Free painting programs Gimp/Krita/Mypaint

Painted This with gimp. Will post more later, tired now. :)

update-
http://snailspacestudios.blogspot.com/2012/05/free-digital-painting-programs-pt-ii.html

Fire Ice Miner

Unfortunately, no one else entered the contest this week, but this was kind of fun. I'm getting tired of working over 3d models when painting. I'm really gonna start working on a more organic process, I'm starting to see what I need to do to get the finished result I want, so here starts the next stage of refining my style.

Painting over a render part II

So, if you've read any of my older posts you know this has been a goal for awhile. This is the first time I've successfully pulled off a piece like this. I'll try and post more on how I did it later, hope you like it!

And here.s a clean version before any painting, decaling, and adjustment.

Zombie repellant / IDW 201

This was done 100% in photoshop, using a masks to get a 3d look. This the first time I've really tried to do something like this, Its not perfect but I think its looking pretty cool. Its still a WIP, I'm gonna touch it up a bit. Got a great paint over/critique from themonet at at CA.org, so its been a really good project. I only have about 8 hours in it, so that pretty nice for me.

Also wanna give props to the site Ctrl+paint.com, they have tons of free tutorials that are excellent! Make sure you check it out if you don't already know!

Industrial design of the week 200

This was a very trasformative project, I paint better now than when I started if that makes sense. Its kind of a weird piece, But its a mile stone!

Been busy, drawing everyday.

So I haven't been posting much. I've been drawing everyday for around 2 months now, so this has been taking up more and more time. I've been working on studies, and doing a lot of the community activities at CA. I'll be posting a bunch of art, but might not be saying much about it till I get the time.

Here's my comic for POW 59 at CA.org

Final thread if you want to check out the others, there's some really epic stuff in here! also might help put my comic into context, as it probably seems very random as a stand alone entity! :)
POW 59 entrants

"Speed" painting

2-3 hours in Photoshop. I wanna touch the boy up still. Used an old Nat Geo book for reference, but changed up the perspective and environment to make sure it was a study, force myself to try and observe the picture more. It was fun!