At least that’s what I’m calling it.
I finished watching the one digital art course I wrote about last time. It was really informative. Not only did he cover how to use the tools and how to create some of the effects, like water, that you might want, but he also covered some different art styles that you might use for digital paintings. I liked that. It helps me understand a little better what style I might be working in, or close to.
At the end of the course, I worked on one of the ideas that I’ve been holding in my head for a few months now. The course made a big difference. Yes, the original rough sketch was just that, a rough sketch but it also lacked a lot of the extra that I ended up adding. I’m happier with the new version. It feels more finished.
As soon as I get it up on my Zazzle store, I’ll post the artwork and the product here so you can see it. It’s a fun piece and I’m looking forward to getting it out there in the world.
Next up, after the general digital painting course, I decided to watch a course on just painting in Photoshop.
I have known for a long time that you can paint in Photoshop. I’ve always been a little uncomfortable with it. Not so much because I had trouble with it. More a perception thing. I wasn’t sure it was “right” to be painting in Photoshop. And if I did, I was somehow doing something wrong or taboo. Don’t ask. I have no idea where I get these ideas.
So, the Photoshop painting course. Again, the first half or so was spent on the tools and how to use them. And the brushes and how to adjust them. And now I’m all in a mental lock up because I can’t decide which program to use to practice my digital painting.
The course was shorter than the previous one I watched. And it really only covered creating one piece of art as just a painting. It was the part that covered the tools at the beginning of the course, and then about the first three or four lessons after that that showed them in use that were the gold for me. Now, like with the other course, it is a matter of practicing what I’ve learned.
On a more practical note, I suppose. I have a PC that I have the Adobe software on, including Fresco and Photoshop and I have an iPad that I have the Adobe software one including Fresco and Photoshop, and I have Procreate on the iPad as well. Fresco on the PC and the iPad don’t appear to be any different, however Photoshop seems to be much more robust on the PC. This is part of what causes my quandary about what to use to practice. I can practice on the iPad, using any of the three programs, and I can take the files into Photoshop from any of the three programs. If I want the full effect of what Photoshop can do it appears that I have to use it on my PC. I don’t yet know if this is really an issue or just me thinking too far ahead and worrying about it unnecessarily. I’m probably worrying about it unnecessarily. At least until I really get to doing something with the digital painting. I do have a couple more ideas in mind that I want to work out as digital paintings along with the sketch work that I want to do. As I said, I’m a little stuck as to which software to use. Though I think the more important thing is going to be just to get started.
I don’t have any digital art or sketches to share this time. A couple days after I started writing this article I got wrapped up with trying out some stuff with non-digital art and haven’t finished the digital art piece I am working on. I hope you enjoy this piece that I did to test out some new art paper. I’ll fill you in more on the experimenting soon.
