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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Chapter 3: Utilizing Layers and Layer Groups

Coming into this chapter, I bet you are ready to put your new knowledge and refreshed theory into action! That's great news, as in this chapter (and all chapters going forward), we will be doing some hands-on exercises to better understand the functionality of Krita as a program.

In this chapter, we will be dissecting one of Krita's foundational tools and some of the biggest boons that digital art provides you as a creator: layers, blending modes, and layer groups. In this chapter, we will be covering the following:

Defining layers, layer blending modes, and layer groups
Controlling a landscape painting composition using layers
Starting our landscape painting using our layer structure and Krita's built-in brushes
Grouping our landscape into layer groups for maximum efficiency
Refining our painting by utilizing some basic layer management skills to help us prepare for bringing this painting to a polished...