Development Diary

I’ve contributed some hand made pencil, charcoal and pastel textures to G’MIC for the Artistic Stylize filter. They will be … Continue reading Tips on using my pencil textures with G’MIC →

Smoothie 3D is currently available as an online tool or as an app for the iPad. It is a basic … Continue reading Using Smoothie 3D →

Clip Studio had a recent update which lets you import Photoshop brushes and retain very similar settings. I tried this … Continue reading Import Photoshop Brushes into Clip Studio Paint →

About a month ago I was experimenting with and made a stippling effect using a custom hand drawn texture and … Continue reading Stippling Effect Using G’mic →

I’ve been compiling a set of hand drawn repeating patterns I made with pen and pencil over the last few … Continue reading Hand Drawn Repeating Patterns and 3D Texture Maps →

I’m experimenting more with creating depth maps for my 2D images. Depth maps can be created manually (using the lasso … Continue reading Fun With Depth Maps →

After getting a little bit obsessed with G’MIC last week I gradually discovered how versitile the  Artistic Stylization filter was. … Continue reading Experimenting with G’MIC and my own source images →

I’ve been using Krita (open source free software for digital painting) steadily for a few years now to do all … Continue reading G’MIC in Krita →

This week I made a free brush set for Affinity Photo based on my Photoshop set which is also available … Continue reading Basic Brush set for Affinity Photo →