You're reading from Draw and Paint Better with Krita Discover pro-level techniques and practices to create spectacular digital illustrations with Krita

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801071765

Length 426 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Krita

Concepts

Image Editing

Author (1):

Wesley Gardner

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Intro to Krita and Digital Art Terminology Review

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Krita FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Reviewing Canvas Properties and Color

4. Chapter 3: Utilizing Layers and Layer Groups

5. Chapter 4: Utilizing Brushes and Tools

6. Part 2: Methods of Visual Communication within Krita

7. Chapter 5: Implementing Layer Blending Modes

8. Chapter 6: Composing Using Krita's Toolbox

9. Chapter 7: Changing the Feel with Painting, Values, and Sliders

10. Chapter 8: Controlling Chaos – Organizing Your Workflow

11. Part 3: Projects Unleashing Your Inner Artist with Krita

12. Chapter 9: Setting Up a Still-Life Study

13. Chapter 10: Enforcing Fundamentals

14. Chapter 11: Working with Concept Art

15. Chapter 12: Refining and Creating Cinematic Concept Art

16. Chapter 13: Going beyond These Pages

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Summary

Wow, what didn't we do in this chapter? You started with nothing more than a blank canvas and a few general layout ideas, and ended up with a portfolio-ready piece of concept art, completely from your imagination!

We discussed using our tools and knowledge (namely our ideas of perspective, and some layout aids in the form of our Golden Ratio image and our Grid and Guides setup to do a proper Rule of Thirds) to make a strong start. Then, we discussed the power of values and shape language to build a few basic, but visually appealing, thumbnails to compare with one another. After that, we covered the all-important task of looking at our work objectively and learning some skills to help us in making the best choice between images when we are faced with multiple compositional options for a project.

Once we decided on our favorite thumbnail, we made some edits to colors and shapes to find a nice middle ground to keep the best of each of our two thumbnails. Then, we covered...