This week’s thought process and reflection on creating a Digital picture of my life’s surroundings. Beyond my working days
through the week, daily my passion is my reality, and it’s not my fantasy.
My efforts to practice, and squeeze time around my day job is a journey as a process
to accepting I am where I am, but I know I want my tomorrow to be a little different.
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PART 1) Lunch Time Digital drawing
So from week to week, it can be a challenge when you work through your day and you are so tired when you come home to think about practicing drawing in a sketchbook,
fatigued and mentally drained, you are maxed out Sometimes your body feels so separate from your mind and your desires to be creatively active when you get home. So for me, this is a life long term commitment as I am aiming to figure out the best ways to adapt my lifestyle and my passions into a space of condensed time between my job,
and doing my sketching as a practice, that I feel adds to my creatively indirectly, just from the things I see around myself daily. keeping my skills growing day by day is very important for me to exist whether success is huge or small, I want to remain authentic to this creativity and exploration.
I truly hope these processes that I share with you all, can help you in how you can approach any passion you desire, to squeeze time during your day between fulfilling your potential in the best way for your lifestyle and wherever you are in life. Your future is bright,
your future is ever-evolving, and I hope you can take something from my blogs to hopefully assist in a direction to get you, closer to your destination.
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Below here is one of the solutions, I discovered, an Art sketching app on the Google Play store, called (Infinite Painter 7) there’s a Free Version on the Android platform The Free version is still usable, but you are limited by the lack of access to tools in full use that you can use, to fully immerse yourself in the full capacity of the Artwork, and digital drawing that you could do, with this great Art Program in (Infinite Painter) The Full Price of a one-time purchase is (USD 9.99 in the UK) Currency between (7 to 8 pounds.)
If you are looking for something affordable and non-subscription-based with a one-time payment feature use a drawing app on the go during your day, on your way to work, or on going home from work after your day is over.
This is a brilliant app to use and I’m saying this because I use this Vido Stylus pen pp to create some of my drawings Digitally on my Android phone.
So for me, I bought a Touch Screen Stylus Pen from a Company called Vido, and you can get any Stylus Pen from any other company out there online it’s an object shaped like a pen, that has the tip of it, as a material that can touch the screen surface of your phone or tablet, that uses the stylus pen to write or draw with this item on your phone or Tablet.
Below you will see a picture of the Stylus Touch Screen Pen.
Stylus Touch Screen Pen by Company VIDEO
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For aspiring or more Traditional Artists who have never used a touchscreen tablet, these are a few screenshots of how I use the stylus pen on my Android phone.
I’m just about to use the Program ( Infinite Painter ) to draw a person eating at a lunch table, while on my break and this is what it looks like as a start process, just so you have an idea in case you may not know, I want you to envision that you can do the same thing yourself too.
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STAGE 1
So below I’m using the stylus Pen on my Android phone to draw a starting point of the person eating Lunch across from me in the
cafeteria. As I was eating Lunch, I was overcomplicating the process of keeping things simple until I found my starting point
with the stickman figure I drew, this was the figure below where I found my groove and confidence in my sketch and found my
groove and confidence in my sketch to draw my first line on my phone.
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STAGE 2
From the Stickman start as a line, I am now able to add more shapes to the anatomy, from the start of a person sitting on a chair to their
arms being on top of the table, as I am now aiming to make a very basic outline of my subject, In front of me as a sketch, and the
most important thing here is to get the basics of the person eating sketched out quickly before this person leaves the table and goes
somewhere else. The great thing with Infinite Painter is like Photoshop you can have layers to build your sketch up, as you
can see below the forming stages of the stickman developing in front of your eyes.
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STAGE 3
Now I have gotten the basic outlines done before in the stickman form, I have created another layer, where I am using a different
brush tool, to give a thick line to add more definition to this sketch, and here’s my
priority again which is to just get the lines of action done as quickly as possible, not trying to make things perfect, letting the mistakes
come, and learning from the process to become an artist for tomorrow is where I believe you can grow as an artist every day as I am doing the same too.
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STAGE 4
Okay here I’ve sketched the subject matter of the person eating in the surrounding area of the cafeteria, and now I feel ready to add
some shade and color in small steps,I know I wanted to sketch this picture better,
but I realize that the effort to at least draw something, is more of an achievement,
than drawing nothing at all, is always a step in the right way going forward in your journey to better yourself as an artist.
