Krita™ review
If I were drawing a cover for a recurring stream, I’d want to change the episode label next week without touching the artwork. Krita gives me a layered painting file to come back to. It’s useful when I want to draw the artwork myself and keep separate control over the shape, colour and background.
Keep the artwork easy to revise
I’d group the cover illustration and leave the text on its own layer. A filter mask lets me try an effect on the illustration and turn it off later. For something like shading inside a badge, Krita’s Inherit Alpha option can limit a layer to the visible areas underneath it in the same group. I’d start with one group and see how the stack behaves before building a whole set of covers around it.
Save a master and export the copy
I’d save the editable artwork as a .kra file and export a separate PNG to use on the site. PNG can keep transparent areas, which is handy if the same badge needs to sit over more than one background. For capturing an existing window, drawing an arrow over it and sending the result straight away, I’d reach for CleanShot X. I’d open Krita when the illustration itself is the part I plan to keep revising.
Anabel’s take
I’d start with one badge and test the exported PNG on both a light and a dark background. If both work, I’d keep that layered file as the master for the next stream. Krita is a trademark of the Stichting Krita Foundation.