I was wondering if it was possible for Krita to use user-defined cursors for its tools, since most variants are
available as standard KDE cursors (resize, zoom, cross, color-picker, move and there's even a brush)
Having the option to use default ones would not only give more control over customization but also better integrate with user's KDE themes. Krita already uses some of them but ignores others, is there any way to change this?
So, maybe there is a way to hack in and if so, where are those cursor bitmaps stored by default? I would really like to improve them and if I'm lucky and someone else likes them I'd love to share them.

Anyway, I was bitten by DIY-bug again and being somewhat frustrated with system cursors, convinced myself that I should try to make my own cursor theme using Krita as my weapon of choice.
Here is an alpha version and there are usability issues with them but ....

http://opendesktop.org/content/show.php/vxNeon+%28alpha%29?content=157292

Hope you like them, all sources included, hack at will!

The cursors come from the file kis_cursor.cc.

Thank, you. That was quick :)

Is there maybe a way to 'force' Krita to use the default system ones?

PS Had to say this. the vector tools in Krita 2.7 alpha getting much much more useful, I love it! Thank you Boudewijn!

Hm, well -- no, at the moment, Krita really hard-codes those cursors and doesn't check for the system settings. It can be fixed, but I'm not sure when we'll have time for it!