GIMP Digital Drawing: Free GIMP with a Budget Tablet

Name: GIMP Digital Drawing: Free GIMP with a Budget Tablet
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Beginner digital drawing: Draw with the free GIMP software and a budget graphics tablet: Learn basic digital art skills.

Created byBrian Jackson

Last updated 1/2022

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What you'll learn

Draw digital images for use in designing book covers and web graphics
Color black and white drawings quickly and easily
Learn the fundamentals of drawing and digital tablet use
Share your ideas with the world

Course content

6 sections • 37 lectures • 2h 59m total length

Course Overview4:32
Explore how to use GIMP with a budget tablet. The course covers tablet setup and fundamentals, drawing with layers, and basic digital editing to create artwork in GIMP.

Introduction to Tablet Fundamentals2:14
Selecting the Perfect Tablet13:07
Explore how to select the perfect graphics tablet for digital drawing, from budget Wacom to Surface Pro options, focusing on touch, size, and portability.
Configuring Your Wacom Tablet Using Windows 109:32
From Paper/Mouse to a Tablet3:43
Tablet Fundamentals Workshop6:40
Explore tablet fundamentals in a hands-on workshop with a Wacom tablet, replacing the mouse for a day while mastering cursor hover, pen gestures, and right-clicks and double-clicks.
Tablet Fundamentals Section Project0:43
Conclusion to Tablet Fundamentals1:18

Introduction to GIMP Fundamentals1:39
Installing the GIMP3:57
Starting the GIMP3:25
Screen Layout and Configuration4:08
learn how to set up GIMP on Windows, with the toolbox on the left, tool options at the bottom, and layers plus undo history on the right.
New, Save, Open, Close, Export and Quit4:40
Simply Drawing Using a Digital Pen5:28
Undo and Undo History5:10
Learn to undo edits in GIMP with Ctrl+Z, redo, and the undo history dialog, explore select all and delete, and understand how history evolves as you edit.
Finger Gestures: Zoom, Pan and Rotate1:14
Explore finger gestures for pinch-zoom, two-finger vertical pan, and zooming around a point to start editing images; note left-right pan may require further work.
GIMP Fundamentals Workshop8:37
GIMP Fundamentals Section Project0:32
Conclusion GIMP Fundamentals1:00
Reinforce gimp fundamentals by covering installation, startup, screen orientation, and basic drawing features. Apply undo and finger gestures, and preview gathering drawing supplies for your art toolkit.

Introduction to Drawing Using Layers1:02
What Are Layers?8:22
Explore how layers work in GIMP, using transparent layers, opacity, and stacking order to build and edit composite drawings with colored boxes and layer effects.
Adding, Moving, Copying, Deleting, Renaming and Grouping Layers8:24
Reference Images and Tracing8:08
Background Layers and Gradients11:40
Learn to manage background options in GIMP, from white default to a light brown, image, or gradient background with adjustable opacity and gradient directions behind your foreground drawing.
Two Layer Mask Applications9:44
Drawing Using Layers Section Project0:12
Conclusion to Drawing Using Layers0:35
Master layers to streamline your GIMP drawing workflow, learning how to manipulate layers and apply them to creating backgrounds. Prepare for the next section on digital editing.

Introduction to Digital Drawing and Editing1:15
Master digital drawing and editing in GIMP by learning selection, deletion, moving, copying, resizing, and rotating; draw precise shapes, cut holes, remove backgrounds, and add text.
Selecting, Deleting, Moving, Copying, Resizing and Rotating9:56
Drawing Straight Lines1:51
Drawing Rectangles, Squares, Ovals and Circles5:48
Creating Picture Frames and Matting Your Work8:39
Digital Drawing and Editing Workshop13:03
Participate in a GIMP digital drawing and editing workshop to create a new canvas, use lines and selections to form a cube, layer and transform elements, and add a frame.
Digital Drawing and Editing Section Project0:11
Conclusion to Digital Drawing and Editing1:17

Requirements

You should be able to use a PC at a beginner level
You should be running Windows, Mac OS or Linux (Windows 10 demonstrated)
You will need to purchase a digital tablet (recommendations included)
You will need to install the free GIMP software package (instructions provided)

Description

Hello,

Welcome to my beginners course on digital drawing using the free GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). My name is Brian Jackson and I'm a top rated Udemy instructor of over 48 courses covering a wide range of topics from writing, self-publishing and book covers to 2D animation.

This course provides an introduction to both digital drawing using a tablet and the GIMP program. Hardware and software usage details are woven throughout lectures on fundamental drawing techniques and example drawing workshops. Each section concludes with a workshop in which all the previously discussed features are demonstrated followed by a project you can work on independently and submit for review and comment.

In an attempt to get you drawing fast, this course begins with tablet selection and installation and basic GIMP usage. That's enough to get you drawing. Then we'll add information on using layers, and digital editing.

Unlike other courses, this course assumes no former knowledge, begins at the beginning and teaches you drawing and the software rather than simply having you watch me draw (though you'll get plenty of that as well).

This course is designed for drawing and illustration enthusiasts who would like to learn how to draw digitally using a tablet and the free GIMP software product (that runs on Windows 10, Mac OS and Linux). The ideal student is someone new to digital drawing and possibly even drawing itself. Someone who has an idea trapped inside them that they need to express through a creative medium.

Thanks for your interest in GIMP digital drawing. I hope you're excited to get started. If you are, go ahead and click on the enroll button. Don't forget the Udemy 30 day money back guarantee. This should make your decision an easy one.

So, I'll see you in the classroom,

---Brian

Who this course is for:

Anyone interested in avoiding the cost of PhotoShop
Anyone interested in getting their feet wet in digital drawing
Anyone on a budget needing to produce digitally drawn graphics
Anyone wanting to take their basic GIMP knowledge to the next level

GIMP Digital Drawing: Free GIMP with a Budget Tablet

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 5min

Tablet Fundamentals7 lectures • 37min

GIMP Fundamentals11 lectures • 40min

Drawing Using Layers8 lectures • 48min

Digital Drawing and Editing8 lectures • 42min

Conclusion2 lectures • 7min

Requirements

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