/r/DigitalPainting

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Welcome!

The purpose of r/DigitalPainting is to nurture growing artists. Be prepared to receive constructive critique on your art. Be active and participate in the conversations, give critiques! Being able to recognize and give constructive criticism will mark your growth as well as help others! Have any questions? Stop on by the infamous Wobbly Wednesdays!

Welcome!

The purpose of r/DigitalPainting is to nurture growing artists. Be prepared to receive constructive critique on your art. Be active and participate in the conversations, give critiques! Being able to recognize and give constructive criticism will mark your growth as well as help others! Have any questions? Stop on by the infamous Wobbly Wednesdays!

Need to find resources and apps?

Check out our awesome wiki!

How to get started in digital painting

Come paint and grow with us. You'll be glad you did.


Unofficial Discord server


Submission Policies

  1. Artwork must be your own
  2. You have to leave a comment about what you struggled with, context, or techniques you were experimenting with, so that commenters can better help you. You get one hour to post your comment before it is subject to removal.
  3. All art must be linked from imgur or tumblr. Before you message us about not being able to directly upload art, read more here. and here
  4. Self posts may include links to software and blogs
  5. Links to process videos are only allowed if they're not on the submitted page.
  6. Photobashing is not allowed. Read more here.
  7. Self-promotional top comments are not allowed. your entire submission will be removed.Read more here
  8. Submissions with the artist's name in the title will be removed. Read more here
  9. Animations are not allowed.
  10. You only get to post a maximum of one post every 24 hours.
  11. No artwork made more than a year ago.
  12. No AI generated images.

Wobbly Wednesdays

Wobbly Wednesday is where new artists asks questions regarding digital painting and more experienced artists tries to answer. Check out the archive here.


Other great subreddits to check out:

  • New to drawing? Check out /r/ArtFundamentals!

  • Want people to paint? there are plenty over at /r/redditgetsdrawn!

  • Did you draw a picture? Check out /r/IDAP!

  • If you like drawing, /r/drawing might be just the place for you!

  • You use Photoshop, why not check out /r/Photoshop?

  • Need a buddy to keep you on track with your art goals? Why not head over to /r/Artbuddy and grab yourself a pal.

/r/DigitalPainting

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1

Übel from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

2 Comments
2024/04/29
19:45 UTC

2

Pixel art?

Anyone any experience in pixel art? Especially when only having krita as a software program. It seems so cool, but the im not sure about the learning curve, and at this point I'm not willing to purchase aseprite just yet. Any tips?

4 Comments
2024/04/29
19:20 UTC

1

Android vs drawing tablet

Hi! I want to start digital drawing but mainly use it (at least atm) to create vector files for my cricut. I mainly use Inkscape on my laptop but I really hate using the mouse for drawing. Now I'm not sure if a android tablet (I've been looking into the samsung S6 lite or Lenovo p11) or a drawing tablet I would use with my laptop would be the better choice.
Can I even draw and save as SVG files on a regular android tablet?

Any advice is appreciated!

3 Comments
2024/04/29
09:45 UTC

31

Shadow Girl

Any tips on how to get the shadow of the hair strands better?

5 Comments
2024/04/29
09:02 UTC

35

The Wanderer

A quick-ish portrait that I finished last night

9 Comments
2024/04/28
16:36 UTC

2

Quick Technique Question

When painting digitally... what's the difference between water color and gouache?

3 Comments
2024/04/28
15:01 UTC

2

To people who bought Rebelle Pro

Did you receive activation key on your email? I want to buy the program but I have to use someone's else help because I can't purchase anything that is outside my country. So I want to know about the process more 🤔

4 Comments
2024/04/28
08:37 UTC

223

Digital painting study

13 Comments
2024/04/28
01:28 UTC

9

I'm want to get into digital art but don't know what device to get

I've recently started getting back into drawing after about a 2 year break and would like to really get into digital art. I'm very experienced in traditional art with many different mediums but only a bit experienced with digital art. I used to draw on my super old Ipad with one of those cheap rubber stylists. I also used my touch screen laptop for a bit in high school as it came with a pen but I didn't like the way it felt. So I'd definitely prefer an interactive display.

I'm trying to decide between a Samsung tab and Huion kamvas. Id prefer not to get an Ipad, I just prefer samsung. I have a laptop that doesn't need an upgrade at the moment but am looking to get a pc set up in the future. I'm not currently studying and work in an office as an admin assistant.

13 Comments
2024/04/27
23:57 UTC

35

Surprised myself and made this on my 2nd day of digital art

Made this yesterday on my phone using HiPaint. Today I hijacked my wife's iPad and got ProCreate. Excited to jump in!

