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 4: Utilizing Brushes and Tools

Welcome to Chapter 4, Utilizing Brushes and Tools! In the last chapter, we finally got our hands dirty by starting our landscape piece by creating specified layers, grouping those layers, and formatting our layers in a way that makes logical sense for our project (namely breaking down items into foreground, midground, and background working areas). While we mentioned what brushes we used to create the first steps of our masterpiece, we didn't discuss why we chose our specific brushes, or talk about how we can go about making edits or changes to our brushes. That's what this chapter is for!

In this chapter, we will be looking at the power of Krita's brush engine and the way in which its functionality can aid us as we move forward with our landscape painting during Chapter 5, Implementing Layer Blending Modes.

So, in this chapter, we will cover the following topics: