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Introduction to Digital Coloring

with Feefal (Linnea Kikuchi)
4.8 (223)
Learn how to create beautiful illustrations in Procreate or any other software!
English, French, 3 more Spanish, German, Italian English, French, 3 more Spanish, German, Italian
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Feefal (Linnea Kikuchi)

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Linnea is a Swedish/Japanese artist with a following of over 1 million on Instagram. She is known for creating anthropomorphized figures and cute, spooky characters.

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English, French , 3 more
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  • German
  • Italian
English, French , 3 more
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  • Spanish
  • German
  • Italian

What you’ll learn

  • Discover Feefal’s incredible illustration process
  • Unique light and shading techniques
  • Easy methods to combine traditional and digital art
  • Basic Procreate tools and tricks of the trade
  • Tips on creative thinking and art inspiration
  • Feefal’s favorite brushes and tools
  • How to create a beautiful color palette
  • How to add shadows, details, highlights and glows
  • Detailed steps for drawing smooth, clean line art
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Description

Would you LOVE to learn how to draw digitally, but feel intimidated by the thousands of brushes, tools, and settings in an endless sea of drawing software?

Well, this course is for you! Believe it or not, the popular Instagram artist, Feefal, felt the same way when she started out with digital art, thinking it was way too difficult and overwhelming. In fact, she avoided it like the plague!

However, once she got the hang of drawing in Procreate, she went on to master it, becoming well-known for her stunning, unique artwork (with a following of over 1 million on Instagram). Who better could you ask for as a teacher??

In this course, Feefal will show you simple, effective methods she uses when painting in Procreate and will demystify the process with clear, easy-to-follow steps. She’ll also show you industry secrets and tips that she wished she knew when starting out! Awesome, right!?

You’ll start off the easy way by combining traditional art with digital, learning exactly how Feefal transfers a sketch to drawing software, lines her work, renders the colors and shadows, picks a winning color palette, and lots more cool stuff!

Digital drawing will be SO much easier for you after this course! You’ll master the skills and techniques needed to produce gorgeous, appealing artwork of your own that you can show off to followers and friends! And not only that… but with this simple, straightforward method, you’ll have a blast too!

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Who is this course for

  • Anyone wanting to learn how to draw digitally
  • Those looking to transition to digital art
  • Anyone eager to discover the process behind Feefal’s illustrations
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This course includes

  • 1+ Hours of on-demand videos
  • 6 Assignments
  • 1 Line art images
  • List of recommended brushes
  • Certificate of Completion
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What you'll need

  • Just a paper/sketchbook and a pencil
  • Digital drawing software such as Procreate or similar (see examplesAffinity Photo, ArtRage, Artweaver, Astropad, Clip Studio Paint, Corel Painter, Krita, Inkscape, IbisPaint, GIMP, Rebelle 4, Photoshop, Paintstorm Studio, Procreate, MediBang Paint, SketchPad, SketchBook, TwistedBrush, Vectr...)
  • You'll learn more if you have a drawing tablet
  • Some drawing experience recommended
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Lesson Plan

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00

Introduction

03:27

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Meet your teacher, Feefal!

In this introduction, she will reveal the exciting content in store for you in this course. Look forward to getting a complete behind-the-scenes walk-through of Feefal’s digital art workflow. Ready to jump in?


01

Finding Inspiration

04:24

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Let’s start at the very beginning: Coming up with something to draw!

Feefal gives you her personal tips for coming up with cool and creative concepts for unique illustrations and where to get inspiration. You will learn how to exercise your creativity muscles and play with fun ideas. Take heart, this is a learnable skill that you can master!

02

Traditional Sketch

18:01

Sketching on paper with Feefal: the nose, lips, and eyes

Time to get down to brass tacks: starting the sketch! Feefal will show you all the tools she uses for sketching, such as pencils, sketchbooks, and erasers.

You will also learn the specific ways she likes to draw facial features, such as the nose, lips, and eyes and how to rework parts of the sketch you want to change. Feefal will demonstrate how to keep your drawing clean and crisp, to ensure it looks as good as possible!

