Techniques
Getting canvas size and DPI right for print before you start
How to turn a print size into pixels before you paint: the one formula, worked examples for 8 x 10 and A4, bleed, aspect ratios and what 300 DPI really means.
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Techniques
Layers and blend modes for painters who hate menus
Multiply, screen, overlay, color, clipping masks and alpha lock explained for painters, with a short layer workflow that keeps a painting tidy and editable.
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Pen Tablets & Displays
Pressure curves explained, and the mistakes I made with mine
What a pressure curve does, where the driver and app versions live, how to tune one with a simple stroke test, and the mistakes that make a good pen feel bad.
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Techniques
Clean digital line art, from rough sketch to fill-ready inks
A step-by-step inking routine for digital drawing: sketch opacity, stabilizers, line weight, flipping the canvas, cleanup and closing gaps for fills.
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