What you'll learn

Advanced transformation and distortion techniques

Advanced layer features

Various techniques for creating patterns and textures

Photobashing techniques

In-depth understanding of how brushes work in Krita

Create your own custom brush

Create illustrations with a painterly style

Various "cheating" techniques to speed up the workflow

 

Requirements

Have Krita installed

Have a drawing tablet

Have completed the basic-level course

Have completed the intermediate-level course

 

Description

Krita is a graphics application that is comparable to Photoshop. But, unlike Photoshop, Krita is free and open source. So you can download and use it without having to pay anything. Another thing that makes Krita different from Photoshop is that Krita focuses more on digital painting. So you will find many digital painting or drawing features in Krita that are not available in Photoshop. If you need software to draw or create illustrations, then Krita will make you feel right at home.If you want to master Krita quickly and easily, then -in sha Allah- this online course is the best solution for you. However, you should be aware that this online course is designed as a continuation of the previously released basic and intermediate Krita courses. So to be on the safe side, make sure you take those courses first before taking this one.What will you learn?As a macro overview, I have divided this online course into 8 chapters, apart from the introductory chapter. In the first chapter, you will learn about various transformation and distortion techniques. Such as "Perspective", "Warp", "Cage", "Liquify", "Mesh", and so on. Then, in chapter two, you will learn advanced layer features, namely "layer style", "clone layer", "file layer", and "fill layer". Next, in chapter 3, you will learn various techniques related to pattern and texture creation. You will use various pattern generators such as "multigrid", "Screentone', "SeExpr", and so on. Then learn to create repeating patterns using the "wrap around mode". Then, in chapter four, we will discuss the "Photobashing" technique. It is basically a technique of utilizing photos or external images to speed up the illustration process. Chapter 5 is the first big project chapter. Here you will learn to create an illustration of a deep-sea diver looking for treasure. You will learn the process in detail, from A to Z. In chapter 6, you will learn the ins and outs of the brush system in Krita. From the types of brush engines, sensors, to how to create your own brush presets and brush tips. With these, you will be able to create unique brush presets, such as creating sea plants or anemones on the fly, creating a rope in one stroke, creating a grass field in seconds, using plants that you design yourself, and so on. In chapter 7, you will learn painterly style drawing techniques, or digital illustrations that look like they were created with real brushes. In this chapter, you will also learn various "cheating" techniques. They are techniques that can help you create illustrations even faster. In chapter 8 or the last chapter, you will utilize everything you learned from the previous chapters to create an illustration of a cowboy cactus. The main challenge of this project is to create a painterly style illustration as quickly as possible. But also as flexible as possible, so that it's still easy if we have to make future revisions to the drawing.So join now! And upgrade your Krita skills to the fullest potential.

 

Overview

Section 1: INTRODUCTION

 

Lecture 1 Introduction

 

Lecture 2 Course information and disclaimer

 

Lecture 3 Custom UI and shortcuts

 

Section 2: TRANSFORMATION AND DISTORTION

 

Lecture 4 Transform tool free mode

 

Lecture 5 Perspective and Warp modes

 

Lecture 6 Cage mode

 

Lecture 7 Liquify mode

 

Lecture 8 Mesh mode

 

Lecture 9 Transform mask

 

Lecture 10 Deform brush engine

 

Section 3: ADVANCED LAYER FEATURES

 

Lecture 11 Layer styles

 

Lecture 12 Clone layer

 

Lecture 13 File layer

 

Lecture 14 Fill layer

 

Section 4: PATTERNS AND TEXTURES

 

Lecture 15 Multigrid

 

Lecture 16 Screentone

 

Lecture 17 SeExpr and Simplex Noise

 

Lecture 18 Wrap Around mode

 

Lecture 19 Tileable texture

 

Lecture 20 Applying patterns

 

Lecture 21 Creating custom patterns

 

Lecture 22 Texture effect with brush

 

Section 5: PHOTOBASHING

 

Lecture 23 Photobashing workflows

 

Lecture 24 Photobashing a wall texture

 

Lecture 25 Photobashing a TV screen

 

Lecture 26 Photobashing with transparency and selection

 

Section 6: PROJECT ATLANTIC TREASURE

 

Lecture 27 Atlantic Treasure project preparation

 

Lecture 28 Main objects base colors

 

Lecture 29 Background base colors

 

Lecture 30 Shading the diver

 

Lecture 31 Shading the treasure chest

 

Lecture 32 Outline and Highlight

 

Lecture 33 Water surface and the pillars

 

Lecture 34 Shading the hills

 

Lecture 35 The floors

 

Lecture 36 Stone elements

 

Lecture 37 Clam, jellyfish, and fish

 

Lecture 38 Seaweed

 

Lecture 39 Anemones using custom brush

 

Lecture 40 Other ornaments

 

Lecture 41 Shadows and fog

 

Lecture 42 Lighting effects

 

Lecture 43 Air bubbles

 

Lecture 44 Caustics and color transfer

 

Section 7: BRUSH PARAMETERS

 

Lecture 45 Brush engines

 

Lecture 46 Size, Opacity, and Flow

 

Lecture 47 Other basic brush parameters

 

Lecture 48 Brush tip basics

 

Lecture 49 Creating brush tips

 

Lecture 50 Brush tip modes

 

Lecture 51 Brush Sensors basics

 

Lecture 52 Brush Sensors advanced

 

Lecture 53 Adding randomness

 

Lecture 54 Animated brush tip

 

Lecture 55 Creating custom brush preset

 

Lecture 56 Deleting, exporting, and importing brushes

 

Section 8: PAINTERLY STYLE AND CHEAT METHODS

 

Lecture 57 Painterly style basics

 

Lecture 58 Multi-layer workflow

 

Lecture 59 Single-layer workflow

 

Lecture 60 Cheat methods basics

 

Lecture 61 Paint over technique

 

Lecture 62 Shading area extraction

 

Lecture 63 Color sampling technique

 

Lecture 64 Painting a landscape

 

Lecture 65 Silhouette technique

 

Lecture 66 Symbol Library

 

Section 9: PROJECT COWBOY CACTUS

 

Lecture 67 Cowboy cactus project preparation

 

Lecture 68 Thumbnailing

 

Lecture 69 Base colors

 

Lecture 70 Global shadows

 

Lecture 71 Bushes custom brush

 

Lecture 72 Adding foliage

 

Lecture 73 Rope custom brush

 

Lecture 74 Creating the lasso rope

 

Lecture 75 Finalizing the background

 

Lecture 76 The cliffs shading and highlight

 

Lecture 77 Light effects on the cliffs

 

Lecture 78 Finalizing the foliage

 

Lecture 79 The ground texture

 

Lecture 80 Cowboy cactus shading

 

Lecture 81 Cowboy cactus details and highlights

 

Lecture 82 Light effects and Filters

 

 

Hobbyists who want to learn to create illustrations using open-source software,Design or art students who want to master digital painting techniques,Artists or professionals who want to improve their productivity by leveraging advanced techniques