03

Importing and Adjusting the Sketch Photo

04:50

How to edit your artwork in Procreate

In this lesson, you’ll learn Feefal’s personal tips and tricks for taking a quality photo of your artwork and preparing it for digital coloring.

Discover quick ways to edit your artwork in Procreate in order to remove excessive hues and tweak the contrast, brightness, and shadows so you have a neutral base to work off of when you add the colors in the next lesson.

04

Painting

16:14

Watch Feefal's typical painting workflow in Procreate

Get a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at Feefal’s typical painting workflow, used in all her gorgeous artwork!

She will show you all the steps involved, including a SUPER easy way to color your drawing without messing up the linework, a stress-free method for blocking in the base colors, and how she selects beautiful, balanced color schemes.

You will also learn how to create nice transitions between colors, draw smooth freehand lines, circles, squares, etc., add shadows and adjust your colors to get the look you want.

05

Rendering

27:16

Pro tips for adding shadows and rendering, and drawing both flowing and curly hair in Procreate

Now that the groundwork has been established, it’s time to spice things up a bit!

In this lesson, you will learn how to add shadows, rendering, and more enhancements to your piece, including pro tips for drawing both flowing and curly hair and false sketch lines.

Discover the main brushes Feefal uses to create lovely textures and crisp lines in her illustrations. Understand why stabilization in your brush strokes is important, why sharp-edged shadows look so awesome and why gradient maps are super handy. Feefal will teach you how to use them all! YAY!

06

Final Details

19:55

Feefal adds a bit of highlight, thicker lines and accent colors to her portrait drawing

Feefal’s favorite step in the illustration process: adding the final details. You’ll be amazed at what adding a bit of highlight, thicker lines and accent colors can do to a piece!

A huge benefit of working digitally is the ability to experiment with colors, contrast and effects and in this lesson, Feefal will show you precisely how to do all this.

Look forward to discovering how to add natural glows, where to place highlights on a face, why vignettes help make areas of focus pop and other fun extras!

07

Outro

00:38

Importing and Adjusting the Sketch Photo

And you’re done! Congrats!!

Say bye to Feefal, and be sure to tag her when you post your final illustration to social media. She’d LOVE to see your work!

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Vikram S.

2 years ago

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I recently took this course and was super happy with the results. Feefal was knowledgeable and explained everything in an easy manner. I learned a lot from the course and feel confident in my new digital coloring skills. Highly recommended!
I recommend it for Beginner
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Mai C.

2 years ago

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Omg I’ve been doing digital painting for a year and just bought this subscription because I love Feefal’s work! I feel foolish saying I knew nothing about the multiply layer (event after taking a few beginners courses on procreate) but this is a game changer. Went through it once and probably going
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to go through it again because her advice is so valuable. Totally worth the annual subscription price on its own.
I recommend it for Beginner
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Bjorn V.

2 years ago

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very good!
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Victoria B.

2 years ago

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Very helpful ! Simple and Direct approach. Amazing art work! Very much recommended for all levels. Thank you so much Feefal ! I appreciate you it !
I recommend it for Intermediate
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Paisley V.

2 years ago

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I liked how you created this course using only a few tools so people can see what can be achieved without pulling out all the bells and whistles. It makes digital art feel more accessible, and less overwhelming. Thanks!
I recommend it for All levels
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David F.

2 years ago

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I love how she transferred her traditional sketch for color
I recommend it for Beginner
Sophie M.

2 years ago

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I liked the process and the helpful and clear instructions. Thank you
I recommend it for Beginner
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Estefania R.

2 years ago

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This course is so inspiring and creative. Feelfal explains her process really well.
I recommend it for Beginner
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MAGGI M.

2 years ago

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I loved to learn the step by step of this incredible artist!
I recommend it for All levels
Angelina D.

2 years ago

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As an artist who is much more comfortable with traditional art and has been very overwhelmed with transferring to digital, this was incredibly helpful. I have not been able to find a tutorial that has fully covered all my questions, but this did a wonderful job. Thank you.
I recommend it for Beginner
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Feefal (Linnea Kikuchi)
Digital and Traditional Artist 1 course

Linnea is a Swedish/Japanese artist with a following of over 1 million on Instagram. She is known for creating anthropomorphized figures and cute, spooky characters.


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