Draw and Paint Better with Krita: Discover pro-level techniques and practices to create spectacular digital illustrations with Krita

Book Description

Master the art of digital painting with the help of this full-color guide by learning how to implement blending layers, as well as use brushes, color wheels, and techniques using the power of the free tools provided by Krita

Key Features

• Unlock the powerful tools offered by Krita to create customizable UIs
• Discover useful tips, tricks, and hacks to build compelling designs and speed up your digital workflow
• Learn how to use the brush tool and manage colors to create beautiful artwork

Book Description

Krita is a free, open-source digital painting program with industry-leading functionality and a creative suite of tools able to bring any visual idea to life. It allows for a fast, clean approach to creating digital art, without the hassle of pay-to-play or subscription license fees, but just like all other art software, it takes time and effort to learn it.

This book provides a comprehensive look into functional tools, visual problem-solving, and leading painting techniques using Krita to unleash your inner artist. You’ll learn the functionality and tools of Krita for creating digital and print-quality work as well as explore manipulation toolsets, custom brush creation, overviews of color spaces, and layer management. As you progress, you’ll get to grips with key styles’ needed to make professional-grade digital art, through techniques such as photobashing, 3D paint-overs, and more traditional painting methods, along with covering how Krita handles these workflows. Next, you’ll work through a few step-by-step art pieces using the skills and tools learned throughout the book.

By the end of this Krita book, you’ll have a solid understanding of the Krita work environment and be able to bring your artistic visions to life with a myriad of leading industry-standard techniques.

What you will learn

• Use layers, layer management, and layer blending modes to make images pop
• Understand Krita’s default workspace and customize it
• Understand the terminology of digital visual communication (dots per inch, resolution, and more)
• Explore color in a digital space, such as RGB profiles and Look-Up-Tables (LUTS)
• Discover the color wheel for painting and learn how digital color (light and alpha channels) works as opposed to traditional painting materials
• Focus on proper layer management for easy, non-destructive manipulation of art pieces quickly

Who this book is for

If you’re an artist wanting to take your artwork and portfolio to a professional level, then this book is for you. You’ll need some experience using art creation software (ideally Krita, Photoshop, or Clip Studio Paint) before you jump in, but beginners willing to use external sources to keep up will find plenty of useful information. Artists looking to upgrade their skills for work in the entertainment industry will benefit the most from this digital art book.

中文：

书名：使用Krita更好地绘制和绘制：发现专业水平的技术和实践，以使用Krita创建壮观的数字插图

通过学习如何实现混合层，以及如何使用画笔、色轮和使用Krita提供的免费工具的强大功能，在此全色指南的帮助下掌握数字绘画艺术

主要特点

• 解锁Krita提供的强大工具以创建可定制的用户界面
• 了解有用的提示、技巧和技巧，以构建引人注目的设计并加快您的数字工作流程
• 了解如何使用画笔工具和管理颜色来创建漂亮的图稿

图书描述

Krita是一个免费、开源的数字绘画程序，具有业界领先的功能和一套创造性的工具，能够将任何视觉想法带入生活。它允许一种快速、简洁的方法来创作数字艺术，而不需要付费播放或订阅许可费的麻烦，但就像所有其他艺术软件一样，学习它需要时间和努力。

这本书提供了一个全面的功能工具，视觉问题的解决和领先的绘画技术使用Krita释放您的内心艺术家。您将学习Krita用于创建数字和印刷质量作品的功能和工具，以及探索操作工具集、自定义画笔创建、色彩空间概述和层管理。随着你的进步，你将掌握制作专业级数字艺术所需的关键风格，通过照相、3D油漆覆盖和更传统的绘画方法，以及Krita如何处理这些工作流程。接下来，你将使用本书中学到的技巧和工具，一步一步地学习几件艺术作品。

在这本Krita书的结尾，你将对Krita的工作环境有一个坚实的了解，并能够用无数领先的行业标准技术将你的艺术愿景变成现实。

你将学到什么

• 使用层、层管理和层混合模式使图像流行
• 了解Krita&8217；的默认工作空间并对其进行自定义
• 了解数字视觉通信的术语(每英寸点数、分辨率等)
• 探索数字空间中的颜色，如RGB配置文件和查找表(LUT)
• 了解绘画的色轮，并了解数字颜色(灯光和Alpha通道)与传统绘画材质相比是如何工作的
• 专注于适当的层管理，轻松、非破坏性地快速处理艺术作品

这本书是为谁而写的

如果你是一位艺术家，想把你的艺术作品和作品组合提升到专业水平，那么这本书就是为你准备的。在你开始之前，你需要一些使用艺术创作软件(最好是Krita、Photoshop或Clip Studio Paint)的经验，但愿意使用外部资源来跟上潮流的初学者会找到大量有用的信息。希望提升自己在娱乐业工作技能的艺术家将从这本数字艺术书中受益最大。