An utter newbie's guide to digital artistry. [Archive]

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Greyblades

10-11-2012, 02:36

Peasant Phill

10-11-2012, 14:45

I've been trying really half heartedly to develope a skill in artistry using digital means (photoshop, coral etc), even though I can't draw stick, and while I have been putting it off I have been looking for guides for such endeavors but I've come up short. I dont suppose anyone could point me in the right direction to a beginners guide or something?

What are you looking for?

Do you want to learn about a certain pogram, a certain medium, ...?

Not that I'm a master in the digital arts, but I've been meedling with some of them on my own for quite a while.

Greyblades

10-11-2012, 16:34

Well that's the dilemma, I have no idea what I'm looking for, my end goal is to be able to make something on the level of this (http://www.wallcoo.net/cartoon/cg_artwork_wallpapers_01_1600x1200/html/wallpaper20.html).
I currently have a cintiq 21x (dont ask me what I was thinking buying it I have long given up on figuring it out) and I can get pretty much any program you name but I have no clue where to start, I cant even draw geometric shapes to my liking I'm a huge procrastinator when I have no direction and am my own worst critic so trying to figure it out through brute force practice is not working.

Vuk

10-14-2012, 03:56

Practice is key. I am sure you can find hundreds or thousands of good tutorials online, and you can and should look at them, but the #1 way to get better is to just practice and experiment with tools. I taught myself how to use PSP 7, and I can do things on that that many skilled people cannot do with Photoshop (and I never used a tutorial. It takes me more time, but I can create nearly photo realistic images with PSP7 that many people struggle to do with Photoshop, despite the fact that I have a vastly more limited tool set.)
Practice, practice, practice.