x-phe - Digital Artist | DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Having a tablet is actually not really needed. A lot of people selling tablets would like you to think you can't make art without a tablet and a mouse is a very bad thing to use.
The real truth is it is not about what you have but what you do with it.

I use a mouse, and you can take a look at my art to see what I could do with a mouse and you could watch a video that a lot of others watch the has a mouse and maybe one has a tablet.

If you have a mouse then the cursor setting are normally too fast, so you can move across the screen faster to click on big icons. You only need to move the mouse 1 or 2 inches to cross the screen, but if you slow down the cursor speed in the mouse settings, maybe the third tab and set it to the third notch, you will need to move in an area the size of a table or a little larger.

I help people use Photoshop, but Krita is a lot like Photoshop but not exactly. It can do almost everything I do in the video but color black and white, then it might need another away to do it.
Krita is a large program, because it can do animation and lest you draw up the animation so you can see each frame fade in a color, and you can work with a sound file to create a mpg cartoon.
Another program is FireAlpaca. I just used it in creating a table top because it has snap features to help artist do a lot of things, and it is easier to run on your computer.

When it comes to making art on your computer you are not the only one involved, because the computer will need to keep up with you, so if you see a lot of lag time with krita then use firealpaca, and if the is too much you can use smoothdraw. I have used a lot of programs because when I give advice I want it to be good advice, not just say what my company wants me to say to sell you something. I have not worked since 2008, so free is better, and that is what I support the most, and never tell anyone to rent Photoshop, because there are a lot of good programs for free.

I have a lot of other hobbies that I could do, but digital art is something I can do for free, and it will not cost me anything to use Photoshop because I have an old version, that was sold when I had money, not need to rent to do a job to get money. I think it is the artist doing the work that should be getting an income from their work not a program taking it and not be there when you need it for a job. So then a free program will be the only choice.

I assume you removed your question in the forums because you wanted it to be in the best forums, or because you don't have the money to spend on a tablet. So learning to use the mouse to draw should be a lot easier. Using the touch pad on a laptop, is a little hard but it is being done by some artist.

You build the skills to use any device you want, so let that device be what you already have.
I know the touch pad on a laptop like mine has more work space than a mouse without changing the setting to make it easier and more accurate to draw with. But with the setting you cam make the mouse better than the tablet.

If I didn't have the mouse with me I would use the touch pad first, even while I have a touch screen because I can't see what I am doing with my hand in the way, and the cursor is never in the way.
It is possible I used the tablet drawing rings in the table top with firealpaca.
I would use it a lot for things like that, but in Krita I can use a big brush to fill in shapes and use a feature called Stroke to draw a line around the shape to make the line art. I do so many different things with digital art like art that looks very real from my imagination to cartoon, animation, and 3D.

So I hope you find something to get started, because there is a lot you can do, and a lot to learn.
I see you have been here 7 years, and it might seem like giving up if you have not done anything by now, or just made traditional art you didn't like, but if you visit again I hope you can fine help that you need with my video tutorials through youtube.
With what I have seen of your art, you are working with pixels and some of my tutorials working with details is all about working with pixels, and I think that makes a great starting point to making better art, and maybe using references to draw what you see.