#i haven't considered doing a different coloring for any linearts but this one has me considering it....

[jamiethebeeart]

I'm so very very normal about Dani, I promise (lineart by @five-rivers ) @green-with-envy-phandom-event

[aealshoard]

Hey, I'mma jump on this because I've been doing digital and traditional art for aaaaaa like 15+years? I dunno. I do digital art more than traditional though.

For transferring traditional lineart to digital for coloring granny has a better idea than me because I don't do this anymore. X'D But when I did I used a scanner. Most copy machines can do scan and email, so you could stop by a library occasionally and just scan a bunch of drawings if you aren't able to afford one for yourself.

After that if you want to color underneath your lineart because you like the way it looks and don't want to cover it up most programs have layer settings and if you drew on white or other pale colored paper if you sent the lineart layer to Multiply you'll keep the dark lines but be able to see everything under the white areas.

For drawing straight to digital this gets a lil more complicated because it's just like traditional art where there's a ton of options that affect your art in different ways. Not bad ways, just different. Like how colored pencil looks different from alcohol markers, and the technique to use them is different. That's where August's comment about experiment with brushes comes in handy. There are a lot of artists that just use the default round brush in programs. But those who want a more traditional art look will need to use textured brushes.

Some program data:

Krita: Free, Windows. - Usually the one I recommend for a free, windows based art program, but honestly I haven't used it much. It's just the one my sis uses

MediBang: Free, iPad - I don't know anything about this one either, but August listed it so it's probably good XD

Paint Tool Sai: 5500JPY (about 36usd), Windows - This is my main program that I've used practically my entire time drawing. If you're someone who thinks lineart is important then I can't recommend any other program 'cause i have yet to see anything top Sai in line art ease and quality.

Adobe Photoshop: ~24usd per month if you pay for a year, Windows/Mac - This is industry standard for a reason, it has a crapload of functions and abilities. I honestly find it more difficult to use for artwork considering it was designs for photo manipulation. But if realism is your desired style, and you love having a specific brush for everything I don't know of a better program. I however think Adobe's subscription based program use is bullshit and therefore refuse to support them. But if you're looking into doing digital art professionally you will have to know this program because that's what most studios have and require

Clip Studio Pro: 54 usd (usually goes on sale for like 25usd), Windows/Mac - Kind of a hybrid between Photoshop and Sai. Clip has a lot more functions than Sai, but is also way easier to use for drawing, especially if you like more of a traditional art kind of look. It comes default loaded with a bunch of brushes that mimic traditional art materials.

General tips:

Your digital art will most likely look different than your traditional art. Partly because the programs can't 100% mimic traditional media, and partly because it feels different, you can zoom in a ridiculous amount, and other things that just means you're gonna draw differently. It's okay, you might think your art looks worse digitally for awhile, but that's because you have a handicap of learning a new media.

use a stabilizer for lineart. Most programs have this, and most tablets are way too sensitive now for clean lineart. If you don't want grandparent tremor lines, use a stabilizer or become the rare godly artists that have ridiculously steady hands. I use stabilizer level 10 in sai.

If you're using a non screen tablet plugged into a PC then make sure the screen mapping is enabled, otherwise you'll draw a circle and it'll translate to an oval on your screen and you'll get frustrated real fast.

Look up soooo many tutorials because everyone does art different. Most artists are okay with sharing their brush settings too, so don't be afraid to ask "Hey what's your brush settings for shading?" or similar questions.

The rest of the stuff I can think of starts getting into semantics related to specific artstyles, so I'll end here. But feel free to ask me anything else =u=b

any tips on art? for the life of me I can't figure out how to draw digital art.

Gonna be straight with you here, chief. Me too. I mostly do digital art for coloring. Sometimes I doodle, but mostly I do traditional.

I like to use MediBang Paint (because I've used it for years now so I don't want to swap) and extract the lineart of my traditional sketches and then add color.

Colored lineart goes a long way

Play with brushes

Put a layer at 50% and pick any dark color you want at that can work for shading too. Doesn't always need to be fancy.

Clipping layers are useful

Honestly, I don't feel like I know what I'm doing enough to give advice. Just mess around! The only big mistake you can make is crash your device somehow. If the art doesn't turn out with something you're happy with you learned! Unfortunately I think it's a lot of trial and error.

But if any of my artist mutuals/followers have any tips feel free to chim in!