How To Draw A Cute Dog | Digital Illustration tutorial using Autodesk Sketchbook Pro

Featuring award winning song 'Seaside Dreaming' by Nine Year Sister.
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This is a quick beginners guide to creating a simple digital illustration from a sketch. I used a Wacom graphics pen and tablet and Autodesk Sketchbook Pro 8.7.1 to create this speed painting tutorial.
In real-time, this illustration took approximately 25 minutes.
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The steps used in this tutorial are outlined below:
1. Scan or take a photograph of your hand drawn sketch.
2. Open Sketchbook Pro, and change the canvas size to around 3000 x 3000 pixels: IMAGE, CANVAS SIZE.
(My illustration works on a square canvas. If yours is a different shape, adjust canvas size accordingly.)
3. Check the resolution is correct: EDIT, PREFERENCES, CANVAS, RESOLUTION - 300DPI.
4. Add your sketch image: FILE, ADD IMAGE.
5. Stretch or shrink the image to fit the canvas.
6. To begin, add 2 layers on top of your sketch image layer. 1 layer for pencil lines (ink) and 1 layer for colour
7. Lower the opacity of the hand drawn sketch layer so the lines become faint. (Make sure you can see it just enough to be able to sketch over it.)
8. The brushes I have used for this illustration are as follows...
"ART PENCIL" for the outline (ink) of the drawing.
"CONCEPTUAL 2" for the colour wash.
"SMUDGE ROUND BRISTLE BRUSH" to blend colour.
"SOFT ERASER" to gently erase and touch up.
9. Beginning on the 'ink' layer, use "ART PENCIL" to start sketching around your image.
10. Zoom in on your canvas to work on fine details such as eyes.
11. Check your progress from time to time by zooming out and hiding the original sketch layer.
12. Once all of the basic sketch lines have been drawn, keep the original hand drawn sketch layer hidden. You will no longer need it.
13. On your 'colour' layer (below the ink layer), use "CONCEPTUAL BRUSH" to add colour to your sketch.
14. Use "SMUDGE ROUND BRISTLE BRUSH" to blend brush lines.
15. TECHNIQUES TO TRY:
Try duplicating the ink layer & colour layer to add strength and depth.
Another technique to try is changing a duplicated colour layer to a
'COLOUR BURN' effect layer. You can play around with the strength of the effect by changing opacity. Try adding a texture layer on top of your
illustration.
16. Lastly, zoom out and see if your illustration needs anything more. I added a few highlights on another paint layer.
16. Save your work as TIFF or JPEG (or whichever file type you require.)
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Thanks for watching!
Hope this was helpful! Let me know how you go with this technique by leaving a comment! -Jen
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[@nanettealsop]

Very helpful tutorial and I LOVE the music - thank you 💖💖

[@JenDigitalArt]

I’m so glad it was helpful to you! -Jen ❤️

[@yen6502]

great tutorial! Thanks so much for the detailed explanation, I can follow easily, truly enjoy your video :)

[@JenDigitalArt]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the lovely feedback!❤️

[@nicolettanotaristefano9624]

Thanks! This is one of the best tutorials I've seen. ❤ God bless you!

[@JenDigitalArt]

Thank you! I’m very pleased to hear that it was helpful!🥰

[@tamanbungkul3017]

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[@JenDigitalArt]

😊❤️

[@PCGEEK2024]

These are the best videos that I seen so far, you are clear and you explain every step clearly, keep making more videos, btw you should have more views. Super helpful/

[@JenDigitalArt]

Awww....thanks so much, I really appreciate it! Hopefully I’ll have some more videos up soon!❤️

[@NedaDraws]

Cute :)

[@budle89]

Thank you!

[@JenDigitalArt]

You’re very welcome!😊

[@walleskamaria6919]

What a wonderful tutorial, Jen! Please, keep up doing more tutorials like this, I have learned so much... Best reguards from Brazil

[@JenDigitalArt]

Thank you so much! I'm so pleased that my videos have been helpful to you.😊❤

[@chuaahseng385]

@@JenDigitalArt Once I found ur channel, I love drawing dogs more than ever.

[@JenDigitalArt]

@@chuaahseng385 Amazing! Thank you!😊

[@chuaahseng385]

@@JenDigitalArt You’re most welcome

[@Aman_Mondal]

say do we get autodesk sketchbook pro even now after it was made a free software because I need it also can we use huion tablets with it because I was facing some problems

[@JenDigitalArt]

Yes, Sketchbook Pro is now available for free and this is the software that I use in my tutorials. I'm not sure if Huion tablets work with it. I would assume that they do, but I have only used Wacom tablets with Sketchbook Pro.😊

[@Aman_Mondal]

@@JenDigitalArt so basically those that had bought the pro version still have the older interface. hmmm and also the extra settings

[@JenDigitalArt]

I bought the pro version before it became free. I think they're both the same now. I've updated my Sketchbook to the latest version. Within the program click: HELP, CHECK FOR UPDATES. This gives you the latest version which has new brushes etc - currently version 8.7.1

[@Aman_Mondal]

@@JenDigitalArt I had gone inside the help option and they gave options for pinch to zoom double tap with two fingers to undo and things like that now it seems that they really changed the UI like its totally different from the one in this video it looks similar to the android and ios variant and also works like that

[@daniswararizky6907]

great tutorial,thank you:)

[@JenDigitalArt]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!😊

[@featherstar63]

Everyone: We did it! Me: Okay the first problem is to find a pencil-