![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve used various digital art software over the years from photo editing, digital painting, vector and even 3D software. Getting past the technical hurdle of learning software can be time consuming and frustrating, but it is worth it in the long run. I usually explore the menu options, learn the main functions of the software and then try to create something with it. When I’m learning new art software the first thing I do is learn the user interface (UI) of the program. I had to start again with digital painting after a few years of a break from it not that long ago around 2015, so I will share some personal insight as well. Here are some general tips in no particular order about learning digital painting which I can relate to you from my personal experience, successes and failures. If you would like to see my recent work please visit my website. I did an art course later and got my mojo back again eventually, but all I could manage were realistic studies, I felt uninspired to do larger Illustrations anymore after some general disillusionment. I kept practicing but in 2012 I went cold turkey on digital art and art in general for a while. In the later years I spent more time making studies and practice work rather than full illustrations because I was becoming less inspired by fantasy subjects than I had been. I spent a lot of money on art related books through the years…and other than that I practiced whenever I could. I didn’t even know what “blocking in” meant let alone anything else in that book, but the pictures were inspiring at the time. The Don Seegmiller book on digital painting was one of the first I bought on the subject, although it was a little advanced for me at the time. Occasionally other digital artists would share tips. I also used to visit art community’s such as GFX Artist and CGhub, which have long since expired. My art gradually improved the more I practiced and I saved up with money from a Data Entry job and bought a Wacom Tablet around 2006 which gave me more pressure sensitivity control. They usually focus on a particular use or industry per edition such as book illustration, game art, animation etc. It is a good magazine to get an overview of digital art. I still read ImagineFX from time to time. There were not as many resources about learning digital painting back then, but there was ImagineFX magazine from 2006 onward and the CG Society website.
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