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Written by Charles Salmon
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| Wednesday, 03 June 2009 15:02 |
Photoshop
This digital software will allow you to draw digitally. It has many
tools that will allow you to draw, paint, erase and create shapes. Get
started initially with common shapes like a rectangle, circle. You can
elaborate on these shapes and use your imagination to create drawings.
You can begin withdrawing flowers, trees and other simple pictures. As
you progress you will also be able to draw portraits and other
intricate things.
Tool for drawing
Your primary tool for drawing would be the mouse. However, now a
digital art tool called the WACOM tablet is also available that helps
you to draw.
Brush: You will have to experiment with the correct brush to determine
the best applicable for you. You have the option to change the size,
type and behavior of the brush that you choose.
Eraser: Ditto like the brush, you have the options to choose from a set
of erasers from the software. Even this has the option to change the
size, type etc.
Burn tool/Dodge tool: With the Burn tool you can make your colours to
appear darker. Conversely, you can choose the Dodge tool to make the
colours to appear lighter.
Layers: This is one of the most unique tools in digital drawing which
is not available in physical drawing. This function allows you to draw
in layers. This can be explained like this - it is a transparent cell
that allows you to work on every layer in such a way that you can
either allow a layer to interact with the other layer or vice versa.
As you move towards drawing intricate things you can make use of the following options:
Grids: Using grids will help you to capture the drawing cleverly and
easily. It will enable you to check proportions and placements etc.
Shading: Shading can also be used here like in physical drawing. It
gives your photograph the characteristic of a physical drawing.
Colour: When using colours, you need to take care that you make use of realistic colours.
Adding a Background: Giving a background to your picture is quite important. It helps you to give a story to your picture.
The most important feature of drawing digitally is that it gives you a
chance to enhance your subject. It helps you to correct and add more to
features. Sometimes, this can make your subject look unreal; therefore
you need to take care that you do not take away the essence or
personality of the subject in the drawing.
Conclusion
Drawing is an art and doing it within a digital ambit it gives the
artiste the freedom to experiment and do a lot more with its subject.
It is good if you try to learn about art before starting with digital
drawings.
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