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Digital Painting Hardware Guide

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My Personal Digital Painting Equipment

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Beginner’s Guide to Digital Painting

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Digital Art Basics

Digital Art Styles

Digital Art Styles

A list of art styles common among digital artists

Digital art is so flexible that there are a whole host of different styles under this one medium. Here’s a bunch of the main ones.

Christopher Cant

Digital Art Basics

Types of Digital Art

The Main Types of Digital Art and Artist

Focusing on the Entertainment Industries, such as Movies and Games

The main types of Digital Art, and the Artists that make it, to help you figure out your journey forward.

Christopher Cant

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Is Digital Art cheating?

Is Digital Art real Art, or is it Cheating?

Why Digital Art is a legitimate form of art.

Why digital art, despite all of its advantages, conveniences and cutting so much out of the process of making art, is still real art and is not cheating.

Christopher Cant

Digital Art Basics

Digital or Traditional?

Is Digital Art Easier Than Traditional? Digital vs Traditional Art

What's the right choice for you?

Which one should you pick to devote your life to, digital art or traditional art? Which one will give you the career you desire? And is digital art easiest?

Christopher Cant

Digital Art Basics

Digital Art Terms: a Glossary of Words and Definitions

Terminology and Vocabulary for words related to Digital Art

Check out this giant glossary of Digital Art words and their definitions - stay informed and at the cutting edge of Digital Art!

Christopher Cant

Digital Art Basics

Digital Art Tips and Tricks

Digital Art Tips and Techniques I had to figure out the hard way

Thoughts from over a decade of making digital art

A big list of advice to help shortcut your digital art journey - tips and techniques to advance your digital drawing and painting

Christopher Cant

Digital Art Basics

Why Start Digital Art?

Why Should You Get Into Digital Art?

How Making Digital Art Transformed my Life

Digital Art has completely transformed my life and put me on a highly rewarding path. Here's why you should consider making digital art too!

Christopher Cant

Digital Art Basics

Digital Painting Introduction

What is Digital Painting?

An Introduction to the Tools and Techniques

A concise introduction to digital painting, including tools, software, the process of creating a digital painting, and even how viable it is as a career.

Christopher Cant

Digital Art Basics

The Best Canvas Size and Resolution for Digital Art

Covering as many different uses as I can think of!

A guide to help you determine a good canvas size, resolution and dpi for your digital paintings and drawings

Christopher Cant

Hey, I'm Christopher, and that’s Sheila!

We are both massive fantasy, sci-fi and mythology nerds!
I started making digital art in 2009, and became a full-time freelance artist in 2016, able to work on my own schedule from anywhere in the world.
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I created this blog to help young artists make the same journey.

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