few years ago, it felt like such an upgrade. Feature-set-wise. Yes, it can be seen as a downgrade. But it mainly ripped away pretty much all the bloat and stuff I never use anyways. And what was left worked more like I always wanted Photoshop to work like that it wasn't even a contest. Getting a shuttle pro 2 was then the icing on the cake. As I could use the jog wheel, the rotary encoder, the macro buttons to flip through frames, test playback, switch between tools and add and clear frames all with minimal movement to the left hand. I amexperimenting with Blender's Grease Pencil. Mainly for 2.5D animation. But maybe even for ink n paint. But still. For just firing it up and work like on paper, I do love Krita.

[@Gundesalf]

Quick comment: For filters, on the window that pups up where you adjust them, there is a button that says "apply as layer". Which creates a non-destructive layer. Cool, huh?

[@GaryParris]

well done. Krita is way more powerful than people think, like other FLOSS apps, such as Blender, Inkscape, darktable etc; Krita has built in the ability to work in true 32Bit colour on your Mac, you can do so much with it! i am fully FLOSS, even linux, no need for paid apps anymore, the quality and community is better in the FLOSS domain

[@vickikgibson9470]

Simply wonderful work. I have got others to watch your work, especially young artists who need to learn more than just line, and stopping... those layers add more to your work! Thank you, as you also expand my own artistic abilities!:) I LOVE Krita, as it allows me to work when I can't afford Photoshop etc...so, thank you KRITA!!!:) And you also Sir, for showing us all just how great it also is with your tallents!

[@SSHK237]

Superb and mind-blowing! Aaron is a truly blessed artist and a great teacher! Thanx!!!

[@kawaguchihiroshi8237]

Amazing! I'm using Krita for a year.

[@Grail434]

Krita is a decent and underrated program on top of being free and open source

[@mysteriouswolven]

Glad to see you enjoyed Krita.

[@yukanguis]

I would love Krita stuff in your site!

[@Rurattee]

Great video! I exclusively use Clip Studio Paint, but this really makes me want to give Krita another shot.

[@snofixart]

You should try animating on Krita too. You can directly export you layers to Aftereffects as well.

[@KarelChytilArt]

Great. Krita is very powerful, also Clip studio. Thanks for that video. Sure great work, as always

[@angrypotato_fz]

Great and inspiring to see you experimenting with new tools! I really struggle with that - I always fear how much additional time and effort I'd have to spend just to get the same result as usually. (especially considering it to be my personal time and effort cut away from sleep, as my emplyoer wouldn't care for self-development and versatility, but for ASAP results)

[@broskichannel4163]

Fantastic drawing

[@brucebissell7626]

GOD BLESS YOU BROTHER.

[@paulbuis1489]

Great work, I am working on my Cintiq for the second time in Photoshop. Never used Krita, but it looks great too. Time to experiment with it. :-) Thanks Aaron Blaise for this tutorial.

[@JamesENjeruN]

Maybe you can do another video trying to animate in Krita! Beautiful lioness!

[@rocatiart]

You have a great drawing style 😄

[@mr_don_key]

Amazing work Aaron! Whichever tool you use, the result is amazing!

[@hdhqhdhq]

Krita has a lot of potential, especially considering it's the only option for serious artists who use Linux. As competent as the program is, it still has some serious issues when it comes to workflow and basic ergonomics - namely the lack of a dedicated eraser tool, and the massive benefit it brings to workflow efficiency and brush management. This is the most common first hurdle I hear among artist circles, and the primary reason why the professionals I know chose to use other software. It's truly incredible how such a small oversight can hobble an entire project.

[@TaTa-xd5yt]

Try some of those tablets that have a button on the pen for switching between brush and eraser. For now it's a good solution.

[@DonTerrell]

I love Krita, definitely as powerful as PS and has way better natural brushes and pens natively than PS and I think is much better for animation than PS. Big plus is its free!

[@witcrack]

Wow, those light. It seems your stylus pours light from it. Awesome painting!

[@eterno1610]

no way! 😃

[@Xx1Garmadon1xX]

Absolutely beautiful! it's nice seeing you try krita for once it is a nice program and nice artwork Aaron Blaise God bless! The Lord has blessed you with talent indeed Aaron! always know God loves you God bless have a wonderful day! and thanks for this wonderful video!

[@Rev0care]

krita gang !!

[@antoonsorg]

Awesome I cannot wait you do also an animation with krita or even better with grease pencil also free opensource called blender.

[@theleveluniverse]

I see this as an absolute honour.

[@DRAGONS_ON_STILTS]

I'd love to see you try clip studio next

[@AaronBlaiseArt]

I will get to it soon

[@andreas_resch]

@@AaronBlaiseArt You will love it. Especially coming from Photoshop. I also tried Krita but a few basic things threw me off. For one the lack of a dedicated eraser was really annoying. Switching between a brush and a (different looking) eraser happens so often. And then the clipping mask system of Krita might be more powerful in some occasions, but it's visually overloading the layer palette and what is even worse, breaks the compatibility with Photoshop. In Clip Studio Paint I can easily export my image to Photoshop and all the clipping layers are intact - that's not possible in Krita. Make sure to check out the Liquify tool in CSP. And also check out the Tool Property palette - there you can expose the brush settings that you want for each brush individually. This is awesome. I was able to reduce my brush catalog down to a third of its size by using it. Via this palette now I can quickly enable color mixing for brushes, or enable the dual brush feature with just one click. In Photoshop I had separate brushes for all of that because I always had to go into the brush settings windows to change those options.

[@cienoda3298]

I'm using Krita since I got my drawing tablet and I'm not changing for any free options. Photoshop is just incompatible with my only laptop.

[@tracidavies3677]

Hi there, just interested to know what do you do with your art? Love your vids by the way so calm and simple. Your artwork is stunning to btw. I love that you paint cats as I love em 2😊

[@saviourangeldeath1622]

Hi Aaron, I'd like to see you use Clip Studio Paint, if possible, thanks