The Essential Guide To Digital Art
Here are 9 ways to get started with
your very first digital art work:
1- Find a good digital art program:
Finding a good digital art program is the first step to start making your own digital art work. here are some free programs I use:
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Krita:
Image by Krita
Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.
By Krita
click here to Download Krita
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Medibang
Image by Medibang
MediBang Paint is a FREE lightweight digital painting and comic creation program that comes loaded with brushes, fonts, pre-made backgrounds, and other resources.
By Medibang
Click here to Download Medibang
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Gimp
Image by Gimp
GIMP gives artists the power and flexibility to transform images into truly unique creations.
by Gimp
click here to Download Gimp
2- After downloading a good program, choose one or more of these devices to draw with/on:
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Art tablet
There are lots of art tablets with stylus pens to choose from, but it may come with or without:
- buttons
- touch
- a screen
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Computer mouse
- You can use a normal computer mouse to draw and color with but it will take a lot of practice to get good precision.
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Laptop touchpad
Your laptop’s touchpad can also be used with good practice.
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media tablet
Some digital artists use a media tablet (example: ipad, android tablet) with a stylus to draw.
note:You would have to download an app that supports your device.
3- Sketch
Now that you have a program and drawing device,in your program open a new canvas and do a quick sketch.
4- lineart
After you’re done with the sketch, (on a different layer) create a lineart over the sketch.
5- Color
Add a new layer layer under the lineart layer, and begin coloring with basic colors.
6- shade and highlight
after adding in the basic colors, now add some shading and highlights to make the drawing look better.
7-Fix mistakes
Now you’re almost done, but first look at your drawing again and fix any mistakes you made.
8-signature
The last step is to make sure you add your signature somewhere in your drawing.
9- share
When you’re totally done with your art you can share it in different ways, here are a few ways to share your beautiful Digital artwork:
- Print out:
You can print it out on nice paper at home or you can get it printed on anything(example: paper, canvas, mugs) at a professional print shop.
- Sharing websites
You can also share your digital art online on websites like:
- Deviant Art
If you’ve reached this far, then congratulations! you have just created your very first digital artwork!.
Comment and ask me any questions below!
*Disclaimer: I do not own any pictures or websites in this post.
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