Introduction To Digital Art

This introduction to digital art is designed for new and learning artists a stepping stone to more advance techniques. Each assignment has been crafted to give you a quick win where you can look at what you have created and understand how simple techniques can build on top of each other to make great paintings.

When I was teaching myself how to draw I bought some really great courses, there was only one problem, they were all over my head. I felt like I had gone from kindergarten to college in one day.

Each lesson is designed to be a “quick win”. When you finish it I want you to say: wow, I made that! And then take the techniques we learned back to your art and see how you can improve.

You can use any drawing tablet with a stylus and you use your favorite art software. I include some cheat sheets for different art applications like Procreate, Photoshop, Clip Studio, Krita and more to help you find the features we use.

What’s Is taught:

• Overview of the software features we’ll be using

• Painting with value

• Pencils to line art

• Blocking in color

• Painting without line work

• Choosing good colors

• Character painting

• Simple block lighting

• Using basic brushes to get great effects

• Using Photo reference

• Drawing from memory

• Adding backgrounds

• Coloring with Blend modes

  
  

What’s included:

• Finished layered files so you can see how it all comes together

• Sketches for all activities

• Additional sketches for practicing

• 3D renders to practice shading

• Program cheat sheets

What You Need:

• A drawing tablet or iPad/android tablet with a stylus that allows you to draw digitally

• Digital art software