Digital Painting With Krita 5.0 For Beginners

Learn to use Krita’s powerful features for speed and non-destructive illustration

What you'll learn
Important computer graphics concepts related to the process of creating digital artworks.
Basic features of Krita such as the UI, canvas navigation, and so on.
Basic drawing, inking, dan coloring techniques using a style commonly found in superhero comics.
Learn more sophisticated techniques to speed up the creation process such as using selection, layer composition, blending modes, and so on.
Learn shading concepts and techniques for digital painting.
Create an illustration using a non-destructive workflow.
Requirements
Designed for complete beginners. No prior experience needed!
Able to use basic computer operations such as copying file, extracting zip file, installing software, etc.
It is strongly recommended that you have a pressure-sensitive drawing tablet such as: Wacom, XP-Pen, Huion, etc.
Description
"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.What you will learnThere 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.So, join the course now! And start creating beautiful artworks using Krita.

Overview

Section 1: INTRODUCTION

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Project files and other information

Lecture 3 Drawing tablet setup

Lecture 4 Krita performance tips

Section 2: BASIC COMPUTER GRAPHICS CONCEPTS

Lecture 5 Raster versus Vector

Lecture 6 RGB and HSV color models

Lecture 7 Other color models

Lecture 8 Bit per channel

Lecture 9 High-range images

Lecture 10 Hexadecimal color code

Section 3: BASIC FEATURES

Lecture 11 Creating new documents

Lecture 12 Clipboard and file formats

Lecture 13 UI basics

Lecture 14 Advanced UI settings

Lecture 15 Main navigation methods

Lecture 16 Alternative navigation methods

Section 4: BRUSH AND COLOR

Lecture 17 Managing brushes

Lecture 18 Size, Opacity, and Eraser

Lecture 19 Flow and dirty preset

Lecture 20 Color selecting basics

Lecture 21 Offsetting and sampling color

Lecture 22 Color Palette

Lecture 23 Resource folder

Section 5: OTHER BRUSH-BASED TOOLS

Lecture 24 Line tool

Lecture 25 Rectangle and Ellipse

Lecture 26 Polygon and Polyline

Lecture 27 Mirror and Multibrush

Section 6: SELECTION AND BASIC COMPOSITION

Lecture 28 Selection basics

Lecture 29 Custom-shaped selection

Lecture 30 Introduction to Layers

Lecture 31 Background layer and Canvas color

Lecture 32 Basic layer properties

Lecture 33 Group layer

Lecture 34 Inherit alpha

Lecture 35 Image composition practice

Lecture 36 Move tool

Lecture 37 Opacity and Blending Modes

Section 7: DRAWING AND COLORING

Lecture 38 Drawing a sketch

Lecture 39 Brush smoothing

Lecture 40 Assistant tool basics

Lecture 41 Advanced assistant tool

Lecture 42 Drawing the outline

Lecture 43 Basic coloring techniques

Lecture 44 Coloring with selection

Lecture 45 Colorize mask

Lecture 46 Shading

Lecture 47 Highlighting

Section 8: BASIC DIGITAL PAINTING

Lecture 48 Brush presets preparation

Lecture 49 Custom shortcuts

Lecture 50 Shading basic concepts

Lecture 51 Shading techniques

Lecture 52 Sketching, base color, and layer composition

Lecture 53 Shading with selection

Lecture 54 Highlights and textures

Section 9: NON-DESTRUCTIVE ILLUSTRATION

Lecture 55 The workflow

Lecture 56 Using reference Images

Lecture 57 Sketching

Lecture 58 Layer composition and base colors

Lecture 59 Local shading

Lecture 60 Global shading

Lecture 61 Details and textures

Lecture 62 Workflow flexibility

Anyone who wants to learn digital illustration from scratch,Anyone who wants to learn Krita from the very basic,Photoshop or Corel-Painter users who want to migrate to an open source alternative