I want to start digital art as trad artist however I'm feeling like it's a plane's cockpit, so many buttons and you don't know their usage or even how and where to start ?
I'll tend to use Krita.

I am not an all knowing computer nerd so I am a dick in computer softwares and programing (if it makes senses)

How did you start to learn to use digital art raster graphics editor (like Krita, Procrate, Adobe, ...) ?

>>7617393 (OP)
I'll never forget the first day I plugged in a Wacom tablet. It's so weird for maybe a couple weeks, but just keep trying and you'll get the hang of it all.


Tip* Find and use keyboard short cuts.

>>7617393 (OP)
It's always like that when you first start a new software. My advice is you can look up Krita quickstart or newbie guides videos. They'll usually show which tools you'll use the most. Pick a hard round brush, get familiar with the layers panel and start drawing.

When I want to learn Blender or Zbrush, looking up YouTube videos helped a lot because you'll only use 20% of the tools 80% of the time.

Close every window except Brushes, Layers, and the Color Wheel. If your drawing software doesn't have one, install a Color Wheel extension or add-on.
Get into the habit of deleting brushes you never use. Less is more.
Get a fancy gaming keypad with a mouse wheel (I use the Razer Nostromo) because using the awkward buttons on your tablet will strain your wrist.
Experiment by clicking every button. You'll quickly realize that you rarely use about 90% of the features your drawing software offers.

started with photoshop 5 years ago but still can't draw, but I remember the basic shortcuts :)
search youtube for basic tutorial videos, at beggin you don't need to try to remember too much
create canvas, brush, color wheel, layer, adjustment
tip if you use wacom: wacom nibs often found under the pen stand. at some point you will have to replace the nib.
>>7617400
>Tip* Find and use keyboard short cuts.
seriously OP, look up the shortcuts section, it helps a lot

>>7617393 (OP)
Check out ctrl+paint's website, it has a compilation of digital art fundies that is condensed nicely into short chunks of videos. They use photoshop for their videos but i think its applicable to any art software. Some of the tips are might be too old and irrelevant now because of program updates but overall it's still a solid way to learn art sofware if you're lost me thinks. I never see other art channels that covers the basics of art program operation in mind over just THE digital art itself better than ctrlpaint. Most of them always assumes that you know how to operate everything and it can be a bit frustating if you never touch digital so i would recommend checking them out. I'm a tech illiterate that uses krita too and i mainly learn most of the basics there.

My other piece of advice is to use shortcuts to your advantage. Drawing digitally without needing to press the buttons on your screen is so much more intuitive. I think ctrlpaint can explain it better than my esl ass