Meet Kiki! My Framework 12 laptop arrived just last week, to replace my aging Thinkpad X250. It's been a really nice laptop so far, and the installation and use has been very smooth. From first impressions I can absolutely recommend it.

I'm running NixOS on it, the same as on my desktop and my previous laptop. I named it "Kiki" because my desktop machine is "Xenia". The laptop has stylus support that I plan to do some doodling with, so naming it after the Krita mascot seemed very fitting!

#Laptop #FrameworkLaptop #FrameworkLaptop12 #NixOS #Fetch #KikiTheCyberSquirrel #Xenia

Kiki, the cyber squirrel, Krita's mascot. The sketch was made in Drawpile during our industrial espionage mission just after LGM, and rendered later in Krita.

I took some liberties with Kiki's design here. She's dressed very casually and mostly in white, there isn't much mechanical about her, either. She does have Portalesque boots, though.

#MastoArt #krita #drawpile #art #foss #kiki #KikiTheCyberSquirrel #mascot #chibi #Anime #FurryArt

- Garden Kiki (repost) -

Here's an upgraded version of https://toot.garden/@arctic_inrainbows/111810675978191043, after 9 months. I don't know what else to add to it (leaves included) without making it look more convoluted.

#arctaxia #krita #artwithopensource #kiki #kikithecybersquirrel #squirrel #anthro #sfwfurry #MastoArt #fediart #Flowers

oh and here's Kiki my other beloved (first beloved is Wilber because he has more personal significance for me) drawn in a slightly less conventional manner

might change the tail next time; it looks kind of out of place

#wip #sketch #krita #MastoArt #artwithopensource #kikithecybersquirrel #arctaxia

"things will get better for you soon - don't lose hope"

saw some folks on the 'net recommending Krita, a program for digital painting, as a better and faster-developed software for basic image editing than GIMP, and though, in some ways, I can't argue with them, the entire situation gave me the idea to draw this.
(Keep in mind that both programs have similar, but different aims, and have their own strengths and weaknesses.)

[this also serves as a reminder that paid drawing programs don't come with a mascot that you can use as a subject when you have nothing else to draw. oh, who am I kidding, my entire gallery is a reminder of that -- or at least it will be, when I fill it up eventually. 🙃]

drawn in Krita 5 (kind of ironic I think)

This work is licensed under a https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

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