Exclusive Artworks I did for my Website

For these, I tried something new software-wise. I used Krita, which came out as a digital painting alternative to Photoshop a long time ago. I also tried it out, when it was released, but I left it unused, because I was still used to Photoshop. Now I took that opportunity to explore what it can do.

Since Krita is made specifically for digital painting, it obviously has a lot more settings for brushes and tablet use than software like Photoshop or Affinity Photo.

So I went with pretty much no specific goal in mind, except to let myself go with the flow. Since I use fractals mainly made in Mandelbulb 3D, I could not resist to see what I can come up with.

What I found exciting was using smudge and oil-like brush settings that give this kind of expressionistic and abstract way of textures, including ink splashes. I also tried out the clone stamp option. It does not 100% mimic what you can do in Photoshop and Affinity, but I found a way to make it at least similar. And that is just locking the clone source in one place, so that it looks like a mix of colours. Works even better, when you used smudge brushes before that.

A lot was placing fractal renderings and using layer blending modes, which by the way are a ton to choose from.

One goal I had though: Make it look minimalistic. Minimalism plays a big role for me, even though I tried maximalism as well, as this is a trend that is rising at those times. I had the art of Guild Wars in my mind, as this was one of the main things that influenced me throughout my journey and to this day it still does and it won't ever let me go completely.

Here are the links to the software used, for you to check out, if interested:

Krita: https://krita.org/de/

Mandelbulb 3D: https://www.mandelbulb.com/

Cheers and have a great weekend^__^

Daniel