Rantz's 10th Muse Colored

It had been quite some time since I had done any digital paintings or even sketches for that matter. But recently, I had stumbled across MyPaint that focuses on just creating digtial paintings.

I just wanted to try it out and hence I picked up a high resolution line art provided by rantz at deviantART who has got quite a unique style of drawing characters.

I created flats in GIMP (using the guide by rantz) and then went about painting it in MyPaint. It took a bit of time for me to get a hang of it, but here is the result of doodling in it for about two hours.

MyPaint is not a complete solution for your graphics needs. It will not be able to serve all of your workflow. But it is specifically designed to be a tool to emulate traditional media and that is what I believe is required for a digital painter.

Note that MyPaint is meant to be worked with a graphics tablet.