I know I love drawing as it is an interest of mine and a life lifelong pursuit more than a passion alone, so as long as you have an
interest in drawing your subject and always learn from others whether looking on YouTube or drawing classes, you can always
get better can always improve with time and practice, here I started to add color to this image on one LAYER for color and another LAYER for shade, painting shadows.
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STAGE 5
Now from before I continued to use the Paintbrush to paint this person eating lunch and from here, I used a COLOR LAYER, with the DARKEN attribute which allows you, to
paint over my sketch while being able to build your colors in an effective way to add more depth to your colors, what I love about, (Infinite Painter),
is that it’s a digital Art Software App like Photoshop, it has the technical capacity to
look traditional in appearance like Acrylic paint has a very thick strong appearance in how it’s used traditionally,
well in Infinite Painter you could easily see a painting and would have the same feel of
the appearance of a traditional medium like Acrylic being used in this digital way
and I feel that the developers of Infinite Painter have done a brilliant job, of
appreciating the traditional
mediums of Fine arts, and putting those values into a digital program,
I can see the developers understand the value of traditional Art drawing, even in a technological world, what’s yesterday old,
never goes out of complete style, as it’s just continuing to evolve, the past the present, and the future all in one, Infinite Painter I
feel is a very good piece of Art Software at a very cost-effective price, where you can draw using a stylus pen on your phone or a tablet
between your day and get some practice, of drawing wherever and whenever you can draw.
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CLOSING STATEMENTS
My Closing Statement is my Core because I have a real passion for drawing and a lot of the time during my days,
I tend to try to squeeze as much time as I can
between allocating time for drawing from life on one aspect of my existence, while I maintain a daily job,
which I truly appreciate being there, and I feel duality in life is healthy in general, but I love the challenge.
And yes it may not be easy maintaining your energy and battling between aiming to get a few minutes of sketching during your day
but I feel what doesn’t kill you can only make
you stronger if you have the right headspace to approach progress in the smallest incriminate to larger incriminates over a long period.
An error is a powerful discovery through choosing to draw something in front of you,
I believe it a worse choice to draw nothing at all because you would allow time to pass by with no effort, so, no matter how you feel, if it’s in you to draw, don’t compare your efforts or skills wherever they are in your moments,
understand that beyond trying to make someone else’s efforts, because your efforts are yours to gain and yours to train. If you want to see the finished Sketch in Motion please click the below…..
and leave any comments below the blog or channel URL
I’d appreciate
Stay tuned to my next creation from a blog or video.
Happy sketching Peeps.
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KRITA LESSON 1
How to create a Basic Character
Firstly, go to https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/
and then Download from Krita the Official website where you should see the Download Button on Website should look something like this.
PART 1
Open Krita and Click FILE-OPEN
PART 2
File – New –Document– then Click – Custom Document – Lastly Click – Create.
PART 3
You should see something like this on your screen.
PART 4
Below you should see the basic layout of the Tools in Krista Familiarise yourself with what tools and controls are in Krista here and play around with the tools and controls.
PART 5
As you can see there’s a Circle on the Screen this was drawn with a Digital Tablet Pen called XP-PEN I’ll leave the link below for you to see the type of Digital drawing Pen tablet that I’m BUT………if you don’t have Digital Pen!!! No worries you can use the
(Mouse) For your computer (RIGHT click-mouse button and click the (BRUSH TOOL) Follow the Diagram below to see where (BRUSH TOOL) is
PART 6
Next, Click the PAINT LAYERS – located on the Picture below, click the Paint Layer, and rename the Layer (EYES) Go back
To the Brush tool Located in the Picture below, and draw the
Eyes with Your Mouse or Digital Pen Tablet
Draw Eyes and Eyebrows.
Make sure the Layers are in Order just like Example Picture
Down below.
PART 7
Next, Click the PAINT LAYERS – located on the Picture below, click the Paint Layer, and rename the Layer (NOSE) Go back
To the Brush tool Located in the Picture below, and draw the
Eyes with Your Mouse or Digital Pen Tablet
Draw a Nose )
Make sure the Layers are in Order just like Example Picture
Down below.
