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Arts & Crafts

Start with How to COLOUR Your Art (Beginner Friendly) (16 min, Sam Does Arts), then Digital Art ESSENTIALS For Beginners! (tutorial) (11 min, Sam Does Arts). All 255 lessons here are free, from the teachers' own official uploads. You'll need drawing tablet, ipad stylus, matte screen protector (about $165 of kit). The book to keep beside you: Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Procreate by 3dtotal 3dtotal Publishing.

What you'll need

• Drawing tablet: Pressure-sensitive digital drawing.
• iPad stylus: If you draw in Procreate.
• Matte screen protector: Paper-like feel on glass.

Lessons

• How to COLOUR Your Art (Beginner Friendly) (16 min, Sam Does Arts, Beginner)
• Digital Art ESSENTIALS For Beginners! (tutorial) (11 min, Sam Does Arts, Beginner)
• HOW TO CREATE A MANGA/COMIC [Complete Process] (21 min, Draw Like a Sir, Intermediate)
• How to Start Drawing Digitally (21 min, Draw Like a Sir, Intermediate)
• PAINTING IN PROCREATE - STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR BABIES (17 min, Sam Does Arts, Beginner)
• How to draw a Manga Page (8 min, Draw Like a Sir, Intermediate)
• Can you paint with ONLY a Basic Round Brush? | Digital Art Challenge (14 min, Sam Does Arts, Beginner)
• Rating TIKTOK Art Tips 🥲 (19 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Rating TIKTOK Art Tips 💀 11 (17 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Rating TIKTOK Art Tips 🤮 14 (20 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Ai Scams at Art Conventions.. (artist's rant) (18 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• CAN A DIGITAL ARTIST DO TRADITIONAL ART? 🤨 (14 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Make your OWN MANGA (12 min, Draw Like a Sir, Intermediate)
• PINTEREST IS DEAD. (artist's rant) (11 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• PRO ARTIST GRADES YOUR CHARACTER DESIGNS 🥀 (14 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Rating TIKTOK Art tips 💀 6 (15 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• RATING YOUR ART GLOW UPS (17 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• RATING YOUR ART GLOW UPS (I'm genuinely scared) (18 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• TRYING MORE TIKTOK ART CHALLENGES 😳 (15 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• We Need to Stop Following These "ART RULES" (12 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• YASSIFYING YOUR CHARACTERS 💅 (12 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• 6 Art Tips EVERY Beginner Artist Should Know. (11 min, Sam Does Arts, Beginner)
• ART CHALLENGE IN CLIP STUDIO PAINT 🤯 (ft. @amandarachlee) (15 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• FIXING YOUR ART. 📈 (15 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• GENTLY DESTROYING YOUR ART 😄 2 (15 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• How to Paint Better Backgrounds - Digital Art Tips (11 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• I Ranked Art Mediums from Easiest to Hardest (14 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• NO UNDO. NO ERASER. NO LIQUIFY. (Digital Art Challenge) (13 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Procreate Beginners Series: Part One | The Fundamentals (16 min, Procreate, Beginner)
• Rating PINTEREST Art Tips 🤨 (18 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Rating TIKTOK Art Tips 🥲 2 (16 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Rating TIKTOK Art Tips 💀 3 (16 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Rating TIKTOK Art Tips 💀 5 (16 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Rating TIKTOK Art Tips 💀 8 (16 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• RATING TIKTOK ART TUTORIALS 😭 11 (13 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• RATING TIKTOK ART TUTORIALS 😭 18 (20 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• RATING TIKTOK ART TUTORIALS 2 (16 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• RATING TIKTOK ART TUTORIALS 😭 20 (I got ragebaited) (15 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• RATING TIKTOK ART TUTORIALS 💀 3 (13 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• RATING TIKTOK ART TUTORIALS 🗿 7 (14 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• The Art on Rednote is Absolutely Insane guys.. (12 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• THE BEST ART CHALLENGE. EVER. (13 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• TOP 10 ARTISTS. EVER. (10 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• TRYING A TIKTOK ART STYLE CHALLENGE 🤯 (11 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• TRYING A TIKTOK CHARACTER ART CHALLENGE. (12 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Trying CLIP STUDIO PAINT for the First Time! - First Impressions (14 min, Sam Does Arts, Beginner)
• TRYING TIKTOK ART CHALLENGES 😳 (12 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• YASSIFYING YOUR CHARACTERS 💅 2 (17 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• 10 EASY WAYS to Improve Your Art In 2026 (beginner friendly) (11 min, Sam Does Arts, Beginner)
• 3 Manga/Comic Effects EVERYONE needs to know (10 min, Draw Like a Sir, Intermediate)
• GENTLY ROASTING YOUR ART 🔥 16 (thirsty warning) (16 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• How To Colour Faces in Digital Art (the easy way) (12 min, Sam Does Arts, Beginner)
• How to Publish your own Book (Manga / Novel / Comic) (21 min, Draw Like a Sir, Intermediate)
• I TRIED THE OPPOSITE OC CHALLENGE on TIKTOK.. (12 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Make 9 Procreate Brushes with Kyle T. Webster (80 min, Procreate, Intermediate)
• PLEASE STOP USING THESE FOR ART. 😭 (10 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Rating TIKTOK Art Tips 💀 10 (14 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Rating TIKTOK Art Tips 💀 12 (13 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Rating TIKTOK Art Tips 💀 13 (17 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)
• Rating TIKTOK Art Tips 💀 15 (14 min, Sam Does Arts, Intermediate)

Books on Digital Art & Illustration

1. Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Procreate by 3dtotal 3dtotal Publishing - View on Amazon
2. Color and Light by James Gurney - View on Amazon
3. The Art of Game Design by Jesse Schell - View on Amazon