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【10 Digital Art Tips】 For Beginners

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Are you using Photoshop, Clip Studio, Krita or Paint Tool SAI for digital art? Try these tips 🙂
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Awesome brush sets:
https://www.deviantart.com/loish/art/the-loish-brushset-477640124
https://www.deviantart.com/sakimichan/art/Photoshop-Brushes-343664542
https://www.deviantart.com/johnsilva/art/John-Silva-Smudge-Pack-2-0-Painterly-Edition-457146526
https://www.deviantart.com/yuumei/art/Cloud-Tutorial-Part-1-396507964

List of default shortcuts:
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/default-keyboard-shortcuts.html

0:00 – Intro
0:44 – 1. Shortcuts make work easier
1:58 – 2. Simple vs. special brushes
2:44 – 3. Sketching tips
3:30 – 4. Liquify and Transform to fix your sketches
4:55 – 5. Line Art vs. Painting Technique
6:30 – 6. Create a base layer (to avoid coloring outside the lines)
7:18 – 7. Clipping Masks (also to avoid coloring stuff you don’t want)
8:08 – 8. Using the Color Picker for shading
8:45 – 9. The Smudge tool can be useful, too!
9:37 – 10. Useful layer blending styles (Multiply, Overlay, Screen etc.)
10:38 – BONUS: Some general advice for beginners, equipment and progression

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