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Digital painting with Krita 5 for beginners

Unlock creativity with Skillshare! Learn acrylic painting, AI writing, graphic design, and photography.

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About Digital painting with Krita 5 for beginners

Introduction

Project files and other information

Drawing tablet setup

Krita performance tips

Raster versus Vector

RGB and HSV color models

Other color models

Bit per channel

High-range images

Hexadecimal color code

Creating new documents

Clipboard and file formats

UI basics

Advanced UI settings

Main navigation methods

Alternative navigation methods

Managing brushes

Size, Opacity, and Eraser

Flow and Dirty preset

Color selecting basics

Offsetting and Sampling color

Color Palette

Resource folder

Line tool

Rectangle and Ellipse

Polygon and Polyline

Mirror and Multibrush

Selection basics

Custom shaped selection

Introduction to Layers

Background layer and canvas color

Basic layer properties

Group layer

Inherit alpha

Image composition practice

Move tool

Opacity and Blending Modes

Drawing a sketch

Brush smoothing

Assistant tool basics

Advanced assistant tool

Drawing the outline

Basic coloring techniques

Coloring with selection

Colorize mask

Shading

Highlighting

Brush presets preparation

Custom shortcuts

Shading basic concepts

Shading techniques

Sketching, coloring, and layer composition

Shading with selection

Highlights and textures

The workflow

Using reference images

Sketching

Layer composition and base colors

Local shading

Global shading

Details and textures

Workflow flexibility

Next step

What You Will Learn?

  • "Krita" is a graphic application comparable to Photoshop. But unlike Photoshop, Krita is free and open-source software. So, you don't need to pay anything to download and use it. Another thing that makes Krita different from Photoshop, is that Krita is more focused on digital painting. That is why in Krita, you can find many features related to digital painting that do not exist in Photoshop. If you need software for drawing or creating illustrations, then Krita will make you feel right at home. .
  • If you have never used Krita before or even never used any graphic software such as Photoshop, Gimp, and so on. You don't need to worry. Because we will start from the very basics. I have carefully crafted the curriculum for convenience and speed. In sha Allah, you can master Krita quickly but through an easy and enjoyable learning experience..
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  • What you will learn.
  • There are a lot of things that you are going to learn in this course. Just for a quick preview, this online course consists of 8 chapters, outside the introduction chapter..
  • In chapter zero or the introduction chapter, you will learn how to set up the drawing tablet. And also various tips to make Krita perform optimally. .
  • Then in the first chapter, you will learn the theories and concepts around computer graphics which will be relevant later in the digital painting process. You will learn the difference between raster and vector graphics. Then learn various types of color models that exist in the world, such as RGB and HSV. Then learn the basic concepts behind "bits per channel", "high range images", "hexadecimal" color codes, and so on..
  • In the second chapter, you will start learning the basic features of Krita. From how to work with documents. Understanding the UI and how to tweak it. Then learn the different methods of canvas navigation. .
  • In the next chapter, you will learn how to use the "freehand brush tool" and also how to work with color in Krita. From choosing and managing "brush presets". How to use the "pop-up palette". Understanding various parameters related to brush, such as "size", "opacity", "flow", "eraser mode", etc. Then learn how to use the "advanced color selector", "color sampling" technique, how to use the "color palette", and so on..
  • In the fourth chapter, we are going to discuss various tools that are based on the brush engine. We will learn tools like the "line tool", "rectangle tool", "Ellipse tool", "polygon tool", "polyline tool", and so on. .
  • In the fifth chapter, you will learn about the selection and layer composition. We will start by discussing the basic selection techniques. Then move on to custom-shaped selection techniques. Then discuss the background layer. Learn the different types of layers available in Krita. Understand various properties related to layers. Learn to make complex compositions using "group layer", "alpha inheritance", "blending mode", etc. In this chapter, we will draw a simple landscape illustration using various tools and features we discussed earlier..
  • In chapter six, you will learn the basic techniques of drawing and coloring in Krita. To practice the techniques, you will create an ax weapon illustration from start to finish. You will start by drawing the sketch. Then learn various techniques for drawing smooth "line arts". Then learn the various types of "assistant tools" available in Krita. You will also learn different approaches of adding base colors to a drawing. One of the techniques is to use the "colorize mask" feature. After that, you will learn how to add shading and highlight colors with a style you often see in superhero comics..
  • In the seventh chapter, you will learn the basics of creating digital paintings with smoother shading colors. You will start by preparing all the brush presets. Then learn to create custom shortcuts for faster workflow. Then we will discuss the basic concepts of shading. Learn how to form any shape we want by manipulating the color gradation on the canvas. Then we move on to learn different shading techniques. After that, we will put into practice the techniques that we learned by making a skull illustration. From drawing the sketch, adding the base color, applying "shading" and "highlight" colors, and finally adding details and textures to the drawing..
  • In the last chapter, we are going to discuss the workflow for creating a non-destructive illustration. We are going to create a tree on the cliff illustration from start to finish using all the techniques we learned before. The benefit of having a non-destructive composition is that it will be easier if we need to make some changes or revisions. In some cases, this kind of workflow becomes very crucial. Such as when you need to create a lot of variations from a single artwork as quickly as possible..
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  • So, join the course now! And start creating beautiful artworks using Krita..