Getting Started With Digital Painting: Creating an Animal Character From Scratch

Artist and teacher Leigh Ann Rooney will guide you through the basics of creating a character suitable for a children’s book, comic, or whatever else your imagination can think up!

This course covers the foundations of creating a digitally painted character in Adobe Photoshop. We will go over each step of the process from picking an animal and designing your character to creating a finished image that can be sent to a client or added to a background.

No experience with Photoshop or traditional painting needed.

Don’t be intimidated by Photoshop - you got this!

Here’s what we’ll cover:

• Designing a character: stylizing an animal
• Using Photoshop brushes for a painterly effect
• Mixing and blending colors
• Adding texture and dimension

Materials you’ll need:

• Adobe Photoshop
• Drawing pen tablet such as Wacom Intuos (optional but helpful)
• Paper and pencil, charcoal, and/or ink (optional)

Link to my beginner Photoshop class: http://skl.sh/2luAtTF
Link to my digital textures: https://crmrkt.com/jyOlWb

• Hello and Introduction to Materials
• Pick an Animal, Stylize, and Sketch
• Setting Up Your Workspace, Testing Brushes, and Creating Libraries
• Start Painting!
• Creating a Solid Fill Layer
• Adding Outlines and Details
• More Painting: Mixing and Blending
• Adjustments and Adding More Texture
• How to Save Files
• Bye and Thank You!