FireAlpaca SE

✨FireAlpaca New brushes added!✨ Introducing “kr-Sketchy Blur Dots” & “kr-Flash” ! These effect brushes are perfect for adding dynamic lines, light effects, and texture to your manga and illustrations. They can also be used for erasing screentones, making them useful for adding highlights and accents to your artwork! Give them a try!

Our new brush “Rough-textured Mix Watercolor” is now available! Analog-style textures are popular in FireAlpaca SE, and this watercolor brush lets you enjoy a rough, natural feel. Create watercolor artwork with an authentic, hand-painted texture. ※This brush is exclusively available for download in FireAlpaca SE.

Function Addition · Added a closed curve to the shape brush. Function Improvement · When using the brush's curve snap feature, clicking the first point should result in a closed curve. · Added the ability to copy the style of the active text layer from the pop-up menu on the text layer and apply it to another text layer (supports multiple layer selection). · You can now hide the memory usage of…

🔥🦙Added new brush🔥🦙 'Cross Hatching(random)' have been added! These brushes create cross-hatching with randomly changing directions, giving your artwork a more natural and varied texture. Perfect for adding texture, shadows, shading, and hand-drawn detail to your illustrations. Give them a try and add some extra depth to your artwork!

Our new brush “Firm Thick-paint” is now available! A painting brush designed to layer colors smoothly with minimal influence from the underlying colors. Its firm brush feel makes it great for laying down color while keeping clean edges and creating bold, defined shading. *Exclusive to FireAlpaca SE

Added new brush 'kr-Sumi Brush' have been added! This roller brush lets you create strokes with the look and feel of traditional sumi ink. It’s perfect for bold lines and dynamic strokes, as well as soft, ink-like bleeding effects! You can also use it to add texture to Japanese-style illustrations, backgrounds, hair, fur, and more. Give it a try whenever you want to add a natural, traditional t…

Function Addition · You can now load multiple documents into the reference window and switch between them (loaded documents are copied to the 'ref' folder). Failure Correction · Fixed an issue where layers with the "Watercolor Edge" effect enabled would not render correctly (though the data remained intact) after changing the canvas resolution or cropping. · Fixed an issue where memory usage wo…

✨🖌️ FireAlpaca SE Exclusive Brush 🖌️✨ Meet our new brush: “Smooth Jitter Ink” ! This analog-style inking brush creates natural, slightly textured lines with a subtle ink-bleeding effect. Give your digital artwork a more traditional, hand-drawn feel. Perfect for line art, sketches, and adding a unique touch to your illustrations. Give it a try! ✨ *Available exclusively for download in FireAlpa…

✨🖌️ FireAlpaca SE Exclusive Brush 🖌️✨ A new exclusive brush, "Simple Watercolor Brush," is now available! Enjoy a soft and natural watercolor feel with gentle textures and warm, hand-drawn touches. This brush is perfect for creating illustrations with subtle color blending and a traditional watercolor style. Give it a try and add a touch of warmth to your artwork! ✨ *This brush is available f…

Function Addition · We have added a search function to the brush store. Function Improvement · You can now select multiple items in the brush list using the Shift and Ctrl keys. · You can now ungroup brushes. Failure Correction · Fixed an issue that occurred after opening an MDZ file with missing layers.

Added new brush 'kr-Glass Shards' have been added! This brush makes it easy to add realistic glass shards to your artwork. Scatter them across your canvas to create scenes with tension and dynamic impact. Perfect for action illustrations, dark-themed artwork, or adding striking accents to backgrounds and other scenes.

FireAlpaca SE limited brush Added ‘Dry Mist Watercolor 1’ ! An analog-like watercolor brush with strokes that look like gathered particles *This is an exclusive brush for FireAlpaca SE.

