Adobe Photoshop for Digital Painting
A course by Kamui MGGraphic designer
A course by Kamui MG, Graphic designer
Master the most powerful graphic software's tools to paint pieces that are ready to be published in editorial, web, or audiovisual formats
If you are passionate about painting but want to learn how to do it digitally with professional results, graphic designer and illustrator Kamui Gomasio will guide you in this Adobe Photoshop Domestika Basics. It is the most powerful software on the market for creating, editing, and retouching images.
Throughout six courses, learn how to use Photoshop tools focused on digital painting, starting from scratch. You will be able to develop images ready to be published in books and magazines, social media, websites, or prepare them for an animated project.
Start by getting to know Photoshop, its interface, the basic tools, and become familiar with layers and selections.
In the second course, learn about RGB, sRGB, and CMYK color spaces, and learn about the fundamental tools for editing color.
Then, learn how to use the tools to start sketching, see how to create your own brushes, and learn more tools that will speed up your workflow.
Start the fourth course by exploring formats and seeing how to mix colors in digital painting. Learn how to use amazing tools to illuminate your digital paintings with soft and hard shadows.
Next, focus on digital painting for the print medium. See how to perfect your techniques and create an artistic portrait that can be used in the publishing industry, whether it's for books, magazines, or print.
Finish this Domestika Basics by learning the keys to create a landscape that you will later animate. Learn, among other things, how to create perspectives to be applied to scenes, and see different filters and useful functionalities.
Technical requirements
⦁ A computer running Windows 7 (or higher) or macOS El Capitan (or higher). ⦁ Adobe Photoshop CC: you can download the 7-day trial version from Adobe's official website. ⦁ You will need a graphics tablet to work more comfortably.
Recommended software & tools for this course
Reviews
- 4 months ago
Excelente curso aprendes conceptos básicos de photoshop y absolutamente nada de pintura y dibujo así se enfoca en lo realmente relevante me encantó❤️ Es emocionante ver un artista muy reconocido y famoso se basa en enseñar cómo usar bien el formato para exportar para imprimir es excelente. Todo el audio se escucha como si estuviera sonando en una radio y tapado, es hermoso ese estilo para hacer el resto de los videos! también me gustó que en el vídeo de introducción el audio es muy nítido
- 5 months ago
brutal
- 10 months ago
very nice course
- 2 years ago
buen curso
- 2 years ago
Un curso excelente con correcciones constantes por parte de su profesor! Me ayudó mucho a entender bastante el software y a poder manejarme mejor en mis ilustraciones. Super recomendado!
He has worked for brands such as Alfaguara, BMC/Coca-Cola, Pearson, Secretaría de Cultura, Televisa, Grupo Medios, Ediciones SM, Grupo Edebé, Macmillan, and Ediciones SM, among others.
His work has been selected in several illustration contests, such as Ballistic Publishing’s EXPOSÉ 11, Ilustracional-PICNIC, Catálogo Iberoamericano de Ilustración and CONACULTA`s Illustrators Catalogue.
Content
Course 1: First Approach to Photoshop
- U1
Welcome panel
- Welcome panel
- U2
Interface
- Interface
- U3
Resolution and image size
- Resolution and image size
- U4
Color modes
- Color modes
- U5
Layers and their function
- Layers and their function
- U6
Rectangular and elliptical selection
- Rectangular and elliptical selection
- U7
Practice
- Practice
Course 2: Digital Color
- U1
Color spaces
- Color spaces
- U2
Color Profiles
- Color Profiles
- U3
Graphics tablet and use of "brush" tool
- Graphics tablet and use of "brush" tool
- U4
Color panel and swatches
- Color panel and swatches
- U5
Hue, saturation, lightness
- Hue, saturation, lightness
- U6
Brightness and contrast, levels and curves.
- Brightness and contrast, levels and curves.
- U7
Practice
- Practice
Course 3: Digital Sketching in Black and White
- U1
Pencil and brush tool
- Pencil and brush tool 1
- Pencil and brush tool 2
- U2
Transformation
- Transformation
- U3
Rotate and flip canvas
- Rotate and flip canvas
- U4
Crop and canvas size
- Crop and canvas size
- U5
Cloner and filler according to content
- Cloner and filler according to content
- U6
Pot of paint and gradient
- Pot of paint and gradient
- U7
Finger, focus and blur
- Finger, focus and blur
- U8
Practice
- Digital sketch 1
- Digital sketch 2
- Digital sketch 3
Course 4: Digital Painting for the Internet
- U1
Formats and resolution
- Formats and resolution
- U2
Mixing brush
- Mixing brush
- U3
History tool
- History tool
- U4
Layer modes for shadow creation
- Layer modes for shadow creation
- U5
Layer modes for light creation
- Layer modes for light creation
- U6
Sponge, overexpose and underexposure tools
- Sponge, overexpose and underexposure tools
- U7
Export for web
- Export for web
- U8
Practice
- Practice: color still life painting
- Practice: still life painting in color 2
Course 5: Digital Painting for Print
- U1
Formats, rules, guides and overruns
- Formats, rules, guides and overruns
- U2
Brush modes
- Brush modes
- U3
Maximum and minimum filters
- Maximum and minimum filters
- U4
Selection with color gamut
- Selection with color gamut
- U5
Color balance
- Color balance
- U6
Layer masks and clipping masks
- Layer masks and clipping masks
- U7
Precise strokes with pen
- Precise strokes with pen
- U8
Shadows and highlights
- Shadows and highlights
- U9
Range notice, focus filter and export for printing
- Range notice, focus filter and export for printing
- U10
Practice
- Practice
Course 6: Digital Painting for Animation
- U1
Formats and resolution
- Formats and resolution
- U2
Smart objects and filters
- Smart objects and filters
- U3
Match and replace color
- Match and replace color
- U4
Perspective deformation
- Perspective deformation
- U5
Iris, Gaussian, and motion blur
- Iris, Gaussian, and motion blur
- U6
Photo Filter / Color Temperature
- Photo Filter / Color Temperature
- U7
Black and white adjustment layer
- Black and white adjustment layer
- U8
Purge tool
- Purge tool
- U9
Export for animation
- Export for animation
- U10
Practice
- Practice
What to expect from a Domestika course
Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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FAQs
No, this course is designed for users with basic Photoshop knowledge who want to refine intermediate digital painting techniques.
It’s recommended to have basic experience with Photoshop and a fundamental understanding of digital illustration concepts.
You’ll learn how to create digital sketches, use brushes and layers, work with color palettes, light portraits, and export high-quality digital artwork.
You’ll need Adobe Photoshop installed on your computer and a graphics tablet is recommended for better control while painting.
Custom brushes in Photoshop let you adjust texture and opacity, making it easier to create expressive, detailed black-and-white digital sketches.
By organizing elements on separate layers and adjusting blending modes and opacity, you can layer shadows that add depth and realism to your digital painting.
You can create color palettes by picking tones directly from images and organizing them into swatches, helping you maintain color harmony in your work.