Beginners Digital Illustration with Krita

Beginners Digital Illustration with Krita, available at Free, has an average rating of 3.87, with 29 lectures, based on 888 reviews, and has 18830 subscribers.

You will learn about The basics of digital painting software Krita Create solid sketches Color, shade and highlight The basics of line art This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone who is interested in getting started in Digital Illustration without worrying about license fees. or Anyone who wants to learn Krita or Note: this is a course on Krita software, not a course on general drawing/painting techniques. It is particularly useful for Anyone who is interested in getting started in Digital Illustration without worrying about license fees. or Anyone who wants to learn Krita or Note: this is a course on Krita software, not a course on general drawing/painting techniques.

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Title: Beginners Digital Illustration with Krita

Price: Free

Average Rating: 3.87

Number of Lectures: 29

Number of Published Lectures: 16

Number of Curriculum Items: 29

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 16

Original Price: Free

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

The basics of digital painting software Krita

Create solid sketches

Color, shade and highlight

The basics of line art

Who Should Attend

Anyone who is interested in getting started in Digital Illustration without worrying about license fees.

Anyone who wants to learn Krita

Note: this is a course on Krita software, not a course on general drawing/painting techniques.

Target Audiences

Anyone who is interested in getting started in Digital Illustration without worrying about license fees.

Anyone who wants to learn Krita

Note: this is a course on Krita software, not a course on general drawing/painting techniques.

Welcome to Section 1 of my course Essentials of Digital Illustrations with Krita.

This section is absolutely free, but it consists of only the first section of the course.

This section is targeted at the complete beginner and covers taking the first steps in digital illustration.

Krita is a highly acclaimed digital painting software, and it is completely free and open source. If you want to get started in digital illustration without splurging on license fees then this is a great place to start. Once you have gained confidence digital painting you can easily and painlessly switch over to commercial software if you want. (Or you can continue using Krita of course!)

Contents of this section:

Get started creating simple doodles

Learn about basic brushes and create your first wood texture

Learn about the basic tools available to Krita

Learn to make a basic sketch

Add color, shading and highlighting

Lots of tips

Lots of exercises

Want more free goodies? Check out my youtube channel: Open Source Tutor?

Update: Krita version 4.0 comes with a brand new set of default brushes! This is great on the whole, but makes the videos a bit confusing! So I added some extra videos to help.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Quickstart (for Krita 4.0)

Lecture 2: Update: a note on the new version of Krita

Lecture 3: Brushes (for Krita 3.3)

Lecture 4: Update: Brushes (for Krita 4.0)

Lecture 5: Example: Wood

Lecture 6: Customizing the User Interface

Lecture 7: Basic Tools

Lecture 8: Layers

Lecture 9: Example: Basic Face

Lecture 10: 8 Tips Drawing Smooth Lines

Lecture 11: 4 Tips Improving Your Workflow

Lecture 12: Exercise: Cactus

Lecture 13: Example: Cloud

Lecture 14: Exercise: Wood

Lecture 15: 6 Motivation Tips

Lecture 16: Appendix: How to Import the old Brushes

Instructors

Paul Gieske
Teacher and Engineer

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