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About my recent updated (2025/11/11)
a day ago
Well, I was literally captivated by Adobe's cult power and had a long history with Photoshop (though I've now completely quit).
While there's some opposition among artists to Affinity by Canva, which offers a technical replacement for Photoshop at about 200% output,
I personally like the feel of it. (At least after purchasing a v1 license and then a v2 license and trying it out,
I've found that v3 has significantly improved brush engines and UX. but the A.I. features in the paywall and the ToS and policy issues are a bit of a concern.)
However, as an artist who primarily uses Linux (CachyOS/Arch-based GNOME) in name, I may not be a big fan of closed-source art software in the first place.
So I'm going back to basics and creating art using open-source software like Krita and Gimp,
compiled from the terminal with commands like "yay -S krita." There's nothing wrong with that in theory, so starting tomorrow, I'll call myself a somewhat radical Linux artist.
Thanks for listening, I'll do my best.
P.S. I have already registered the business with the ward office, but it may be a while before I can install the cashier (the part that acts as a cash register),
which is necessary for me to make a profit, and I will basically need to carry out tasks that are unrelated to art.
get well soon friends 🧡
Linux Artist (i found this, thank you so much for community)
https://www.linuxartist.org/
Adobe Alternatives
https://github.com/KenneyNL/Adobe-Alternatives
Libresprite (Aseprite ALT)
https://libresprite.github.io/#!/
While there's some opposition among artists to Affinity by Canva, which offers a technical replacement for Photoshop at about 200% output,
I personally like the feel of it. (At least after purchasing a v1 license and then a v2 license and trying it out,
I've found that v3 has significantly improved brush engines and UX. but the A.I. features in the paywall and the ToS and policy issues are a bit of a concern.)
However, as an artist who primarily uses Linux (CachyOS/Arch-based GNOME) in name, I may not be a big fan of closed-source art software in the first place.
So I'm going back to basics and creating art using open-source software like Krita and Gimp,
compiled from the terminal with commands like "yay -S krita." There's nothing wrong with that in theory, so starting tomorrow, I'll call myself a somewhat radical Linux artist.
Thanks for listening, I'll do my best.
P.S. I have already registered the business with the ward office, but it may be a while before I can install the cashier (the part that acts as a cash register),
which is necessary for me to make a profit, and I will basically need to carry out tasks that are unrelated to art.
get well soon friends 🧡
Linux Artist (i found this, thank you so much for community)
https://www.linuxartist.org/
Adobe Alternatives
https://github.com/KenneyNL/Adobe-Alternatives
Libresprite (Aseprite ALT)
https://libresprite.github.io/#!/
