Man for so long, I kind of have it sitting on my desktop when I got the free version. But later on when I learned that it has you be able to make animation, at the time when I was really wanting to do animations, I have started using Krita a good amount of times. The issue I had mainly with the free version, is the lack of an auto update, and at best, a somewhat laggy software. But it made up for being very versatile, light on space, and is very intuitive once you learned more of the ins and outs. It also has some really nice brushes too.

I've used the free version for most of my time, but after growing really close with the software as my go-to animation software for so many years, I finally grabbed the Steam version to pay to the devs for such a great art software that has a bit of everything that works. Thanks to the new constant updates, I've ♥♥♥♥♥♥ a much more optimized experience with Krita. And if it weren't for Krita, my love for animation would've died off quickly if I haven't found a reliable animation software soon enough.

Overall, if you're looking for a software that you can use for animations, this is highly recommended. For illustrations, I haven't really put a lot of time to really see how it went unfortunately, but I have heard from others that it's really good.

Man for so long, I kind of have it sitting on my desktop when I got the free version. But later on when I learned that it has you be able to make animation, at the time when I was really wanting to do animations, I have started using Krita a good amount of times. The issue I had mainly with the free version, is the lack of an auto update, and at best, a somewhat laggy software. But it made up for being very versatile, light on space, and is very intuitive once you learned more of the ins and outs. It also has some really nice brushes too. I've used the free version for most of my time, but after growing really close with the software as my go-to animation software for so many years, I finally grabbed the Steam version to pay to the devs for such a great art software that has a bit of everything that works. Thanks to the new constant updates, I've gotten a much more optimized experience with Krita. And if it weren't for Krita, my love for animation would've died off quickly if I haven't found a reliable animation software soon enough. Overall, if you're looking for a software that you can use for animations, this is highly recommended. For illustrations, I haven't really put a lot of time to really see how it went unfortunately, but I have heard from others that it's really good.