Digital Painting 101


Digital Painting 101
What you’ll learn
- Structuring your process for successful illustrations
- Creating balanced and appealing shapes
- Making 2D art look three-dimensional
- Understanding lighting, values and value grouping
- Experimenting with hard, soft, and lost edges
- Choosing a harmonious color scheme
Streamline Your Digital Painting Process 🖌️
Do your digital paintings look muddy or flat? Do you get bogged down in a long, disorganized rendering process? It’s time to streamline your workflow. In this 80-minute digital art course, Alexandre Leoni (@leoniarte) will walk you through the rock-solid rendering technique he uses at Mooncolony on projects like Blizzard’s Hearthstone.

Enhance Appeal and Readability
Leoni is a master at creating illustrations that viewers instantly connect with. In this digital painting course, you’ll get to see how Leoni crafts a highly readable image from scratch. Get all Leoni’s secrets to choosing colors, creating shape language, and drawing the eye to a strong focal point.

Learn Digital Art Skills Our Industry Looks For 💼
Leoni has spent years refining his digital illustration methods. He knows that a solid artistic process is the key to creating fast, consistent work without compromising quality – an essential skill for professionals. Unlock Leoni’s digital painting process, and take your art to an industry level 💪
Your next adventure awaits. Are you in?
Requirements
- Drawing tablet and stylus
- Painting software of your choice, such as Photoshop, Procreate or Clip Studio Paint
- Basic understanding of your chosen software
- Solid drawing skills, with a basic understanding of art fundamentals
- A desire to learn!
Lessons and details
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Find out how Leoni structures his digital painting process to set up his artworks for success.

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Learn how to use shape language to create a balanced and dynamic painting.

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Get Leoni’s tips for turning flat shapes into convincing 3D forms.

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See how Leoni creates controlled, cohesive lighting by first painting in black and white.

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Understand how to use hard, soft, and lost edges to draw focus and add interest.

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Find out how Leoni chooses a harmonious color scheme, and watch him fully render his final artwork.

Meet your mentor
Alexandre Leoni (@leoniarte) is one of Mooncolony’s Lead Artists and a famed rendering wizard 🧙♂️ During his career, Leoni has become a notable figure within Brazil’s creative community, well-known for his colorful stylized work. He has over 15 years of experience in game illustration—particularly card games—and has worked on iconic franchises such as Hearthstone, Magic: The Gathering, KeyForge, and Lightseekers. Leoni is also a Lead Artist on Mooncolony’s 2.5D animated cinematics. Alongside his work at Mooncolony, Leoni is passionate about helping budding game artists achieve success.
