Krita is a free open source software that can be used for digital painting by both professional and amateur artists. You can also animate in Krita. Many courses bombard you with tons of information up front when all you want to do is get to work. Krita can have a very short learning curve if all you want to do is paint digitally in a natural and intuitive way. After you dive in and begin creating, you can then come back to the course and learn the finer details of digital painting as well as some tips and tricks that you can use in Krita as well as other software. Then will will show you how to animated using Krita's timeline.

  Introduction to Procreate for Digital Painting

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Hi, my name is Serena Archetti. I am a professional artist and surface designer from Italy; I have been creating art professionally for over 10 years, creating nature and fantasy inspired pattern collections and illustrations.

I have always loved exploring new art mediums both in the digital and traditional world, and recently, Procreate has stood out as a game-changer for my daily workflow and to boost my productivity, especially during my travels around the world where I needed a drawing option that was as powerful as it was portable.

Mastering light is a skill that has fascinated artists and illustrators throughout history, for its unparalleled capacity to infuse an art piece with realism and define its atmosphere. Samuel Smith describes his fascination with light as more of an obsession, constantly analyzing his surroundings to understand how it works and apply it to his art. He has worked as a visual development artist for animations on many commercials, TV shows, and two feature films, including Klaus at SPA Studios and another upcoming animated film from Illumination Studios.