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An Illustration from A to Z with Krita

David Revoy via YouTube

Overview

Learn digital illustration from start to finish using Krita in this comprehensive 1 hour 22 minute video tutorial. Begin with customizing the Krita interface, then explore ideation, referencing, and thumbnailing techniques. Master essential Krita tools and features like brush presets, blending modes, and filters. Follow along step-by-step through the entire illustration process - from initial sketch to final rendering. Discover professional tips for color, values, composition and more. Suitable for beginners and advanced digital painters alike, this in-depth course breaks down the full workflow with accelerated repetitive sections for easy viewing. Gain practical skills to create polished digital artwork in Krita.

Syllabus

Intro.
Chapter 1, Customisation of the Krita Interface (Intro).
Reduce size of toolbar icon.
The Advanced Color Selector.
Two columns of dockers.
From Tabs to Subwindows mode.
Third Flow sliders, and new toolbar buttons.
Canvas border background color.
Brush outline and cursor.
Tool Options, not as a docker but in toolbar.
Document creation, A4@300dpi sRGB 8Bit.
The Overview docker.
Navigation on Krita canvas, with shortcuts.
The Default brush presets set .
Chapter 2, Finding the idea (Krita artist contest).
Chapter 3, References with BeeRef software.
Chapter 4, Thumbnails.
Basics of Krita (Fill, Transform, Selection).
About values in painting, the big "scheme" for portraits..
Starting to draw the thumbnails.
Painting colors on the thumbnails.
The Blending Modes (on brush) Overlay.
Filters of Krita (Curves, HSV adjustement, Color Balance)..
The concept of "Dirty" brush preset, and cleaning them..
Chapter 5, Drawing. Transform of the thumbnail, resolution and layer setup..
Drawing (Timelapse).
Chapter 6, Painting under the line-art.
The Deform Brush Engine.
"Grain Merge" blending-mode on the line-art.
Introduction to creating brush presets.
Brush usage, hard edge, spikes, glazing and replacing colors.
Paint under, Timelapse.
Chapter 7, Paint-Over (setup).
Paint-Over (timelapse).
Adjustements, and self-criticism.
Values, Reading Histogram docker.
Values, fixing with Curves filter.
Color temperature, fixing with Color Balance filter.
Background painting (timelapse).
Silhouetting the character with the Lighten Blending Mode (fog).
Paint-Over fix, removing the squirrel's hears (timelapse commented).
Lens Blur Effect for the depht of field (Filter Mask)..
A special thanks for the idea of the video.
Another pass for thinner details (big timelapse).
(pre)Final, and saving/archiving the file..
Appendice, fix pushed "One day after" (timelapse).
The final artwork.
Outro.
Credits, Attributions and License.

Taught by

David Revoy

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