Things feel a bit sparse lately when it comes to digital art related things I can mention in the resource roundup, but if I find anything else during Autumn I will add it to this article. It might just be because I’ve been re-organizing myself and doing an anatomy course on Udemy though. Video Tutorials…
This week I heard about a new tool which is designed for re-lighting photographs, paintings and Illustrations. It uses AI to create depth maps and normal maps from 2D images and has an intuitive interactive way of creating and editing lights for trying different lighting scenarios. More in depth information is available on their blog…
I’ve got a few things I can tell you about in this latest resource roundup post. CG Art Resources and software A new PBR value IOR website called Physically Based has been made. Material Maker is a free procedural PBR material generator DesignDoll is a tool (there is a free and a paid version) for…
Last week a new video was created by Ramón Miranda showing how to use his new pencil sketching brush set for Krita. The brushes are free and you can find links to them in the video description or on this thread at the Krita Artists forum. I took part in the challenge to draw some…
I’ve touched upon this subject before on this blog. My earlier articles around this subject are as follows: Using Normal Maps for Illustration Lighting 2D Art with Normal Maps Using Normal and Height Maps to Light 2D Art Lighting 2D Art with Depth Maps A Method for Making 2D Images Into 3D Models I recently…
Here is another assorted resource roundup for you. I’ve collected links to software, tutorials and other digital art or creative resources I thought were useful or interesting (most often both). As usual I am not asked to make these posts by any of the people or companies I mention, not that I wouldn’t mention them…
I’ve been experimenting with another normal map and digital painting related tool over the last few weeks which you can find in G’MIC (a full-featured open-source framework for digital image processing). Luckily G’MIC is incorporated into the latest version(s) of Krita and can be used in other software as plugins you can find on the…
Anyone looking for a program do do vector based Illustration, art and graphic design in could give Inkscape a go because it is free, open source and available for Windows, Linux and Mac systems. A new version of Inkscape (1.2) was released Last month with many new features and improvements to the user interface. Release…
Clip Studio Paint is a program for digital painting, comic creation and Illustration work. They recently had another big update. Summer 2022 Update – What’s New? Updated app logo and splash screen to celebrate 10 years of Clip Studio Paint Expanded support for Companion mode – now you can use Companion mode on all devices…
I’m always interested in checking out tools that make the process of doing digital art easier, more convenient or add an element of creativity I may not have thought of on my own. Without access to a team AI has the potential to be an artists assistant of sorts. Clip Studio Paint is a brilliant…
Whilst I’m on the subject of useful things you can do with AI / machine learning and digital art, I thought I should let you know about a tool called Magic Tints. I bought Magic Tints a while ago and sort of forgot about it, but I’ve been playing with it over the last few…
AI methods for colorization of black and white or vintage photographs has been around for several years now but I haven’t really talked about it much on the blog. I decided to give Deoldify AI a go on some grayscale studies I made last year to see if it was worth doing as part of…