Tkpaint is an easy to use graphics utility based on the canvas widget of tcl/tk. it can be very useful for drawing simple to complex figures, slide presentations, graphs, and diagrams that involve geometrical shapes, arrows, text, and colors. it is also possible to insert bitmaps and gif/ppm/pgm images. there is a large variety of operations that can be performed on a group of objects: scaling, rotation, relocation, reflection, and deformation with respect to inclination.