1. Introduction
I spent a long time thinking about what is needed foundationally to learn to draw digitally and whilst I am not sure about future targets, the first target has to be getting used to the pen and some basic tools of Sketchbook Pro. If you are interested in how I got here, you can read it here.
2. Choose a subject matter
The key focus of this target is to draw lines so almost anything can be used as a subject matter. I personally have opted to focus on buildings and then objects. The former because there are a lot of lines and the latter because at some point I need to create digital assets for other projects.
As with the traditional pathway – I created a list of reference drawings and sequenced to remove decision lag.
3. Basic Sketchbook Pro Tools
After some trial and error, to get “drawing” and to draw just like it is pencil and paper, then the basic tools are:
- Page set up – importing a reference image
- Pencil
- Layers
- Eraser
- Zoom in/out
- Rotate
- Steady stroke
4. Personal experiences
At the time of writing, I’ve only done a few digital drawings and I’ve gone into a bit more details my observations elsewhere but when choosing your reference images:
- try and get images that will have a lot of lines rather than lots of values
- add an extra layer and break down the reference image into shapes before adding more detailed lines
- the simple rule of drawing lines is thick lines for the outline with thinner lines on the inside
I’ll add to this once I’ve done more drawings.