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LoveEspresso cafe.coffee-break.cc LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc
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scutiger lemmy.world scutiger@lemmy.world
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Krita might be more than you're looking for, but it's a solid art program.

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bizarroland lemmy.world bizarroland@lemmy.world
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Well, I don't know about latex, but you could probably make a halfway-decent oil-based paint with clay.

Not sure which oils you should use, but I'm willing to bet there's quite a few that would be fairly compatible.

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LoveEspresso cafe.coffee-break.cc LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc
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Well, I don't know about latex, but you could probably make a halfway-decent oil-based paint with clay. Not sure which oils you should use, but I'm willing to bet there's quite a few that would be fairly compatible.

You're joking ?? I'm referring to the program called paint.

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blackouttripleseven lemmy.blahaj.zone blackouttripleseven@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-08-07
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kolourpaint

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Lvxferre [he/him] mander.xyz lvxferre@mander.xyz
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joelle_ether piefed.blahaj.zone joeljoelle@piefed.blahaj.zone
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OH. There is a program called LazPaint that is pretty decent, I forgot I installed it along with the other software when setting up this distro. https://lazpaint.github.io/

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bizarroland lemmy.world bizarroland@lemmy.world
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You're joking ?? I'm referring to the program called paint.

I was joking.

Although it did make me wonder about the open sourcedness of paint and paint products for non-computer usage.

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neidu3 sh.itjust.works neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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Pinta

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ace_garp lemmy.world ace_garp@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
#10 · Quote Reply

I'm using Tux Paint.

Has kiddie sound effects, just mute to skip them if needed.

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ace_garp lemmy.world ace_garp@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
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I was joking. Although it did make me wonder about the open sourcedness of paint and paint products for non-computer usage.

There is this whole paint carry-on, when some noob tried to legally restrict a paint colour. Resulted in others responding with an 'open source' black paint being released. (3rd paragraph)

https://www.printmag.com/design-news/blink-is-the-new-black-introducing-the-blackest-black-ink/

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threelonmusketeers sh.itjust.works threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
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There is this whole paint carry-on, when some noob tried to legally restrict a paint colour. Resulted in others responding with an 'open source' black paint being released. (3rd paragraph) https://www.printmag.com/design-news/blink-is-the-new-black-introducing-the-blackest-black-ink/

Didn't the person who developed the "pinkest pink" allow everyone to use it... except for the guy who tried to restrict vantablack, as a reciprocal !fuckyouinparticular@lemmy.world?

Edit: LOL, that exact story is one of the top posts on that sub.

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LoveEspresso cafe.coffee-break.cc LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc
Joined: 2026-05-27
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It's a multimedia specialist distro. Any idea how much of storage kolourpaint occupies ?

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hexagonwin lemmy.today hexagonwin@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-02-07
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not foss but you can run win7 mspaint.exe under wine

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Lvxferre [he/him] mander.xyz lvxferre@mander.xyz
Joined: 2024-01-12
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It's a multimedia specialist distro. Any idea how much of storage kolourpaint occupies ?
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LoveEspresso cafe.coffee-break.cc LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc
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Could this be a reason why it's not opening on my windows 10 laptop ??

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LoveEspresso cafe.coffee-break.cc LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc
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Didn't the person who developed the "pinkest pink" allow everyone to use it... except for the guy who tried to restrict vantablack, as a reciprocal !fuckyouinparticular@lemmy.world? Edit: LOL, that exact story is one of the top posts on that sub.

Who's Anish Kapoor ??

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threelonmusketeers sh.itjust.works threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
#18 · (edited) Quote Reply

Who's Anish Kapoor ??

He's the person who holds the exclusive rights to use vantablack in art.

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