Krita is a professional-grade digital painting program that is completely free. Designed with artists for artists, it is a favourite for illustration, concept art, texture painting and comics.

Key features

• Over 100 professionally made brushes plus a full brush engine

• Built-in vector tools, layer masks and blending modes

• Frame-by-frame raster animation support

• Wrap-around mode and seamless texture painting

• HDR painting and wide color-space support

Is Krita free?

Yes. Krita is free and open source under the GPL for Windows and macOS. The optional paid copies on some stores only fund development — the software itself is free.