Duration of the online course: 8 hours and 54 minutes
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Build game-ready sprites in Krita with a free online course—learn tablets, brushes, layers, transforms, and pro workflows to level up fast.
In this free course, learn about
Install Krita on Windows and understand Krita distributions/build options
Troubleshoot common Krita problems, incl. black screen issue on macOS (Krita 2.9)
Set up and use a graphics tablet (Wacom), incl. surface size and stylus mode basics
Organize reference images with Picasa and build moodboards with PureRef key features
Navigate Krita efficiently: UI layout, canvas navigation, and essential shortcuts (e.g., new doc)
Paint with brushes: freehand tool, pop-up palette/color picker, and color-mixing brush purpose
Use selections and fills: main selection tools, move/transform selections, and fill outlines
Work with layers: layers docker, new layer features, color tags, transform masks, and masks/clipping
Customize workflow: create/edit keyboard shortcuts and use keyboard menu accelerators
Use grids, guides, and snapping for layout and game art alignment; understand snapping behavior
Apply transforms: perspective, warp/cage, liquify, wraparound tiling mode and related shortcuts
Adjust images with blending modes and filters, incl. Levels and essential color adjustment filters
Create custom brushes and use Krita brush packs for game art production
Create game assets and sprites: workflow from learning/blocking to refining and polishing; base colors
About the free online course
Turn your ideas into game-ready artwork with a practical, beginner-friendly learning path focused on creating assets in Krita. This free online course helps you move from installing and setting up the software to producing polished sprites and reusable visuals, while developing habits that translate directly to real production work. You will get comfortable with Krita’s workspace, navigation, and the everyday tools digital artists rely on, so you can draw faster and with more control.
Along the way, you will build a solid digital drawing foundation: tablet basics, stylus settings, and how to avoid common setup frustrations. You will also learn how to organize references efficiently using lightweight tools that keep your visual library close at hand, making it easier to stay consistent while you iterate on designs. The course emphasizes workflow, not just features, so you understand why certain steps happen in a specific order and how each decision supports cleaner results.
As you progress, you will work with selections, layers, brushes, and color tools to shape readable silhouettes, block in strong base colors, refine forms, and polish details. You will discover how to speed up your process with custom shortcuts and quick UI techniques, and how to use grids, guides, and snapping to keep assets aligned and game-friendly. Key Krita capabilities such as blending modes, clipping and transparency masks, fill options, and Instant Preview are introduced in a way that supports confident experimentation without getting lost.
The course also highlights powerful transformations and filters for concept-style adjustments and efficient iteration, including perspective changes, warping, liquify sculpting, and essential color corrections. You will explore symmetry and wraparound workflows that are especially useful for tiling patterns and environment elements. Finally, you will get exposure to animation fundamentals inside Krita—onion skinning, timelines, and the traditional process—so you can start thinking beyond static images when your projects call for movement. By the end, you will have a clearer, repeatable workflow for creating game art in Krita and the skills to keep improving with every new asset.
Course content
Video class: How to Install Krita on Windows02m
Exercise: _What are the three different distributions of Krita?
Video class: Troubleshooting common issues in Krita02m
Exercise: What should you do if Krita 2.9 shows a completely black screen on Mac?
Video class: How to take the most out of these Krita tutorials05m
Video class: Your Krita learning toolbox05m
Video class: Introduction to graphic tablets03m
Exercise: _What is the recommended size for a drawing surface for a beginner's tablet?
Video class: How to setup a wacom tablet with Krita07m
Exercise: What is the recommended mode for drawing with a stylus on a tablet?
Video class: Picasa - a free program to organize your reference images12m
Exercise: _What is Picasa and what can it do?
Video class: PureRef tutorial: a free, cross-platform virtual board for artists!11m
Exercise: What is one key feature of PureRef?
Video class: Quickstart Guide Intro00m
Exercise: What is the initial focus of the quick start guide for Krita?
Video class: Krita tutorial: getting to know the UI03m
Exercise: What aspect of Krita's user interface makes it suitable for artists?
Video class: Navigation on the canvas in Krita02m
Exercise: _What is the shortcut to create a new document in Krita?
Video class: Painting with the freehand brush tool07m
Video class: Working with the selection tools in Krita06m
Exercise: _What are the three most important selection tools in Krita?
