Illustrating a Character in Krita
What you'll learn
In this class, Sebastien from the NobleFrugal Studio will walk you through the complete process of character illustration with the free digital painting software: Krita.
Materials and tools used in this class
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Xp-Pen Artist 24 Pro Pen Display
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Recommended Beginner Pen Tablet: Xp-Pen Deco 01 V2
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Recommended Beginner Pen Display: Ugee U1600
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Recommended Professional Pen Tablet
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Krita: Free Digital Art Software
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This class has 10 sessions (1h 10m)
Learn to create your own characters from imagination using the free digital art tools in Krita.
In this lesson, Sebastien will introduce you to the equipment and software you will need in order to follow along with this course.
Download the free digital painting software: Krita and learn how to use it's basic features.
Let's get warmed up by drawing some basic shapes.
Make thumbnail sketches for your illustration. Then, using basic shapes, sketch out your character on the canvas. Finally, brainstorm a color palette for the scene.
Let's paint in the shadow colors before adding the light on top.
Now for the fun part! Follow along as Sebastien places light colors on top of the shadow colors.
Some surfaces that are hit by light rays do not directly face the light source. Fill in "half-tone" colors to create a natural transition from light to shadow.
Light bounces. Follow along as Sebastien demonstrates painting ambient lights and highlights.
What have we learned in this course? Let's review.
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Hey! it's Sebastien. I'm an animator, illustrator, and YouTube content creator here at the NobleFrugal Studio. Happy animating!
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