Using external programs for image editing

As you paint your baby dragon's textures, you might recall tools from drawing and some programs that you'd love to integrate into texturing. There are many programs devoted to a two-dimensional image editing workflow and they possess functionality that Blender users can put to use. For our purposes, we'll use Krita—the industry standard for digital illustration. It's free, open source, and has a terrific brush-centric interface. Download and install Krita at https://krita.org/. Many of the stencils were also made in Krita, as well. If you have another professional image editor you prefer to use, such as GIMP or Affinity Photo, these workflows can translate over to those editors, as well.

Setting up an external program...