PART 8
Next, Click the PAINT LAYERS – located on the Picture below, and click the Paint Layer and rename the Layer (MOUTH) Go back
To the Brush tool Located in the Picture below, and draw the
Eyes with Your Mouse or Digital Pen Tablet Draw (a Mouth).
Make sure the Layers are in Order just like Example Picture
Down below.
PART 9
Next, Click the PAINT LAYERS – located on the Picture below, and click the Paint Layer and rename the Layer (NECK AND SHOULDERS) Go back
To the Brush tool Located in the Picture below, and draw the
Neck and Shoulders with Your Mouse or Digital Pen Tablet
Draw Eyes and Eyebrows.
Make sure the Layers are in Order just like Example Picture
Down below.
PART 10
Next, Click the PAINT LAYERS – located on the Picture below, and click the Paint Layer and rename the Layer (NECK AND SHOULDERS) Go back
To the Brush tool Located in the Picture below, and draw the
Neck and Shoulders with Your Mouse or Digital Pen Tablet
Draw Eyes and Eyebrows.
Make sure the Layers are in Order just like Example Picture
Down below.
PART 11
Look at the Diagram below for where the Colour Picker is Select the Top Box and choose and colour of your choice of what you want to use to Colour your Character.
On The Krita Image Below you should see where the Layers are Located, Please, Go to Layer- New– Add Paint Layer or Press INSERT on the keyboard short to create your Paint Layer.
PART 12
1) Down below you can see the Character I want you to make sure the Background Layer is below all the layers that you can see just like this Image below, and make sure your Layers Order is just like this image below before we start coloring the Character.
2) Okay when the Layer order is done Make sure the background Layer is at the bottom of all the Layers, then take your Color Layer, make the Color selected, Click the Layers Attribute, and scroll upward to Select Darken.
PART 13
Now If you’re using the Brush Tool to color the Character it should look something like this, with a Layer order like this Also, play around with the colour Picker using different Colours experiment works for you.
Progress 1
Progress 2
FINAL IMAGE
Now if you want you Save your Document Follow the Image Below and Save your File Document in a Location of your Choice. A box will pop up. Save your File so that you to Save Your Document as a Krita Document.
I truly hope you have enjoyed this Krita Art lesson, Please please if you can kind be so kind as to leave some Feedback, I would like to be of help again so thank you time, and keep up the great Art practice you guys.
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INTRODUCTION
PART 2) Lunch Time Digital drawing
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Within this image here is a digital sketch of a person eating on a lunch break as I’m on my Lunch break and I’m again in the cafeteria.
Below you will see a picture of the Stylus Touch Screen Pen.
Stylus video Pen
Stylus Touch Screen Pen by Company VIDEO
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For aspiring or more Traditional Artists who have never used a touchscreen tablet, these are a few screenshots of how I use the stylus pen on my Android phone.
Example of how to use Infinite Painter
I’m just about to use the Program ( Infinite Painter ) to draw a person eating at a lunch table, while on my break and this is what it looks like as a start process, just so you have an idea in case you may not know, I want you to envision that you can do the same thing yourself too.
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STAGE 1
Firstly I was really experimenting with sketching the person eating quickly using a thin head brush
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STAGE 2
Secondly I got the structure of the table and person eating in line using a thin head brush stroke objects chair, bottle and tables.
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STAGE 3
Thirdly I have managed to get the structure of the first start of facial features and hair, with chair front view detail start with tables.
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STAGE 4
Fourth stage before got the thin stroke brush, with a white bucket layered filled with white being transparent where the line image with background is lighter than the main character while I am drawing over the person eating lunch.
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STAGE 5
Fifth stage now I have begun add color go I use a separate layer separated by the line black and white image v, this is a thick brush tool used where I have also removed the line underlined layer with all the rough structure of
the image, removed where I am left with the over lined of a clean image with beginning of coloring the sketch to drawing.
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STAGE 6
Continuing from the previous stage I am coloring the image, and now beginning color the character itself, here I had to really paint quickly because the person was leaving so I had to quick paint the clothes.
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STAGE 7
Now I’ve shaded and colored the background of all the picture with all the objects and between, im keeping all layers between the line drawing and colours separated.
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CLOSING STATEMENTS
you want to see the finished Sketch in Motion please click the below…..
and leave any comments below the blog or channel URL