Gradien #
Art software for the rest of us.
Gradien is a drawing app. It is not a studio - It is not propriatery. It is just a simplified, open drawing app.
| Complexity | Propriatery | Open |
|---|---|---|
| Studio | Clip Studio Paint | Krita |
| Simplified | ibisPaint | Gradien |
Features #
- Raster Graphics
- Brush Engine
- Export to Screenshot (You take the screenshot yourself)
- Vulkan
- Layers
- Save/Load Projects (currently only one at a time)
- It doesn't have many features yet.
Roadmap #
Note, this is inaccurate and things might be implemented in a different order or considered minor. Timeline for this is nonexistant, expect nothing or everything, who knows.
| Version | Features |
|---|---|
| 0.1.X | Baseline Functionality |
| 0.2.X | Project Browser/Gallery + Android Port |
| 0.3.X | Additional Tools |
| 0.4.X | Basic Network/Atproto Functionality (Cloud Brush Sync + Post to Bluesky) |
| 0.5.X | Improved Brush Engine |
| 0.6.X | Speedpaint Rendering |
| 1.0.0 | Release alongside social platform |
| 2.0.0 | 3D Capabilities |
| 3.0.0 | WebGPU port (if sdl3 ever supports it) |
| 4.0.0 | Feature parity with similar simplified apps including importing projects |
Development #
This is the repository for Gradien Studio. Development of the supporting social platform is expected to begin once this app features networking capabilities and will occur in a seperate repository.
To build this app you will need cmake, glslc, libzip, sdl3, sdl3_image
Note: Nvidia users may run into performance problems, you can use other drivers if available by using the VK_ICD_FILENAMES environment variable. Example: VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.json ./gradien