Learning digital art — Day 1 and Day 2!
Welcome!
I started this to document my journey to learning digital art. The reason was, originally, to do editorial cartooning, which apparently takes a lot of real artistic talent to do. And this will show you why.
I bought myself an XP Pen Deco 01 V3.
This came with the drawing tablet, pen, protective sheet, extra pen nibs, and gloves.
I was really excited to use it. It’s plug-and-play, easy to understand. But unless you have an experience using a drawing tab before, or even drawing using a stylus, your lines can be really squiggly.
Exhibit A:
Day 1: I used the paint software because I guess that’s the platform we go to by default. (Or maybe because I’m a millenial lol)
The kids tried it as well, and they loved it! Would be nice to learn together with my kids. My eldest loves creating digital art using Ibis Paint X on her phone.
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I intend to practice every day until I get a good grasp of the tool.
Hopefully, this will lead to creating better digital art, more professional creative designs for work, and earning more in the future through commissions. (For all of us! One step at a time.)
Before I ended my practice sesh, I did a test drawing.
Exhibit B:
Cute little ducky
Exhibit C:
Day 2: Watched a Photoshop tutorial to be more familiar with the software.
I discovered now where to access the different brushes. This girl was amazed. (Did I say that already? Hihi)
The combination of keyboard shortcuts plus the drawing tablet is definitely something to adjust to, but I can see how this will make things easier.
That’s it for today, I guess.
