Digital Drawing

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Going Digital

Given I gave up on Analog coloring and drawing due to health and living space needs, I figured it was time to really commit to figuring out digital for coloring and drawing. Note I intentionally avoided making desktop or laptop computers a requirement for my setup. I want to have this whenever/wherever in it’s simplest form.

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Convert PDF Coloring Pages

Changelog

2025-03-03
Add Krita method & Note quirk with Sketchbook
2023-02-17
Initial creation

Using Sketchbook

I’ve not found a good way to use just Sketchbook for converting coloring pages from PDF. I’ve found Krita ‘just works’ for converting PDF to coloring pages. You can export files from Krita using the Photoshop (psd) format to retain the layers when opening in Sketchbook. Basicaly use Krita to convert the pages to Photoshop (psd) and then open the Photoshop (psd) file in Sketchbook.

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Convert Photo to Coloring Page

Sounds Cool, Is Tricky

Before getting into how to convert a photo into a coloring page, I’d like to point out a fundamental concern: this is not easy and a mild PITA. It also deserves some manual cleanup to get best results. I recommend doing this only if you have time to try the process and focus on some of the subtleties while also converting a ton of photos.

Like most forms of art, this one takes some practice to get desired results. I got disheartened early on but after running the process on tens of images I started getting a feel for what source images worked for conversion and as a more ‘realistic’ coloring page.

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Color Palettes

Change Log

2023-02-27
Cleanup text and add a basic text description of the page.
2023-02-26
Replace exiting page with a better list, add new Krita palettes and remove palettes eclipsed by current set

Palettes

Below you’ll find a link to a color palette generator I use as well as a number of Krita color palettes I’ve created.

The zip files can be extracted into the Krita palettes directory for use. Please see the Krita official docs for more detail on how to setup a new palette.

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Digital Coloring

A Surface Duo foldable phone showing Sketchbook full screen and a Surface Pen sitting on the corner of the screen at an angle. The work shown on-screen is a partially complete coloring page.

Figure 1: An in-progress coloring page

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Changelog

2025-03-03
Remove ‘Drawing’ from page in favor of a dedicated ‘Digital Drawing’ page. This page is now only about digital coloring. Also rewrote portions to be more topical and reflect my current setup(s).

Going Digital

Given I gave up on Analog coloring and drawing due to health and living space needs, I figured it was time to really commit to figuring out digital for coloring and drawing. Note I intentionally avoided making desktop or laptop computers a requirement for my setup. I want to have this whenever/wherever in it’s simplest form.

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