I’ve been working with the open source paint program mypaint for the past few months. I noticed it when I came across it’s use in the Durian open movie project at the Blender Foundation. David Revoy is the concept artist for this project and a user of this relatively young program.

Working in mypaint feels like both a continuation of my studies of light and form in photography and 3d animation but also a significant departure. I’ve gained more confidence by using reference images; but still I feel like I am painting toward and not necessary with reference images. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but I do see how a more experienced painter would use these references in another way.

So in the interest of sharing and improving here are some painting sketches I’ve done recently.