‘With SumoPaint you can Create, Share and Remix your Images. It is the the most versatile painting and photo manipulation application online. Currently it has more than 1 Million monthly active users and a vibrant community. We help people to communicate and tell stories visually. Our first products are SumoPaint and SumoCover.’

Developed in Finland, SumoPaint is a free and extremely versatile web application allowing you to paint and edit your own images, or browse and edit images from other members of the SumoPaint online community. The application offers a wide range of features, including a variety of filters such as ‘3D’, photo editing tools, drawing tools and other tools such as ‘Transform’ and ‘Warp and Distort’. As well as image manipulation, there is also a strong social community element to the site; users are able to sign up and create a profile with the option to make their images public – allowing other users to offer up their comments and ideas to the artist. The SumoPaint blog also features an Artist and Image of the month to celebrate and promote the creativity of its users. They have also recently launched a new application – SumoCover for Facebook, allowing you to create custom cover photos for the new Facebook timeline banner (a feature which in itself allows for great creativity – See here for examples!) So, if you have an interest in image manipulation or digital illustration then check it out – SumoPaint.Com!