Digital Painting, Simplified.
This is a collection of short, free, videos on the basics of digital painting. Hundreds of them. Did you learn something? Tell a friend about the site. Want to learn more? Check out the store.
Have fun painting!
First Steps:
The Store
For those that want to learn in-depth, the Ctrl+Paint store offers $10 videos. These video collections cover crucial topics, ranging from beginner to intermediate difficulty.
Featured Series
Once you've gotten comfortable with the basic of black and white painting, it's time to add color. This collection starts at the beginning!
Newest free video
Every Thursday I release a new free video. They're not immediately added to the ordered list, but you can see the recent releases here:
THE FREE VIDEOS
1) Digital Painting 101
First, let's start off with an overview of the whole digital painting process these introductory videos.
Now that you've seen the overview, where should you start?
Before you can paint, you need to know how to draw. At art school they call this "foundation studies", and all students must take these basic subjects before proceeding into their concentration.
2) Traditional Drawing
4) Composition Basics
5) Using Reference Materials
6) Anatomy
7) Perspective
Making the Switch to Digital Tools
Once you have a nice foundation of traditional drawing and composition skills, it's time to get your feet wet with Photoshop!
8) The Brush Tool
9) Basic Painting Techniques
10) Adding Surface Details
11) Painting With Color
12) Masking & Selections
Fully Digital
If you've been watching these videos in order, you're starting to see how fundamentally different digital painting can be from traditional media. These videos dig even deeper.
13) The User Interface
14) Uniquely Digital Techniques
15) Efficiency Through Repetition
16) Hardware
17) 3D Software
Your Brain: the Most Important tool
The final two sections explore your mental approach to making artwork. It's easy to forget what an important role your attitude can play when improving as an artist!
If you're going to spend your life as an artist, it needs to be a healthy relationship.
19) Study Habits