Sept. 30th 2026

Art with Krita & XP Pen Deco 01 V3

I recently acquired an XP Pen Deco 01 V3 screenless graphic tablet. And because of that, I became aware of Krita, an open-source graphics software that is especially good for achieving painterly art styles.

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I wanted share my first few attempts. Some of them are not complete.

Bunny from my daily walk. Very round. Very cute. All art made in Krita by Namratha Potharaj.

A slice of dates cake, but looks like chocolate cake.

The start of a portrait. The main reason I want to share this is to show the kind of shading that can be achieved with the pen.

This is my first piece on Picture Press! I’m hoping this can be a place where I can regularly share the art experiments I’m doing, freestyle incomplete art drafts, and mini comics.