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Imagine holding an art kit with ten thousand colors, brushes that never dry out, and an eraser that can rewind time. That is what creating art on a screen feels like!
What makes a screen able to show any drawing you can imagine?
The Digital Canvas
Your screen acts as a digital canvas, which is made of millions of tiny squares called pixels. When you draw, your device changes the color of those pixels to make lines and shapes.
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Now that you know what the screen is made of, which tools do you use to paint on it?
Essential Digital Toolsets
Art apps provide essential digital toolsets for drafting. You use brushes for varied line weights and textures, an eraser to remove marks, a color wheel to pick hue and saturation, and a Paint Bucket to fill shapes.
You also rely on the Paint Bucket to fill areas instantly, alongside Undo/Redo functions for rapid, iterative drafting.
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What if you want to paint a colorful background without accidentally coloring over your main character?
The Magic of Layers
Layers work like clear sheets of plastic stacked on top of one another. You can draw your background on the bottom layer and your character on the top layer without mixing them up.