8 Comments
2024/04/27
22:31 UTC

33

grayscale portrait I did a month ago

5 Comments
2024/04/27
18:23 UTC

212

Cheetah Cub

7 Comments
2024/04/27
06:45 UTC

135

Yay it's the mf weekend! I usually have to paint with a baby sleeping on me. Today is no different.

Fuckin' rocks... how do they work‽

26 Comments
2024/04/27
04:41 UTC

0

Help for getting started in DA

Hi:) i’m looking to get into digital art. I want to get some kind of tablet with a pen and the type of digital art I’m thinking of is the kind where it’s like painting acrylic, oil, watercolour etc. but digitally. Hope that makes sense! So, my question is: are there any tablets just for making art? Or should i get an ipad and then get an app for making the art? If yes, then which app?

Thank you in advance:)

9 Comments
2024/04/26
21:09 UTC

2

What is the best way to turn a traditional IRL drawing into digital?

I use my fingers to draw on my phone cause I'm broke but I'm kinda tired of it now.

And to turn my traditional drawings into digital, I have to redo the entire lineart by tracing it (which isn't bad I'm just lazy). Adjusting contrast, brightness and other edits on the pic can work but I don't know if I'll be getting a good authentic quality.

How do you guys do this?

3 Comments
2024/04/26
20:43 UTC

96

Three Lost Souls

9 Comments
2024/04/26
15:51 UTC

41

Bookwyrms, by me!

Done in Procreate! My biggest issue was figuring out the shadows. I don’t normally place my light source in the middle of a piece like this so getting the shadow directions right was pretty confusing.

2 Comments
2024/04/26
11:40 UTC

6

A question for artists using PayPal?

Hello Reddit people, I am a digital artist and I started very recently to sell my art online and charge commissions, it is new to me, the thing is that I started using PayPal for the first time and the payments that were transferred to me were held and I do not know how to solve it someone could give me some advice and as I do not know how to use PayPal I would like you know it is possible that I am scammed can the customer make a Will the payment disappear if you don't fix it?, Should I worry about the refund?

4 Comments
2024/04/26
07:02 UTC

21

started using reference photos for my drawings while trying different color combinations

3 Comments
2024/04/26
00:47 UTC

0

Huion Vs Wacom Vs XPPen Vs iPad

I'm looking to upgrade from my Wacom Intuos, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with the options so I was hoping for some advice. So far I am torn between 4 option (like I said... overwhelmed):

- XPPen Artist Pro 16 £529.99

- HUION 2022 Kamvas Pro 16 2.5K £529.00

- Wacom Cintiq 16 £653.46

- Apple 2022 10.9-inch iPad Air £649.00

The XPPen and Huion seem very similar, and I don't have experience with either company. I was just going to get the Wacom, but it seems way more expensive for worse specs? The iPad I threw in because I know a lot of people enjoy using them, though I'm personally not sure the extra expense would be worth it for me. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

8 Comments
2024/04/25
14:51 UTC

11

Terrible at art and wanna learn

Hi, i have an ipad pro and id love to get into digital art specifically background and scenery, ofc id later want to learn to draw characters too. I have no clue how to start or where to start and what to expect. I have procreate and have messed around with it so I have a general understanding of how it works. I was hoping you guys could provide me with free resources and tips.

12 Comments
2024/04/25
05:05 UTC

83

Painting from reference. Hope I did alright.

9 Comments
2024/04/25
04:21 UTC

48

I've been practicing on my character design and art whenever I can, getting some feedback would be highly appreciated

15 Comments
2024/04/25
00:32 UTC

7

Does PPI actually matter or is it just about the resolution?

Online people talk about how you need to have a 300 PPI or whatever for making prints, but I don't get why the number actually matters. Is there actually a difference between a 3840x2400 image at 300 PPI and one at 100 PPI if they are going to both be printed on the same size paper?

10 Comments
2024/04/24
22:42 UTC

10

Brand new to digital art, looking for constructive criticism or any advice!

I’ve been curious about digital art forever and finally bought a cheaper drawing tablet a few months ago and decided to give it a try. It’s been awesome to be able to really let go and allow art to happen without the giant mess or expensive supplies. This is one of my favorites so far. I call it “Chillin with my bitches”

3 Comments
2024/04/24
20:54 UTC

131

What can I work on to improve?

16 Comments
2024/04/24
11:54 UTC

1

Print on demand sites for artist and designer?

what are the best?

6 Comments
2024/04/24
09:58 UTC

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