Learn about Digital Painting

Master digital painting with these in-depth tutorials. Whether you're using Photoshop, Procreate, or other software, you'll find tips and tricks to help you.

All Digital Painting courses:

  1. How to Shade Animals in Perspective

    How to Shade Animals in Perspective

    Course Intermediate

    When you draw, you use lines. When you paint, you use light and shadow. To paint realistic, 3D looking forms, you need to understand how various shades...

  2. How to Draw Animals in Perspective

    How to Draw Animals in Perspective

    Course Intermediate

    Understanding anatomy isn't enough to enable you to draw animals realistically. If you don't understand perspective, you're doomed to draw your creatures in...

  3. A Quick Guide to Color in Digital Painting

    A Quick Guide to Color in Digital Painting

    Course Beginner

    To paint traditionally, you must buy colors in the physical form of pigments. Digital painting is different, as you create the colors yourself. It's a...

  4. Designing a Sci-Fi Galaxy for Film

    Designing a Sci-Fi Galaxy for Film

    Course Intermediate

    In this short course, digital artist Brian Lee will walk you through how you can create a sci-fi scene that can be used for film or games. With Adobe...

  5. Digital Matte Painting for Beginners

    Digital Matte Painting for Beginners

    Course Intermediate

    A digital matte artist, or digital matte painter (DMP), is today's modern form of a traditional matte painter in the entertainment industry. He or she...

  6. Digitally Paint Fantastic Giants Walking the Earth

    Digitally Paint Fantastic Giants Walking the Earth

    Course Advanced

    In this course, digital artist Brian Lee will walk you through his process of designing a fantasy scene of giants walking the earth. With Adobe Photoshop as...

  7. How to Create Monster Art in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Create Monster Art in Adobe Photoshop

    Course Intermediate

    In this course you will be shown a variety of techniques for creating monster art in Adobe Photoshop. Digital artist Robert Marzullo will explain the proper...

  8. How to Design Fantasy Vehicles

    How to Design Fantasy Vehicles

    Course Advanced

    In this course you will dive into the amazing world of creating fantasy vehicles. Concept artist Brian Lee will walk you through his process of developing a...

  9. Surreal Digital Painting

    Surreal Digital Painting

    Course Intermediate

    What story would you like to tell the world? Surrealism is a style that allows you to express your feelings and thoughts on the world through your art. In...

  10. Creating Compelling Environments for Concept Art

    Creating Compelling Environments for Concept Art

    Course Intermediate

    In this course, you will learn how to develop a compelling environment for games or film. This course builds upon our other course, Thumbnail Sketching for...

  11. Thumbnail Sketching for Environments

    Thumbnail Sketching for Environments

    Course Advanced

    In this course we will be exploring tools and techniques for creating thumbnail sketches for environments. We will discuss things such as: how to gather...

  12. Fantasy Digital Portraits

    Fantasy Digital Portraits

    Course Intermediate

    Anything is possible with fantasy art. You can transform yourself into a beautiful goddess or a fierce warrior using Adobe Photoshop's versatile tools. In...