✨ New Brushes Added to FireAlpaca! We've added 3 new "Pop Flake" brushes! 🖌️ These scatter brushes let you create cute, pop-style geometric patterns—perfect for backgrounds, clothing designs, and adding a fun touch to your illustrations. 💖 Give them a try! 🎨

Thank you to everyone who participated in the FireAlpaca SE 10th Anniversary Illustration Contest ! Today, we're excited to announce the contest results. This contest had no specific theme, giving everyone the freedom to create whatever inspired them. We were truly impressed by the creativity, originality, and passion shown in so many wonderful entries. Choosing the winners was no easy task. Be…

New "Pose Model" Template Added to FireAlpaca! We've added a new Pose Model template to FireAlpaca! This traceable pose reference is perfect for practicing chibi characters and creating character poses with ease. Download it and give it a try! ✨

We've added a new exclusive brush for FireAlpaca SE: Scattered Gemstones . Create dazzling, realistic gemstone patterns with ease. This brush automatically places the gems without overlapping, making it perfect for creating luxurious backgrounds and decorative elements. 💎💎💎✨ Give it a try in your next illustration! *The Gem Pattern brush is an exclusive download available only for FireAlpaca…

Function Addition · We have added a "Color Wheel (Triangle)" to the color menu (You can lock the angle from the menu). Function Improvement · I made it so that the focus on the RGB value input controls in the color widget is lost whenever possible. Failure Correction · Fixed an issue where the "Move" -> "Center" commands (etc.) in the Layer menu would not work when a folder was selected.

The “Weeds” brush has been added! 🌱 A brush that makes it easy to draw weeds. Perfect for backgrounds and adding natural details. Give it a try!

We've added two new exclusive brushes for FireAlpaca SE: Water Surface and Ocean Spray . By combining these two brushes, you can easily create realistic oceans and shorelines. Start with a simple gradient background, paint the water surface with the Water Surface brush, then add waves along the shore using the Ocean Spray brush. It's a quick and easy way to create beautiful summer-inspired wate…

Function Addition · We've added “Convert to a Memory-Efficient Layer” to the context menu that appears when you right-click the layer list. Failure Correction · Fixed an issue where it was no longer possible to capture a selection by clicking a folder icon in the layer list while holding down the Ctrl key. · Fixed an issue that occurred when the blend mode was set to "Burn (Linear)" while using…

Added ‘ Rock Grunge 1 ’! This texture brush lets you create realistic rock surfaces. The faster you draw, the more smudged the brushstrokes become, and the more pronounced the rock texture appears This is an exclusive brush for FireAlpaca SE.

Function Addition · You can now lock docked windows (Window menu). · It is now possible to use color compositing for onion skinning (previously, only single-color compositing was supported). · You can now choose the compositing timing for onion skins (compositing at the very bottom or the very top). · Added "Fullscreen" to the Window menu. · Added the ability to toggle layer masks on and off vi…

We are pleased to announce the release of ver. 2.16.0 , the latest version in the 2.X series. Please note that no further feature updates, bug fixes, or compatibility support will be provided for the 2.X series. In addition, support for the 32-bit Windows version and macOS version has ended, and ver. 2.16.0 is not available for those platforms. How to Install ver. 2.16.0 · Launch the Steam clie…

FireAlpaca SE 10th Anniversary Contest is now accepting entries! We're currently accepting submissions for the FireAlpaca SE 10th Anniversary Contest on the FireAlpaca SE Steam Community! Please check the contest details before submitting, and we look forward to seeing your amazing artwork! Theme: Open Theme Contest Period: May 25, 2026 (Tue) 8:00 PM – July 8, 2026 (Wed) 8:00 PM (PDT) Winners w…

Thank you for using FireAlpaca SE! The deadline is approaching, so we'd like to remind you about our survey. We're conducting a short survey to help us improve the product and better understand how users discover FireAlpaca SE. We'd like to know: "How did you first hear about FireAlpaca SE, and what led you to purchase it?" Your feedback will help guide future development and promotional effort…

Function Addition · Added support for selecting multiple layers in the layer list without using the keyboard (click to the left of the gear icon to select or deselect). · Added support for changing blend modes when multiple layers are selected. · Creating a selection by Ctrl-clicking a layer thumbnail now also supports layer masks. · Added support for displaying the brush cursor when using the…

Function Addition · Added a function to update the images of all text layers (Edit menu). Failure Correction · Fixed an issue where the layer color and gear icon overlapped when hovering the mouse over the layer list.