#this is my first time messing with csp screentone brushes too

[gyroshrike]

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[nerdy-arty]

hi!!! i really like your art,, and i was wondering if you had any tips for digital art??

Thank you!!

This is gonna be so scatterbrained so I'm sorry in advance, I'm bad at advice stuffs hnnng

The key to digital art in my opinion is to understand the basics of your program! I work in Clip Studio Paint which is an absolutely FANTASTIC program that has many different settings and panels that can be kinda overwhelming at first, but are super fun when you get to know them. (It's also a paid program but it's a one time payment and they do sales pretty often so keep your eye out). I suggest looking up basic begginers tutorials on YouTube for whatever program you use, there are soooo many out there for all kinds of artists.

I also think experimenting with all brushes available to you is super important too! CSP's asset store has a lot of free brushes and sets you can download and experiment with! Most of the brushes I use come from the CSP asset store (and were completely free hell yeah). If you have CSP and wanna try out my go-to brushes my main few are:

ID 1833521 for line art and flat shading

ID 1835931 for tone dot shading and other fun screentone elements (I usually just use the basic tone dot brush from this set but the others in it are pretty cool too)

ID 1846662 which is a set of a whole bunch of super cute shape scatter brushes (they have stars, hearts, ribbons, triangles, flowers and other fun shapes which I find add life to more boring backgrounds)

ID 1764984 not a brush but I use this auto-action religiously. It can add a lot more contrast to your work and give it a glowy vibe

ID 1751433 again, not a brush, but this is what I use to get that tv-screen rgb shift effect... it's funky

I really suggest you look around and see what's best for you!!

For me personally though, I find using hard-edge bumpy brushes to be the most helpful for me. I use the airbrush and other softer tools more sparringly cuz I feel like if I go crazy with them my art feels kinda unfocused and muddy.

Also filters!! Gotta love messing around with effects layers and auto-actions. Slapping a pink overlay layer at 10% over your art can really unify a piece sometimes haha

Another thing that helps me with digital art is to still keep up with traditional art actually. I usually keep a sketchbook for doodles and experimentation which is a lot less stressful than opening up an art program and thinking you gotta make something fancy cuz you have access to all the tools available. A lot of people tend to line or paint over their traditional sketches digitally as well which helps with that too!!

Again, this is kinda all over the place, but I hope it helps!! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask! Artists gotta support each other!!!