Learning ArtRage

Learn to use ArtRage to paint professional quality digital art, with the appearance of traditional media.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files
• Using a drawing tablet

1. Optimizing Your Workflow

• Setting preferences
• Setting keyboard shortcuts
• Saving settings as presets
• Understanding your Toolbox and Workbench

2. The Basics

• Exploring the ArtRage interface
• Creating a new painting
• Moving your canvas
• Using layers
• Understanding settings and saving presets

3. Choosing Colors

• Using the Color Picker
• Saving color to the Color Samples panel
• Loading a reference image, new view, or scrap
• Tracing images

4. Painting Tools

• Painting with the Oil Brush
• Pushing paint with the Palette Knife
• Painting in watercolors
• Spraying with the Airbrush
• Applying color with the Paint Roller

5. Working with Dry Media

• Outlining with the Inking Pen
• Sketching with the Pencil tool
• Removing color with the Eraser tool
• Marking with the Felt Pen
• Drawing with ArtRage pastels

6. Special Effects Tools

• Using the Gloop Pen
• Sprinkling color with the Glitter Tube
• Daubing paint with the Paint Tube
• Pouring paint with the Flood Fill tool
• Copying areas with the Cloner
• Selecting Sticker Sheets

7 Utility Tools

• Selecting stencils and rulers
• Masking areas with the Selection tool
• Writing with the Text tool
• Manipulating selections with the Transformation tool

8. Extra Features

• Exploring the non-pod panels
• Using the grid

9. Sharing Your Creations

• Installing package files
• Recording and playing your drawings with ArtRage scripts

Conclusion

• Next steps

Bonus Movie

• Bringing it all together