I told you about ArtRage before, but just in case you missed it: ArtRage is a dead cheap ($25) and maximum fun computer program that actually knows about painting, rather than computer-graphics and design. Well, I suppose it must know a lot about the latter, too, but the point is that it is a lot of fun painting with ArtRage.

It's not the real thing of course. It doesn't smell of Turpentine and dammar to begin with, and it doesn't quite provide the satisfaction obtained from real brush and canvas work, but it is as close as it gets on a computer screen.

I have recently re-discovered ArtRage, added a small Wacom Bamboo Fun graphics tablet to my kit, and played around with ArtRage by way of sketching and trying out of ideas. For this, I find the tool fantastic.

So, here's a sketch for a future painting that I made with ArtRage. I think I might call it Bite, Carp, Bite! but suggestions are most welcome. You can click the little image on the left for a larger version.