Hello! I was told to ask here by folks in #krita on FreeNode.

I'd like to learn digital art --- I am in particular interested in speedpainting of environment art, in Krita (duh!).
I am a complete beginner, but figured I would find somebody to help me learn better. I could not find anybody in my local area (not necessarily Krita for local --- I couldn't find any digital artists, period), so I figured I'd ask here.
I do have a drawing tablet already.

If I can't find anybody, I was at least hoping that somebody could direct me to some resources (but would still prefer a tutor).

To be clear, I am willing to pay for this, assuming the price is reasonable (and that you're experienced enough to be able to teach!).

When you say you're a complete beginner, do you mean you've never used anything like Photoshop, GIMP and similar before at all? If so, there's a lot of 'technical' stuff to pick up at first in terms of fundementals like layers, transparency, saving your images, etc. It's not rocket science but it is important to understand it or you'll get quite confused. Having said that, you can easily grab a brush preset and start painting if you want to but it's a great help to understand the basic technical principles.

The internet is full of tutorials for krita (and everything else) especially on YouTube. Those by GDQuest, Age of Asparagus and David Revoy come to mind but there are many others.

The krita manual is very helpful and well written: https://docs.krita.org/en/ and I recommend that you read it, especially any introductory sections.

You might want to check out the links in this article: https://linuxhint.com/10-best-krita-tutorials/

If you have any technical questions, the manual and this forum are the place to get answers. For artistic techniques and skills, the tutorials have some advice and examples and other people on this forum may be able to point you towards some tutorials that are specific your interests or even be able to personally give you advice.

Most of all, I suggest that you just 'play' with krita (while reading the manual) to see what it can do. Good luck and do post any artwork you make in the Krita Gallery here

ahabgreybeard wrote:When you say you're a complete beginner, do you mean you've never used anything like Photoshop, GIMP and similar before at all? If so, there's a lot of 'technical' stuff to pick up at first in terms of fundementals like layers, transparency, saving your images, etc. It's not rocket science but it is important to understand it or you'll get quite confused. Having said that, you can easily grab a brush preset and start painting if you want to but it's a great help to understand the basic technical principles. <snip>

Sorry about the confusion, but I thought that was rather obvious from the topic name --- I said I'm looking for a tutor in digital painting, and not help with Krita. I have used programs like Gimp and such (for various tasks, including advanced uses such as scripts for procedural generation). That's not the problem.

I am not looking for technical help in figuring out Krita et. al. (I can do that myself easily enough). Rather, I am looking for help with actually learning to (digitally) paint. You know: Colors, light, shapes, all that jazz. And that is where I am a complete beginner in, and what I am seeking help for.

It doesn't necessarily have to be with Krita, but I would prefer that. Something tells me that I'll find more Krita than (say) Photoshop users in these particular forums anyhow.

Unfortunately, those tutorials you've linked seem to all assume that I already know digital art, and thus only cover Krita, not the art itself (as they should --- scope creep is bad! --- but it does make them quite useless to me). The one exception is the Udemy tutorial in that list, but 1) It's about illustrations, not painting, and 2) I was warned against using Udemy anyways (apparently, it is very hit&miss quality-wise, and I don't know enough about art to be able to judge as to which is which).

Hi DarkUranium,

For the comprehensive introduction to understanding all the facets and applications of digital painting, head over to https://www.ctrlpaint.com. Matt Kohr is a very good teacher and keeps the videos short and easy to understand as well. Go to the free video library section and scroll down and you'll know where to start.

It's really a one-stop site for learning digital painting fundamentals as well taking it to a fairly advanced level. He uses Photoshop in the lessons but it really doesn't matter. The skills are all transferable to any digital painting app.

Cheers!
Daulat

Tutors have always been better since you communicate with the person in person. But I know that a tutor is not a cheap worker. What tutor did you hire, and how much did he cost?

This is a fascinating subject. I've been looking for a digital painting tutor for a long time. And after I found such a tutor, I realized that it's a lot easier than I imagined. It's much harder to find a tutor who will explain it to you in an understandable way. I have discovered tutors on different platforms, and they are all kind of hard to explain. I did not understand it. I thought I was so dumb that I didn't realize what they were talking about. But once I replaced the tutor and found a good tutor in the platform 補習中介, everything became clear to me. It turns out that you can create any 2D art in Photoshop even without any previous experience of using the program.