Video class: Krita layers tutorial: introduction to the layers docker06m
Exercise: What is the primary function of layers in a digital painting application?
Video class: Krita's pop up palette and color picker04m
Exercise: _What is the function of the outer ring on the pop-up palette in Krita?
Video class: What’s New in Krita 3: Krita Review18m
Video class: Krita brushes tutorial - How to use the color mixing brushes09m
Exercise: _What is the purpose of the pink mixing brushes with water droplets in Krita?
Video class: Free Krita Brushes for Game Artists02m
Video class: Overview of the game asset creation process in Krita08m
Exercise: _What is the first step in the game asset creation workflow?
Video class: Krita's Fill tool: fill outlines and selections05m
Video class: Create your own keyboard shortcuts in Krita03m
Exercise: _What is the recommended approach to changing keyboard shortcuts in Krita?
Video class: Move and Transform your selections in Krita05m
Video class: Instant Preview: new rendering engine in Krita 304m
Exercise: _What is the purpose of the instant preview in Krita?
Video class: Intro to grid, guides and snapping in Krita03m
Video class: How to use the Grid in Krita 307m
Exercise: _What is the purpose of a grid in game art?
Video class: How to use the Guides in Krita 305m
Video class: Overview of snapping in Krita 309m
Exercise: _What is snapping in Krita 3?
Video class: How to make a comic strip layout in Krita 3 - part 108m
Video class: How to make a comic strip layout in Krita 3 - part 206m
Exercise: _What is the purpose of adding a transform mask to a layer in Krita?
Video class: Layers in Krita 3: Overview of the new features08m
Video class: Layers in Krita 3: Color tags04m
Exercise: _What is the purpose of the new color tagging feature in Krita's layers docker?
Video class: Customize your Keyboard Shortcuts in Krita06m
Video class: How to Make Your Own Brushes in Krita 31h44m
Video class: The game asset workflow: Concept 1 - Learning11m
Video class: How to block in a game sprite in Krita09m
Exercise: _What is the recommended number of base colors to use when creating the foundations of a game asset in the blocking stage?
Video class: 3 techniques for game asset blocking in Krita09m
Video class: Refining the game asset in Krita07m
Exercise: _What is the purpose of the refining phase in game asset creation using Krita?
Video class: Polishing a game sprite with Krita05m
Video class: Krita tutorial: Understanding Krita's blending modes11m
Exercise: _What are blending modes in Krita?
Video class: Krita tutorial: How to paint in symmetry06m
Video class: Krita tutorial: Draw tiling patterns with the wrap around mode05m
Exercise: _What is the shortcut key to activate the wraparound mode in Krita?
Video class: New features in Krita 3.0.111m
Video class: Krita tutorial: How to use the perspective transform mode06m
Video class: Krita tutorial: How to use the warp and cage transform for concept art13m
Video class: Krita tutorial: Sculpt your assets with the liquify transform10m
Exercise: _What is the last of the transform tools in Krita and what are its sub-modes?
Video class: Krita tutorial: 4 useful filters08m
Video class: Krita tutorial: 3 essential color adjustment filters14m
Exercise: _What is the purpose of the levels filter in Krita?
Video class: Krita tutorial: understanding transparency masks14m
Video class: Make Clipping Masks in Krita - tutorial about Inherit Alpha07m
Exercise: _What is the difference between preserve alpha and alpha inheritance in Krita?
Video class: Krita animation tutorial: How to use the animation tools11m
Video class: Krita animation tutorial: Onion skinning03m
Exercise: _What is onion skin in animation and how is it used in game development?
Video class: Krita animation tutorial: Overview of the traditional animation process07m
Video class: Krita tips: navigate menus faster with the keyboard04m
Exercise: _What is the purpose of underlined letters in Krita's interface?
Video class: Overview of the new features in Krita 3.104m
Video class: Vector Drawing in Krita 4: Review and Intro Tutorial17m
Exercise: _What is the difference between vector specific tools and drawing tools in Krita?
Video class: Blend if in Krita 4: Cross-Channel Curves Filter (tutorial)12m
Video class: Intro to the Free Transform Tool in Krita 4 (2019 tutorial)10m
Exercise: _What is the shortcut to trigger the free transform tool in Krita?
